Route de Lanriec via Anse du Moulin in Mer

Access: From the D783, Concarneau-Trégunc road, turn right at the Intermarché supermarket to go under the railway line and reach the small village of Lanriec. Park in the cemetery car park.

(S/E) From the car park, head towards the stop sign and cross the small road. Go through the wooden gate (information sign about the various hiking routes) and continue straight ahead along the wide tree-lined path alongside the houses. Pass a first footbridge on your left and continue along the edge of the houses.

(1) Take the second footbridge and turn left. When you see three buildings, go through a metal gate on the left and then, just before the buildings, turn left again. Go through a wooden gate and join the cul-de-sac to come out at a stop sign on Rue de Lanriec.

(2) Turn left and continue straight along this street. Pass a cross on the left and the school and town hall on the right.

(3) Turn left to go around the Church of Notre-Dame de Lorette, built between the 14th and 19th centuries and invoked during plague epidemics, its family chapel in memory of three brothers killed in the 1914-18 war and its calvary. Leaving the fenced area of land (land enclosed by a fence around a church or chapel), take the small street opposite, which joins another slightly larger street heading south-east, and arrive at a rock on the right with a small cross on it.

(4) Turn left at the three-way junction, ignoring the C6 Cabellou beach road. Pass the entrance to Kerrichard on the left and continue along this narrow tree-lined road (shared pedestrian/vehicle lane sign). Pass the IME les Primevères on the left and reach a bridge over the River Le Minaouët (view of the bottom of the cove).

(5) Before the bridge (do not cross it), turn right onto a path leading up into the woods. You will come to the D783; follow it to the right for about 50 metres. Then cross carefully to take the Chemin de Kerambars dead-end road opposite (sign for dogs on a leash). Follow this narrow carriage road and walk along the wall of a property (entrance marked with the number 4).

(6) At the end of the wall, climb over a stone and continue along the dyke towards the old 15th-century tide mill (private property, please respect the instructions). A lovely spot for a break.

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Climb the few steps, turn right and follow the coastal path overlooking the cove where the Minaouët flows. At low tide, many birds, including egrets, gather here. The coastal path goes around a shipyard on the left and joins a stretch of tarmac. Note the standing stones that form a fence, characteristic of this region. Some have holes drilled in them to serve as posts for a wooden fence. Take the path on the right just after the zigzag wooden fences and then walk about ten metres to the left to see a house built entirely of standing stones, then retrace your steps to continue on the road on the right, running alongside the shipyard.

(7) At the Hent Pouldu sign, turn right and head into the woods to find the coastal path. After a path on the left, it heads south-west through a pine forest to rejoin the road that ends at Pointe de Grignallou, where the white lighthouse marks the entrance to Anse du Moulin à Mer (beautiful viewpoint).

(8) Continue along the coastal path towards the east to reach Ster Greich beach and a car park.

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(9) Take the small road on the left, then turn right at the first junction (look for a large rock in a garden and see which animal it reminds you of) until you reach the next crossroads, where you will see the road sign for Lambell opposite.

(10) Turn left and follow this road straight ahead. At Kerlary, turn right, pass a calvary on your right, arrive at a stop sign and turn left for about 50 metres.

(11) Turn right onto Rue Gwaremm Zu, which is a no-entry road, cross a stream and continue up this road. Ignore a dead end on the left, then, at the three-way junction, turn left, ignoring Impasse Kermao. Join the D783.
Follow this road to the right for about 100 metres. Look for the Conserverie Courtin buildings and carefully cross the D783 at this point.

(12) Follow this cul-de-sac which runs alongside the Cotten factory shop. Before reaching Moulin Mao, turn right (mountain bike sign) into a wooded area (the purple line on the iGN map is incorrect here) and cross a stream via a footbridge to reach the old Quimperlé-Concarneau railway line.

(13) At the signpost, turn left towards Lanriec, cross the Minaouët on a bridge and continue along this long straight road for about 1.5 km.

(14) At the wooden barrier, cross the small road to reach the car park (S/E).

Toilets near the starting car park.
Two tricky crossings of the D783: busy road with no protected crossing.
A few sections of quiet back roads are used to complete this circular route.
Small market on Thursdays from 4pm to 7pm.

• Notre-Dame de Lorette Church in Lanriec

• Minaouët tide mill

• Pouldohan lighthouse

• The Quimperlé to Concarneau line was a French metre-gauge railway line on the secondary network of the Finistère Departmental Railways. It connected the Quimperlé and Concarneau interchange stations via Pont-Aven station.

It was put into service in sections between 1903 and 1909 and closed completely in 1936. It has now disappeared, with only elements of the old infrastructure remaining, such as station buildings and engineering structures.