The Saint Pairais

This short walk will take you around Saint Pair sur Mer, alternating between different types of paths/small roads and landscapes, including bocage, town and shopping areas, allowing you to discover the surrounding area.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 8.04 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 25 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 48 m
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    Descent: - 45 m

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    Highest point: 53 m
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    Lowest point: 7 m

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Description of the walk

Departure from the church square in Saint-Pair-sur-Mer.

(S/E) Head towards the sea and the sea wall, which you will take on your left.

(1) At the end of the sea wall, walk up Rue de Scissy to the Sainte-Anne Chapel, where you can take a look around. There are often exhibitions, especially in summer. Turn right into the street. Follow this street to the foot of the hill.

(2) Turn right, then take the second path up on the left (GR®) to return to the street that climbs uphill, then turn right. Almost at the top, turn right into the cul-de-sac to take a path above a cliff, where you will have a beautiful view of the beach and the mouth of the Thar. Return to the car park at the mouth of the river.

(3) At the end, cross the D911 on the pedestrian crossing and take the small street opposite, then immediately turn right onto Chemin de Beausoleil (formerly Catteville).

(4) When you reach a road, turn sharply left to take the path that goes uphill. Follow this path, which offers a beautiful view of Granville and the large beaches of Mont Saint-Michel Bay.

(5) At the next intersection, go straight ahead between the houses; there is a path at the very end... Follow it (GR°°®°) and you will come out onto a road.

(6) At the road, turn left and then immediately right. This narrow road is in poor condition and very quiet. At the first intersection, turn left onto a similar path. After about 100 metres, go through the hedge on the right and continue across a car park until you reach the D309 road.

(7) Cross it and continue straight ahead on the lawn. This is the small passageway in the commercial area. Continue straight ahead through the various small streets until you reach a T-junction.

(8) Turn left onto the D151. The road curves to the right. At the curve, take the very small road on the right, which will take you back to the countryside, even though you are still close to the main road. Follow this path for a while; it turns 90° to the left and then joins the cemetery of Saint-Pair-sur-Mer. Continue past it for about a hundred metres.

(9) Continue straight ahead on Rue Saint-Michel. This will take you back to the church of Saint-Pair-sur-Mer (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 18 m - Église Saint-Pair (Saint-Pair-sur-Mer)
  2. 1 : km 0.36 - alt. 9 m - Rue de Scissy
  3. 2 : km 0.88 - alt. 13 m - Fork in the road, to the right
  4. 3 : km 1.87 - alt. 9 m - D911
  5. 4 : km 2.81 - alt. 11 m - Fork in the road, left
  6. 5 : km 3.67 - alt. 31 m - At the fork, continue straight ahead.
  7. 6 : km 4.26 - alt. 44 m - Road, on the left
  8. 7 : km 5.28 - alt. 50 m - D309
  9. 8 : km 5.79 - alt. 48 m - D151
  10. 9 : km 7.53 - alt. 32 m - Rue Saint-Michel
  11. S/E : km 8.03 - alt. 18 m - Église Saint-Pair (Saint-Pair-sur-Mer)

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

4.1 / 5
Based on 11 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.5 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.2 / 5
Route interest
3.6 / 5
Quesnot
Quesnot

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 25, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Description at the end, more complicated 👍

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Kikiginie
Kikiginie

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 14, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

A well-marked and very enjoyable hike!

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HATTY
HATTY

Overall rating : 3.3 / 5

Date of your route : May 23, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Very busy route : No

Hello
The seafront area is superb
The interior is very disappointing and, above all, outdated, as it crosses a road in an industrial zone

The route should be redrawn to avoid the industrial estate and the uninteresting central section, instead passing through the residential areas of Saint-Pair, which are currently carefully avoided!

Kind regards

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Karsenti
Karsenti

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 16, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

It's a shame about the small portion in the artisan area.

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Kyla
Kyla

Overall rating : 3 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 01, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

The start of the hike is magnificent. After walking along the beach, you will discover the vast villas of yesteryear and superb panoramic views of the sea and the bocage countryside as you follow well-maintained, easy-to-walk paths.
From (6) onwards, the environment changes.
The area appears to have been redeveloped: there is no intersection where you can take a path to the left.
The rest of the route is then much less interesting: you cross a car park and then an industrial estate consisting of warehouses, before following a very noisy, busy road and arriving at a housing development under construction.
However, the walk ends with a charming little pedestrian street, Rue Saint Michel, which leads back to the church at the starting point.

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jasy19481949
jasy19481949

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 16, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A very beautiful hike that allows you to discover the coastal landscape, the countryside and the seaside resort. The paths are very good throughout the route. The starting point is behind the church, where there is plenty of parking available.

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DaDoRando14
DaDoRando14

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 24, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A lovely, varied walk. Be careful not to blindly follow the coastal path markings (yellow), which you should abandon after the place known as "les trois croix" (three concrete crosses that are not very visible behind a fence).

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Domi2935
Domi2935
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Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : May 14, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

An interesting and varied hike, despite a very unattractive section around point 4 (a commercial area that is difficult to navigate), which should be reviewed.

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jeambeau
jeambeau

Overall rating : 3 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 21, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Very busy route : Yes

This route starting from Saint Pair and returning there is easy, but... it must have been created a long time ago because, in its second part, it passes right through the middle of a car park, then an industrial and commercial area, then along a very busy road, to arrive in Saint Pair via a very ugly mobile home campsite... In short, not very interesting and very little nature!

As for the views of Granville mentioned in the description... apart from the seafront, there are none from the heights.

This route needs to be revised.

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mamilou50
mamilou50

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 26, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very beautiful and varied walk along the coast and through the countryside.

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mamie
mamie

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : May 19, 2016
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average

A first encounter with the area. It is a highly urbanised but interesting area: seaside houses, bocage further away.

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