Le Relais des Vallées in La Chapelle-Janson

Car park by the lake near the Vallées housing estate.

Red and white markings for^{the GR®} 34 and yellow markings for the route

(S/E) To get off to a good start, take a short walk around the lake.
Turn left onto Rue du Bas Bourg before the school and head towards Place de l’Église. Continue straight on along Rue du Relais. Pass the town hall and the cemetery. You’ll reach the hamlet of l’Éclardière. Take the^second street on the right towards Minette.

(1) The road ends here. Carry on along the track to the right. Ignore several tracks branching off to the right and left, keeping a south-east direction at all times.

Before passing under a power line, there’s a magnificent panoramic view to the right. The track becomes a road at La Basse Houdinais and joins a main road. Follow it to the left for 100 m, then turn right onto the Chemin de la Croix du Palais.

Yellow markings

(2) The^GR® continues to the right. Turn left towards the north. At the Fisseau farm on your right, the path widens and then becomes a road leading to the D17 departmental road.

(3) Cross the road and continue straight ahead. The road bends to the right, then to the left at La Petite Lande, and then bends twice more at La Lande.

The road becomes a track, bending to the left. After 100 m, turn right onto the track (not shown on IGN maps). Cross the Rivière de la Motte d’Yné.

Red and yellow markings for^{the GR®} de Pays Tour des Marches de Bretagne and yellow markings for the route

(4) The^GRP® comes from the opposite direction; follow it by turning left. Cross the river several times and you’ll reach a road with a private lake on your right. Turn left heading south.

(5) As you approach the houses of Bas Planti, veer right towards Petite Ville du Bois. At the Y-junction, turn left and follow this road.

(6) Turn right towards Bas Marchand. After 70 m, turn left onto a tree-lined path that initially heads north-west. It skirts the Beaucé quarry and ends at a road at the entrance to the quarry. Turn left and follow the Rivière de la Motte d’Yné.

(7) At the departmental road, turn left. Take care as there are many lorries coming from the quarry; then, after a bend, turn onto a path on the right. Continue along this path (although not fully shown on IGN maps, it is clearly marked).

Red and white markings for^{the GR®} 34 and yellow markings

(8) The^GRP® joins the^GR® coming from the right. Carry on straight ahead.

Enter La Chapelle-Janson via the Vallées neighbourhood. Turn right onto the Grande Fromontière, then left onto the D17 departmental road. You’ll very quickly reach the car park by the pond (S/E).

A full range of shops is available in La Chapelle-Janson.

The Church of Saint-Lézin in La Chapelle-Janson: Founded in the 11th century by Chevalier Gançon, it was originally a priory and was under the jurisdiction of Saint-Georges Abbey in Rennes. The oldest part of the present building dates back to the 15th century. It houses several works of art:
- the choir fresco dating from the first half of the 20th century, depicting the Venerable Julien Maunoir (1606–1683), evangeliser of Upper Brittany.
- two 16th-century stained-glass windows, listed as historic monuments: the window depicting the Annunciation and the window depicting the Dormition of the Virgin.