Coastal and inland areas between Lesconil and Treffiagat

Start from the car park on the esplanade at Lesconil harbour, near the restaurant La Cantine de Mer.

^GR® 34 markings: White and Red

(S/E) With your back to the harbour esplanade, head left along the seaside path that winds between the houses. Join Rue de la Corniche and follow it to the left. On your left is the jetty protecting the harbour. Continue along the coastal path, which is boardwalked in places, passing close to large boulders. Look out for an old wash house on the beach to your left and, on the right, a quirky and humorous weather forecast entitled "La météo de Lesco". Continue along the same path, passing close to a cross known as the "Croix des Amoureux", and arrive at the rocky outcrop, Rocher Goudoul, with its curious shapes (let your imagination run wild).

(1) Continue along the coastal path and look out for a large navigation mark on the hill to the right, erected in 1930 near the old semaphore station, which now serves as an exhibition hall.

Off the marked trail

Turn left at a car park and continue along Kersaux Beach. This section of the route along the top of the dune between the wooden fences is trickier as you’re walking on sandy ground. You can walk slightly lower down, but in that case you’ll lose the direct view of the sea. You’ll reach a small car park. At low tide, you can walk along the beach where the sand is a little firmer and makes walking easier.

^GR® 34 markings: White and Red

(2) Continue due west behind Squividan Beach, passing a new car park and a beach access point. You’ll reach Léhan Beach, where you can see the major works to reinforce the dune, which is eroded by every winter storm, and arrive at its second car park. Note that the^GR® route runs back from the dune and the sea is no longer visible.

Off the marked route

(3) Turn right onto the road leading uphill (sign for the village of Léhan). On your left, in the marsh, is a 5-metre-high Neolithic menhir (3000 BC). Turn right into the^first street, Rue de la Mer, signposted as a dead end, and continue to the junction with Chemin des Dunes, which joins from the right, just before the end of Rue de la Mer.

^PR® markings: Yellow

Turn left into Impasse Hent ar Loc'h (the name is partly obscured by a hedge), which continues as a path running alongside a wetland. Pass the sewage treatment plant and continue straight on along Rue des Dentelières, heading north. You will come to a^PR® signpost for the “Balade des ports” route, which directs you to turn left. Ignore this and, despite the Yellow Cross, continue for about ten metres to join a new^{PR® route.}

^PR® signposting: Yellow (opposite direction to the route)

(4) Leave the street via a tarmac footpath near a wash house and continue along the small uphill street, Rue des Lavandières, which leads to a main road; follow this to the right for about a hundred metres.

(5) Turn right into Impasse de Kerléguer and, at the gable end of a large yellow house, turn left onto a small grassy path heading towards the Chapelle Saint-Fiacre, whose bell tower is visible. Enter the well-maintained grounds and walk round the chapel to the right to see the fountain on the east side. Exit and rejoin Rue de la Chapelle.

Off the marked route

(6) Follow this street to the right, pass a roundabout and turn right into the next street (signposted ‘Camping les Vergers de Suividan’). Walk alongside the campsite then turn left at the bend (small stone cross on the left-hand side). Pass the entrance to another campsite and arrive at a road where you will find the^PR® signposting you left earlier.

^PR® markings: Yellow (opposite direction to the route)

Turn right to reach the hamlet of Le Reun, where, just to the right after the farm, you’ll find an imposing menhir and cup-marked rocks. At the information panel, don’t hesitate to venture further in to explore these various rocks. Beautiful view of the dune ridge.

(7) With your back to the menhir, head north-east past a thatched cottage, ignoring the road on the right (signposted Le Reun nos. 22, 24, 26), and follow this lovely grassy path lined with pine trees. Pass an old wash house and continue to the junction with a small road. Follow it to the right towards Kervai Farm (Kervay on the ground). Continue along a new grassy path that descends towards the sea. Join the^GR® again and turn left towards the car park at Kersaux Beach.

^GR® 34 markings: White and Red

(8) Pass a gate and continue along the wide path behind the dune, skirting a wetland area on your left. Reach a car park near an area occupied by two campsites.

No Markings

(9) At the barrier, turn left into Rue Paul Langevin and after a few dozen metres, turn right onto a path leading to a cul-de-sac towards the group of houses at Kerloc’h (signposted Kerloc’h Nos. 10 to 32). (On the left, a sign points to the Kerloc'h Fountain, which is not always easy to find). Head right towards them, continue along a grassy path that leads into Rue de Kerloc'h and arrive at a crossroads. At the ‘Give Way’ sign, turn right into the street that goes downhill

(10) Turn left into Rue du Docteur Fleming (signposted ‘public school’). Walk past the school and, at the end of the street, turn left into Rue Joliot Curie to reach the car park on the harbour esplanade (S/E).

Toilets are available at the beach access points.
Please respect the dune, which is very fragile.
Best time to see the flora: April to June.
Picnic table in the lovely grounds of Saint-Fiacre Chapel.

NB: I have rated this hike as ‘Moderate’ due to the sandy section at the top of the dune.
If you walk slightly lower down, it can be considered easy as the elevation gain is minimal.
Much of the^GR® trail at the bottom of the dune is also used by cyclists.

Cross of the Lovers: Legend has it that lovers wishing to become engaged and then married would go there and exchange their first kiss after pledging their fidelity. But it is also said that young people, whose parents were opposed to their marriage, took their own lives at the foot of the cross.

Porz Feunteun wash house.

Léhan menhir.

Menhir of Le Reun

Saint-Fiacre Chapel.

The beaches of Kersaux, Squividan and Léhan (unsupervised swimming).