The Faluns Route around Le Quiou

This easy route takes you on a journey of discovery through the Pays des Faluns, combining the Greenway, local heritage and landscapes shaped by the ancient Faluns Sea. The route offers a pleasant and accessible walk, ideal for a family outing.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 2.72 mi
  • ◔
    Average duration: 1h 15 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 30 ft
  • ↘
    Descent: - 30 ft

  • ▲
    Highest point: 112 ft
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 62 ft
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐ City: Le Quiou (22630)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 48.350851° / W 2.005929°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 1117SB
  • Hour-by-hour weather

Description of the walk

(S/E) With your back to the church, set off along Rue de la Ville Neuve, pass the town hall and then continue towards Ville Gohen, ignoring the roads on the right.

(1) Turn left onto the Voie Verte (former railway line) and pass on the left by the remains of a Gallo-Roman villa. Continue along the Voie Verte for over 1 km, passing the old railway station.

(2) Leave the Voie verte via the road on the left towards the entrance to Château du Hac. Walk past its entrance and take the road on the left.

(3) At the crossroads, turn left towards the nature reserve.

(4) Enter this area on the right and go through the wooden gate. Wind your way through the undergrowth alongside small ponds. Keep heading north until you come out onto the D39.

(5) Follow it to the right until you reach Rue de l’Église.

(6) Turn left onto this street and continue for 30 m, then turn right onto Rue de la Fontaine; continue left onto Chemin de Bourrien and join Rue des Mares (D26).

(7) Turn left onto this road and return to the church (S/E)

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 82 ft - Church
  2. 1 : mi 0.46 - alt. 62 ft - Greenway - Villa Gallo-Romaine du Quiou
  3. 2 : mi 1.23 - alt. 72 ft - Chateau du Hac
  4. 3 : mi 1.49 - alt. 112 ft - Turn left at the fork
  5. 4 : mi 1.6 - alt. 79 ft - Nature reserve. Near the - Hac (cours d'eau) - Affluent de la Rance
  6. 5 : mi 2.22 - alt. 82 ft - D39
  7. 6 : mi 2.36 - alt. 85 ft - Rue de l’Église
  8. 7 : mi 2.6 - alt. 75 ft - Le Bourrien. D26
  9. S/E : mi 2.72 - alt. 82 ft - Church

Worth a visit

(1) Roman villa at Les Falluns.

(2) Château du Hac.

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