The Plozévet countryside and the seaside via Penhors

Parking near Saint-Demet Chapel in Plozévet.

(S/E) With your back to the chapel, set off along the small road that runs alongside the houses, turn left and join a road, turning right onto it, until you reach the sign for “Kergroas”.

(1) Turn right onto a short stretch of road that leads onto a grassy path overlooking a marshy area. On your right, you’ll come to a stream; cross over to the other bank. Continue along the leat that once fed Moulin Coing.

(2) Take the road on the left and, at the first junction, turn right onto a wide track. This will take you to the hamlet of Keristevet, where there is a beautiful bread oven. Cross the coastal road and emerge facing the sea.

GR® ®34^GR®® marked in white and red

(3) Take the path on the left, pass two car parks and arrive at a third. Following the markings, turn right to reach the coastal road (this recent gap was created artificially to drain water from the ponds and prevent flooding of the nearby road; it is likely to be permanent). Follow it to the right for about a hundred metres and turn right to rejoin the coastal path near a car park.

(4) Continue along this path towards the south-east. Make sure you stay on the path, which is set back slightly from the cliff edge, as the cliff is very unstable (sign: “Active Cliff”). Look out for an old seaweed kiln on the left. Continue until you reach the small sheltered harbour at Penhors.

(5) Continue in the same direction along the embankment running alongside the sea, pass the water sports centre building and continue between the road and the pebbles that have been pushed back to protect it from the sea’s onslaught in winter.
At a bar on your left, take the marked path and continue to the first small pond.
A discreet GR® sign on a post, almost at ground level, indicates that you should leave the path and head onto the pebble bank. You can also walk along the top of the beach, at the edge of the pebbles. Pass a second lagoon-like pond and look out for a path that joins a small road.

(6) Turn left and follow this small road through the fields, ignoring the one coming from the right, until you reach a T-junction.

(7) Take the path on the left and retrace your steps along the route you took on the way there.
Ignore the road branching off to the right and, just before the entrance to a car park, turn right towards the chapel. Let the road continue towards a campsite and turn left to reach the 16th-century wayside shrine.

(8) Enter the enclosure through the triumphal gate and take a moment to admire this beautiful building (if it is open, you will be delighted by the visit). On leaving the enclosure, turn right to join the D40.

(9) Cross it carefully, continue straight ahead along a wide path between the fields and turn right to rejoin a road. Follow it to the left until you reach a Fork in the road, at a place called Perros.

(10) Take the left-hand fork, cross a stream (there’sa lovely wash house on the left; marked as a fountain on the map) and head up to the hamlet of Kerongard Divisqin.

(11) In the hamlet, turn left onto a wide path between the fields, turn right at the first fork, heading due north, until you reach a cross-path.

(12) Continue straight ahead, pass through the hamlet of Kerveugard and rejoin the outbound route. Turn right to return to the car park near the chapel (S/E).

Another starting point: Port de Penhors.
Public toilets at the water sports centre.
Several picnic tables by the sea and at the starting point.
Please note that collecting pebbles is prohibited.
Look out for a fridge cleverly converted into a book box near the Saint-Demet Chapel.

Saint-Demet Chapel.
Moulin Coing.
Notre-Dame de Penhors Chapel.
Bread oven
Penhors harbour and beach.
String of pebbles