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Access: Coming from the N165, enter Daoulas. At the traffic lights, turn right; the car park is on the left, next to the river.
(S/E) With your back to the car park, head towards the Moulin du Pont (eco-museum). Turn left into Rue du Pont (signposted abbaye-église, pedestrians advised).
Brown arrow signposting + brown viaduct sign (fairly faded) + yellowPR® (less visible)
After about 20 metres, turn right to walk along the Étang du Moulin via the public garden. Cross the leat via the footbridge and cross the Place du Docteur Castel.
At the road (Rue de Brest), turn left, follow it for about 50 metres and cross at the pedestrian crossing. Take the path that leads to the water divide lock.
Follow the Mignonne river along the right bank. When you reach the Ecopole, at a place called Guern ar Piked, turn left to cross the carpool area.
(1) Take the tunnel to cross the expressway. Turn left onto a short stretch of road, then immediately right towards the railway viaduct. The path offers a panoramic view of the wet meadows along the river, dominated by the imposing viaduct, which is nearly 40 metres high.
(2) Turn right and follow the path that runs at the foot of the viaduct: impressive view of the polished granite blocks with their sharp edges. At the end, turn right, passing under one of the fifteen arches, and follow the path between the meadows and the river. Turn right to walk along the expressway (last view of the viaduct) and then go back through the tunnel you took earlier.
(1) Immediately turn left onto the carpool area, then walk along the bottom of the expressway embankment until you reach the riverbed at the crossing. Cross it to reach the left bank. Continue through the forest along an old sunken path whose embankment is adorned with beautiful ferns.
Cross Rue de la Gare and take the alley opposite (no entry sign) to reach the football stadium, which you should go around on the left.
Go through the gate near the tennis court, then the footbridge and walk along the Skate Park.
(3) Turn right to cross the shopping area. Cross the Route de Quimper at the pedestrian crossing and pass by the Pôle Social.
GR®34markings: White and Red
(4) Turn right along the ria and head towards the quay with a few moored boats. Follow Rue du Valy on the right. Note the old pottery factory on the right and reach the Moulin du Pont eco-museum.
Turn left to return to the car park (S/E).
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