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Access: On arriving in Douarnenez, follow signs for Port Rhu. Walk along the entire length of the estuary and park on the right in the small car park after the footbridge, just before the MJC. There are also plenty of parking spaces all along the quays.
(S/E) Cross the boulevard, then take the Jean Marin footbridge opposite to cross the harbour basin, before turning left to walk along the basin. Continue southwards, passing a flight of steps on your right, until you reach another set of steps leading up to the Grand Pont.
(1) Cross this bridge, which offers a view of the whole of Port Rhu: to the right towards the head of the estuary and to the left over Île Tristan. Before the roundabout at the end of the bridge, turn right onto Rue Durest Le Bris, which slopes downwards and continues as Rue de l’Abattoir. At the stop sign, cross the Quai du Port Rhu and take the pavement heading north-west. Pass under the bridge you crossed earlier and follow the quays.
(2) Turn right at Place de L’Enfer, where you’ll find the Maritime Museum and the Georges Perros Media Centre. Walk up Rue du Port Rhu, then go round the Saint-Michel Chapel on your left. Turn left onto Rue du Cherche Midi, walk past a small car park and you’ll come to a flight of steps. Take these steps to return to Quai du Port Rhu. Continue to the right along the promenade running alongside the harbour and carry on until you reach the departure footbridge.
(3) Turn right into Rue Daniel Le Flanchec and follow this uphill street, which first turns right then left and leads into Rue Saint-Michel, which you follow to the left. At the junction, turn right and walk round the Église du Sacré Cœur. You’ll come to Rue des Baigneurs, which you follow to the right, then turn left into Rue Henri Barbusse, which will take you to Rue du Rosmeur, overlooking the old harbour of the same name.
(4) On the left is a pink building: this is the former sailors’ shelter, which now houses Éditions du Chasse-Marée. Follow Rue du Rosmeur to the right and, at the first flight of steps on the right, go up to reach Place du Sémaphore; cross this square and follow Rue du Sémaphore along its passageway to Rue Boudoulec, which you follow down to the left. Turn right at the junction with Rue du Rosmeur and then right again into Rue de la Marine.
(5) Turn left into Rue du Port, then shortly afterwards, right into Rue Obscure, which leads onto Rue du Couedic; walk down this street to the left. Turn right into Rue Grivart, then right into the second alleyway, Venelle des Alcyons, which leads onto Rue Pierre Hervé Julien; follow this street to the left.
(6) Opposite the entrance to the Sainte-Hélène Chapel, turn right twice, then left to reach the Place des Halles via Rue Émile Zola. Walk up Rue Voltaire to the left until you reach the Place Gabriel Péri, where the Bolomig stands.
(7) Walk round the square and head down Rue Anatole France, then turn right into Rue Eugène Kerivel and almost immediately left into Rue Guy Moquet. Pass by the apse of the Sainte-Hélène Chapel and continue on to turn right into Rue Antoine Cariou.
Head up Rue des Plomarc’h to the right, then turn left into Rue Monte au Ciel and continue to Rue Jean Jaurès, which you follow for about ten metres to the left.
(8) Turn left into Rue du Carrefour and follow it to reach the seafront, leaving the Plomarc’h site on your right. At the junction with Rue des Plomarc’h, turn left onto it and then right into Rue des Marsouins. Follow it to the end to rejoin Rue Anatole France, which you follow down to Rosmeur Harbour.
(9) Follow the quay westwards and, at the end, turn right to reach the far end of the car park (viewpoint overlooking the entrance to the fishing harbour and the colourful houses overlooking Rosmeur Harbour). Turn round, walk past the fish auction facilities on your right, then turn right to reach the end of the fishing harbour.
Turn left, then left again at the Flimiou Jetty. Follow the promenade westwards overlooking the seafront, passing Pors Cad Beach and then Les Dames Beach. Continue along Boulevard Camille Reaud (with a view of Tristan Island on your right) until you reach the car park where you started (S/E).
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