Route du Bourg à Quistinic

The route starts in the village of Quistinic, at Place Saint-Mathurin. The starting sign is on the corner of Rue d’Hennebont, near the shops.

(S/E) Facing the start sign, turn right, walk past the church and continue straight on along Rue de la Résistance until you reach Chemin des Korrigans.

(1) Take this path on the left between the houses. Cross Rue Pierre de Coubertin and continue straight on along the sunken lane, which bends to the left.

(2) In the woods, carry on straight ahead, then turn left at the next junction. Join the D159 on the right, taking care.

(3) Cross the road and turn left into the woods. Follow the path as it bends to the left, then turn right onto the wide track. Join the D519, follow it to the left for about twenty metres, then take the small road on the left towards Kermoël Bihan.

(4) In the hamlet, turn right and follow the path which skirts the fields to the left and crosses the stream. Join the^GR® 38, follow it to the left for a good hundred metres, then leave it and head up to the right towards Hévédic. Turn right at the T-junction, then follow the farm track to the left to reach Hévédic.

(5) Head straight ahead onto the^PR® and cross the hamlet. At the end, follow the path flanked by embankments, then turn right at a 90° angle. Navigate two hairpin bends, then carry on straight ahead: don’t miss the ruins of the Moulin du Bodery on your right. You’ll reach a junction as you approach the Moulin du Glayo.

(6) Turn right, then head uphill to the left. At the first houses in Le Glayo, take the right-hand hairpin bend and carry on for about a hundred metres. Then turn left onto the farm track. Follow it along the ridge overlooking the Blavet Valley, then when it turns left to reach Talhoët Tuchentil.

(7) Don’t miss the wayside cross and carry on straight on towards Nistoir.

(8) As you leave the hamlet, take the path on the right, following the yellow markings. Keep to the right at the first junction, go straight on twice, then turn left to reach the Saint-Mathurin Fountain.

(9) Explore this fountain and the wash house. Walk up Rue de la Fontaine and take the path on the right. At the end, turn left into Rue de la Mairie. Explore the area’s heritage, then cross Place Saint-Mathurin to return to your starting point (S/E).

This route is organised by Lorient Agglomération

This route is included in the Morbihan Departmental Plan for Walking and Hiking Routes and has been accredited by the French Hiking Federation. You can follow the yellow signposts. There is an information board with a map and details of heritage sites at the start.

- Saint-Pierre Church (1752) and Saint-Mathurin Chapel (1900).
- Hévédic: 16th- and 19th-century farmhouses.
- Bodery grain mill, first recorded in the 18th century: remains of the mill, the diversion canal and the millstones.
- Glayo Mill: a grain mill first recorded in the 18th century, formerly associated with a windmill.
- Blavet Valley: 163 km of river (Nantes–Brest Canal, 1806–1825, and towpaths, navigation and freight transport).
- Talhoët Tuchentil wayside cross.
- Le Nistoir: 17th- and 19th-century farmhouses.
- Saint-Mathurin Fountain (1678) and Saint-Pierre washhouse (19th century).
- Rue de la Mairie: Town Hall and school (1882), houses (17th–20th centuries), wayside cross (1721).