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Park near the chapel.
(S/E) Enter the churchyard, where you’ll be greeted by the statues of Saint Corentin and Saint Guénolé, and make your way to the porch. If the chapel is open, take the opportunity to visit it: there are several information panels on the origins of this important pilgrimage in Brittany.
Walk past the calvary and leave the fenced area of land through the monumental gate flanked by statues of Saint Hervé with his wolf and Saint Even, then head towards the road opposite without joining it (two boulders) First, spot a faint trail in the grass, follow it and join a wide grassy path surrounded by thorny hedges (old signpost, Anse route).
(1) Follow this path, clearly well-trodden by rabbits, which descends towards a car park; cross this to reach the coastal path in the dune.
GR® markings (white and red): almost non-existent due to a lack of posts.
(2) Follow the path that crosses the dune area heading north. This is a protected natural area; please stay on the marked path to avoid trampling the vegetation. It is also possible to walk along the beach or alternate between the two. On the dune massif, there are several old blockhouses, one of which has been nicely decorated.
Pass Tréguer Vihan, which you’ll recognise by the cypress grove, and continue along the beach with a campsite and the sand yachting school on your right. Pass close to Île Salgren (an island only visible at high tide). You can climb up there for a view – it’s about a 300-metre round trip – but keep a close eye on the tide.
(3) At Ty an Quer Beach, head up the hill opposite to follow the coastal path. After an initial climb, the route becomes easier. Take a few wooden steps to reach Anse de Kervijen (do not cross the footbridge).
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(4) Follow the wide grassy path opposite, which runs alongside the reed bed (wet section in February 2020). As you climb out of the marsh, it turns left then right to cross the hamlet of Penhoat. Leave the hamlet on the right (sign saying “give way”).
(5) Follow the road to the right leading to Ty an Quer beach. Walk past the hamlet of the same name and arrive at a three-way junction.
(6) Turn left following the sign for Saint-Anne la Palud and, at the crossroads, turn left towards the hamlet of Tréguer.
(7) When you reach the houses, turn right onto a farm track which ends opposite a house. Head down to the right and rejoin the small road you left earlier. Follow it to the left towards Tréguer campsite.
(8) Follow the road to the left, which runs alongside a car park and climbs up above the dune massif (beautiful view of the dunes and Douarnenez Bay). Pass the large car park used on the day of the sanctuary’s Grand Pardon (last weekend in August). There is a lovely view of the chapel nestled in the hollow of the dune. Continue to the next junction and turn right to return to the car park (S/E).
A very pleasant and interesting route, combining religious and maritime heritage with the sea, dunes and rural landscapes. The route is easy and suitable for everyone. We did it after a long spell of heavy rain and the path linking Kervijen beach to the next hamlet was flooded. However, there are alternative routes along two fields.
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