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Coming from Perros-Guirec, head towards Trégastel.
After the bend at the traffic light, which offers a panoramic view of Perros-Guirec Bay with Île Tomé (on the right) and the Sept-Îles Archipelago opposite, take the first road on the right: the Ranolien campsite.
(S/E) The route starts from the Ranolien public car park.
Head due south towards the car park entrance and immediately take the path on the left. This is theGR®®34, which you follow with Trestraou Beach and the town of Perros-Guirec on the horizon.
(1) Take the path on the right (leaving theGR®®) and follow the sign for “Les landes de Ploumanac’h”. The path leads onto Rue des Fougères, which you follow by turning right. You’ll come out onto the D788, Boulevard du Sémaphore, which you cross (be careful of heavy traffic in high season). Turn right and, 50 metres further on, turn left and follow the road leading to the semaphore. (Not open to the public – military site) Follow the path to the left before the right-hand bend.
Carrying on straight ahead, the path widens and joins Rue du Tertre. Continue to the orientation table.
(2) Le Tertre is a rocky promontory offering breathtaking views of the Pink Granite Coast.
Head back down from Le Tertre via the steps on the north side and take the path to the left. This leads onto Rue des Bruyères, which you follow by turning right. Keep following this street as it bends left to join Rue des Frères Hurvoy, which you take to the right. Ignore Rue du Cribo on the left, then enter the car park on the left before the spaces reserved for coaches.
Turn right onto a new path which takes you back across the departmental road (via a protected raised walkway). Turn left, then immediately take a path on the right. You will enter the “Christian Gad and Daniel Chee” Sculpture Park.
(3) This sculpture park features monumental granite works by several French and international artists, carved and sculpted during two symposia organised by the town of Perros-Guirec.
Leave the park via the path to the east, which, after a few metres, heads due north. It leads onto the Chemin du Ranolien, which you take by turning left. Walk past an old football pitch on your right, now converted into a car park for motorhome owners. After the car park entrance, take the path on the right. In places, the path runs over pink granite boulders.
Turn left onto the path to reach Rue des Ajoncs d’Or, which you follow to its end. At the junction, continue straight on, veering slightly to the right, to reach the Saint-Guirec car park.
At the end of the car park, turn left onto Rue du Triskel, then right onto Rue Saint-Guirec. Turn left onto Rue de l’Oratoire, then left again onto Rue de la Fontaine.
This leads onto Rue du Centre, with the port of Ploumanac’h on your right.
(4) Walk alongside the harbour on the right, taking Chemin de la Pointe. After the harbour master’s office (No. 118 – the building on the right that juts out onto the street), take the path on the right towards “La Bastille”.
At the end of the path, on the left, some steps lead directly to the beach; on the right, the path goes downhill and then turns left to rejoin the beach.
(5) La Bastille beach: you can see the channel leading into Ploumanac’h harbour and, out at sea near the coast, Coastaéres Castle. It was on this island that sailors used to dry their fish in the sun (Costaéres in Breton means ‘old drying ground’). Continue along the path. After climbing over a field of granite boulders, the path leads to the Chapel of Saint-Guirec.
(6) Walk past the chapel, keeping it on your right, and head towards the beach – if the tide is out – where, on your left, you’ll find the Saint-Guirec Oratory. Walk to the slipway and go up it, keeping ‘Castel Beau Site’ on your right. Take thefirst street on the left.
If the tide is high and prevents access to the beach: when you reach the chapel, take the path on the right which leads to Rue de l’Oratoire; turn left onto this street and then left again onto Rue Saint-Guirec. Then turn right.
Immediately turn left between Nos. 155 and 157 and continue straight on along the path.
After about a hundred metres, you’ll see a rock with a distinctive shape slightly to the left; it’s called “Le Bélier”. The path leads onto a track suitable for vehicles, which you take to the left. Follow it to the Maison du Littoral. During the school holidays, you can visit an exhibition on granite organised in conjunction with the Conservatoire du Littoral.
(7) Off the route, opposite, is the Mean Ruz Lighthouse. To reach it, at the crossroads, turn left, then take the first path on the right and follow the arrows. Out of season, when the gates are open, you can cross the private property and reach the lighthouse directly.
At the crossroads, turn right, rejoining theGR®®34. Walk downhill to the SNSM slipway. The all-weather sea rescue boat is moored in the building on the left.
There are numerous paths for walkers in the moorland of Ploumanac’h. We suggest turning right at the first crossroads, keeping slightly to the left at the next one, and turning right at the end of the path to reach the small Porz Rolland beach.
(8) After the beach, follow the path to the left and continue along it, skirting the coast, to return to the car park where you started (S/E).
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