The imperial road in Riantec

Departure: Kerdurand Park, Rue du Stade in Riantec. Parking is available in the car park near the château.

(S/E) Walk past the swimming pool gate and turn right along the sports field. Follow the path alongside it and turn right to cross the road. Turn left and walk up Rue du Stade to Rue de Laubrière.

(1) Turn right onto this street, then take the first street on the left, Route de Villemarion.

(2) Continue straight ahead. Possible alternative via Kerastel (4 km circular). You will come to a path, then an intersection. Turn right and continue straight ahead until you reach the fork after the woods.

(3) Turn right onto the path and right again until you reach the decking.

(4) Turn left (alternative route possible by continuing straight ahead to cut across (5.5 km circular). Follow the access road to Clos Calvé until you reach the crossroads.

(5) Cross the road and continue straight ahead to reach Saint-Diel. Follow the main road through the village.

(6) Turn left between the two stone buildings and take the path to a fork.

(7) Turn right at the junction and continue straight ahead until you reach a road.

(8) Follow it to the left, then immediately turn right onto the path until you reach the crossroads in the woods.

(9) Go straight ahead, then left at the next junction and you will arrive in the village of Le Guennic.

(10) Continue straight ahead until you reach Rue de Laubrière.

(11) Turn right and return to the intersection you passed on the way there. Go straight up Rue de Laubrière in the opposite direction to the way there, then turn left onto Rue du Stade to return to your starting point (S/E).

This route is offered by Lorient Agglomération.
It is listed in the Morbihan Departmental Plan for Walking and Hiking Routes and certified by the French Hiking Federation . You can follow the yellow markings.
You will be hiking through natural and private sites. Stay on the marked paths, respect nature, facilities and cultivated land. For your comfort and safety, make sure you have the appropriate hiking equipment.

• Kerdurand Park and Castle (^18th century): built by Jean Durand, merchant of Port-Louis (1830); arboretum (1745); gatekeeper's lodge and gate (^{mid-19th century} ); now a cultural centre.
• Riantec: formerly a community of farmers and fishermen (tuna, sardines, shellfish); the people of Riantec were nicknamed the "salted bottoms".
• La Russie: name derived from Sieur de la Roussie, owner of an estate linked to the East India Company; development of the neighbourhood in the 1970s.
• Voie impériale: ancient road from Port-Louis to Hennebont, crossing the road from Sainte-Catherine to Étel
• Lann er Velin: mill moor; planted with pine trees for forestry in the^19th century.
• Le Riant (5.5 km): also known as the Saint-Jean or Ker gat amenan river, fed the Locjean watermill, the main stream in the commune, joining the Petite Mer de Gâvres at the Pont de Kerner.
• Le Guennic: possible translation "the little white one" due to the presence of kaolin in the soil;^19th-century farms.