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Parking at the Maison de la Baie d'Audierne (follow the D156 on the outskirts of Plonéour-Lanvern near the cemetery; the Maison de la Baie d'Audierne is signposted).
Markings:GR® White and Red +PR® Yellow (route of the three chapels).
(S/E) Leaving the car park, take the road on the right to reach the Chapelle Saint-Vio. Take the time to admire this small chapel, isolated in its enclosure surrounded by low stone walls. Outside the enclosure, note a cup-marked stone from the Iron Age (750 to 450 BC).
(1) Turn left, pass the fountain on your left and then an old wash house. Turn left and cross a small stream (footbridge). Follow the path that winds between the areas protected by the Conservatoire du Littoral (protection of bird sanctuaries). It turns right twice. You will see the old pebble crusher buildings ahead. Head towards them.
Yellow markings (not very visible due to lack of support)
(2) Turn left and follow the road towards the beach.
(3) Here you have two options:
- climb the dune and go via the beach (see
practical information)
- Leave the road before the dune, turn left and follow the track that runs along the bottom of the dune for about 2.5 km. The route is not always very clear: on the left are pasture areas, on the right is the dune, with the bell tower of the Chapel of Tronoën in sight. Continue until you reach a small road.
(4) Turn left and continue along this road for about 800 m, leaving thePR® on your right.
GR® markings: White and red (not very visible)
(5) Leave the road and turn left (no entry sign,GR® mark and, on the right, a sign for a crêperie).
Follow this wide path which leads to the small property of Vouden Lan. Turn right onto the small road, then left. On the right, there is a large tarmac area which is the training ground for a truck driver training school.
GR® white and red +PR® yellow markings (route of the three chapels).
(6) After about 200 m, continue straight ahead following theGR®34G, then turn right onto the shaded and potentially wet path that leads to a small road (barrier).
(7) Follow this road and cross the hamlet of Le Stang (beautiful restored farmhouses). At the exit, follow the road towards Plonéour-Lanvern.
(8) Leave this road on the left and take a small road marked as a dead end, which continues as a grassy path.
(9) At the signpost, turn left and take the first path down into the valley. Walk along the boardwalk to discover the Saint Évy Chapel, an ideal place for a break (bench). Go back up opposite and turn left.
(10) At the top, at the end of the road, take the path on the left and follow it straight ahead for about 800 metres.
(11) On the left, a path descends to the Étang de Saint-Vio, which you will follow to return to the car park, turning right into a grove (there is an old observatory here, which is now off-limits). (S/E).
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