Route megalithique from Pointe de la Torche

Starting at Pointe de la Torche, dominated by its eroded tumulus which reveals a dolmen and the remains of a covered passageway, the route runs along the coast and past the famous rocks of Saint-Guénolé.
Other megalithic monuments dot this route.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 6.76 mi
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 10 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 33 ft
  • ↘
    Descent: - 39 ft

  • ▲
    Highest point: 56 ft
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 13 ft
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐ City: Plomeur (29120)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 47.837635° / W 4.343878°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 0519OT
  • Hour-by-hour weather

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Description of the walk

Park in the car park on the right before reaching Pointe de la Torche.

(S/E) Join the road and head towards the headland, leaving a car park and a crêperie on your left and the beach on your right. Climb up to the headland itself by following the wide path and you will come to a semi-circular information panel on your right.

(1) Turn right, taking care to follow the marked path to protect the particularly fragile vegetation, join the wide track, pass the remains of a blockhouse and arrive opposite another enormous one.

(2) Turn right and, shortly afterwards, take the steps up to the megalithic site: a cairn, an eroded tumulus revealing a dolmen and the remains of a covered passageway. Please stay within the marked area to avoid trampling the site. From the summit, there is a beautiful view of the beach, famous for its waves which are highly prized by surfers. Head back down and continue around the headland towards Porzh Carn Beach.

(2) Retrace your steps along the route you took on the way there.

(1) Turn right onto the dune before the car park to head down to Porzh Carn Beach (a few stones to cross) and continue straight on until you reach the beach access point near a car park (SNSM lifeguard station).

G34 White and Red markings

(3) Leave the beach, head back up to the car park, cross it and walk along the left-hand side of the Finistère Prehistory Museum (you can enter the grounds to get a closer look at the various megalithic monuments grouped around the museum). Exit by turning right, go round a lifeguard station and continue along the coastal path to reach a rocky headland topped by an old cross. Carry on to reach an orientation table

(4) The path continues, skirting a small cove, before reaching a sea wall.

(5) Turn right to go round it and continue along the path to reach the area of the famous Saint-Guénolé rocks, which you will walk alongside. Also note the rocks of various shapes, for which everyone can imagine a name. It is possible to climb them but do so with caution, even when the sea appears calm (there is a warning sign on site). On a wall, a commemorative plaque recalls that on 10 October 1870, the wife of the Prefect of Finistère, her daughter and three other people perished after being swept away by a rip current.
Continue to the Port of Saint-Guénolé, where you will leave theGR®34.

No signposting

(6) Facing the harbour, turn left into Rue du Port Saint-Guénolé, which continues as Rue Lucien Larnicol (on the right, the SNSM offices). You’ll reach a crossroads (marked by a small 16th-century wayside shrine).

(7) Turn into Rue Joliot Curie, then left into Rue de Kervedal, which passes above the cemetery (visible). Turn left onto Route de Pors Carn and continue to Rue du Menhir Couché.

(8) Turn right onto this street and look out for the anthropomorphic reclining menhir on the right. Continue straight on until the second street on the left, Hent Prat Bodenn, and follow it to the end. Continue along a grassy path which leads to the edge of the Lescors Marsh.

PR Yellow-marked in the opposite direction

(9) Turn left heading due north onto this marked path, which bends right then left towards a road.

(10) Cross over, continue straight ahead, pass a car park and join the coastal path near the Menhir de Toul Gwin, a small menhir largely buried in sand.

G34 White and Red markings +PR® Yellow markings in the opposite direction

(11) Turn right, follow the path straight on along the top of the dune (viewpoint over Porzh Carn Beach, popular with surfers) and arrive within sight of a car park.

(12) Keep to the right, cross the car park and reach the road. Turn right to return to the nearby car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 23 ft - Car park on the right before Pointe de la Torche
  2. 1 : mi 0.23 - alt. 20 ft - Semi-circular information panel
  3. 2 : mi 0.45 - alt. 30 ft - Huge blockhouse
  4. 3 : mi 2.01 - alt. 13 ft - Beach exit (car park)
  5. 4 : mi 2.55 - alt. 23 ft - Orientation table
  6. 5 : mi 3.39 - alt. 33 ft - Sea wall
  7. 6 : mi 3.76 - alt. 20 ft - Junction opposite the harbour
  8. 7 : mi 4.07 - alt. 23 ft - Street junction with a cross
  9. 8 : mi 4.86 - alt. 23 ft - Anthropomorphic menhir
  10. 9 : mi 5.2 - alt. 16 ft - PR junction on the edge of the marsh
  11. 10 : mi 5.6 - alt. 23 ft - Crossing the road
  12. 11 : mi 5.83 - alt. 20 ft - Toul Gwin menhir
  13. 12 : mi 6.51 - alt. 30 ft - Turn-off towards the car park - parking de la Torche
  14. S/E : mi 6.76 - alt. 23 ft - Car park on the right before Pointe de la Torche

Notes

Walking shoes
Toilets near the car park close to the crêperie and Rue Lancien Larnicol.

Worth a visit

Always be cautious and plan ahead when you're outdoors. Visorando and the author of this route cannot be held responsible for any accidents occurring on this route.

The GR® and PR® markings are the intellectual property of the Fédération Française de Randonnée Pédestre.

Reviews and comments

4.4 / 5
Based on 4 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.3 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.5 / 5
Route interest
4.5 / 5
helenek
helenek

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 19, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Very beautiful and interesting

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User 16555866

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 28, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Very beautiful hike.

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Seb53
Seb53

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : May 06, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

A very pleasant route to explore the site

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Frédo B.
Frédo B.

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 19, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A lovely walk between land and sea. It wasn't very busy on the day I went.

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