Circular walk at Tharon Plage

Starting point: Tharon Chapel.

(S/E) Head west along Boulevard de la Chapelle. Turn right onto Avenue de la Liberté, cross Avenue de Nantes and then Avenue Victor Hugo, and continue to Avenue Bigot.

(1) Cross the road, take Chemin Bigot opposite and continue over the footbridge spanning the Calais stream. Carry on straight ahead along Avenue des Garennes, which crosses Avenue de la Pouplinière.

(2) Turn right onto Rue du Port. Then follow Avenue Guillemette (^3rd on the left). At the roundabout, turn right.

(3) Turn left onto Avenue des Sports, then, after 50 metres, turn right onto Chemin Bel Essor.

(4) At the junction, turn left, go round a roundabout and continue along Avenue du Commandant L’Herminier to reach the seafront.

(5) Take the GR®8 southwards (Boulevard de l’Océan). Pass the Port de Comberge, the Club Nautique de la Cormorane, the grand staircase and the Tharon spring. Continue southwards, passing the sign for the hamlet of Le Cormier (Boulevard de la Mer).

Walk past the restaurant Le Petit Mousse and turn right onto Avenue du Blanc Caillou, then onto Chemin du Blanc Caillou.

(6) At the end of the road, turn left onto Boulevard de l’Océan, then onto Avenue de la Saulzinière (^3rd on the left). Go round a roundabout and carry on straight ahead until you reach Avenue d’Anjou.

(7) Turn left onto this avenue and, at the roundabout, turn right onto Avenue de la Convention (^first on the right). Pass several roundabouts whilst continuing straight on until you reach the Post Office.

(8) Cross the avenue, walk alongside the Jardin Public, the pond and then the Tourist Office, until you reach a roundabout, which you go round on the left.

(9) Follow Avenue de Nantes towards the Chapelle de Tharon (S/E).

Public toilets.
Water point.

St Anne’s Chapel.
Comberge Harbour.

Public garden.
The spring.