(S/E) With your back to the car park with a cross, take the road opposite lined with two car parks and turn right onto the first path. At the first crossroads, turn right and continue along this path between two car parks.
GR®® 38 White and Red markings
Cross Rue du Prieuré and take the path slightly to the right of the stone pillars marking the entrance to a property. Cross the road (take care) and continue straight ahead. At the junction with a dirt track, turn left and follow it to the Chapelle de Bonne Nouvelle.
PR®® Yellow markings (in the opposite direction of the route and not very visible)
(1) Go around the fountain and wash house on the right and continue downhill. Cross the D63 (caution) and continue straight ahead, despite the yellow cross, along the path lined with tree-lined embankments. Turn left then right and reach a T-junction (view of the bell tower of Plonévez-Porzay).
(2) Turn right and follow the wide track leading to the water treatment plant (pretty little cross on the right).
At the road, turn left, pass an old farmhouse, partly in ruins (beautiful stones), and go up to the next path on the right marked by a calvary (Croaz Troyout). Turn right and take the first path on the right (marker post).
Follow this sunken lane, which passes a beautiful lodge (Gîtes de France) and its lake at Kervellic. Continue along the road that leads to the D63 and take the roundabout on the right. Go around the roundabout on the right.
(3) At the roundabout exit towards Quimper, go up opposite via a grassy path which continues along a street. Turn left into the first street, between numbers 6 and 4. It continues along a path which crosses the D7 (take care). Follow it opposite, crossing the hamlet of Styvel. Note the beautiful granite houses.
At the three-way junction (signposted Ty Nevez Leustec - Leustec), continue along the road which leads to a crossroads marked by a cross (Croaz Ruz).
(4) Turn onto the path on the right and follow it to pass the hamlet of Le Créac'h.
(5) Turn left to make a small circular loop of about 800m. Go down the small road and, at house number 916 on the left, turn right and cross the courtyard of an old mill. Continue along a relatively steep path to climb back up into a wooded area and rejoin the small road.
(5) Follow it to the left and continue despite the yellow cross until you reach Kervarvarn farm.
(6) Turn right onto a sunken lane. Follow it until you reach a major crossroads. Turn right and follow this path, which leads to a small road. Turn left and pass close to a place called Le Ménec. Continue until you reach a roundabout, then go around it on the right.
(7) Take the beginning of the uphill road (sign for Locronan on the right) and then turn left twice. Pass a small fountain below the road on the left, marked by a small stream flowing from it, and arrive at a small roundabout (wash house on the right). Continue straight ahead and climb 56 concrete steps to reach an old well on Rue de Châteaulin (bench on the right).
Turn left and follow this street via the pedestrian crossing. Pass the police station on your left below.
(8) Turn into the first street on the right, Rue des Ajoncs. Go straight up to the end and continue to the right via a pedestrian crossing to reach Rue de la Troménie, which you follow downhill to the right for about ten metres. Turn left into the campsite entrance and start a steep climb up the path that goes around it on the left. Stay on the path that runs alongside the campsite and ignore a path slightly to the left.
Mountain bike trail markers 7-8
(9) Facing a large tree under which you pass, leave theGR®® and take a wide stony path on the left called "Chemin des Carriers". Follow this path straight uphill to the top, where you will have a view of Cap de la Chèvre on the Crozon Peninsula to your right and the port of Douarnenez to your left. You are now at the highest point of the hike. Descend to a small road and take it to the right for about 100 metres.
GR®® 38 White and Red markings
At a bench, turn left and you will come to a crossroads.
(10) Turn right onto the path that runs alongside the Gorréquer property (barrier at the start). Go down this alley called "Leur Ar Person". Notice a beautiful stone structure with a small cross on the embankment on your right.
Off the trail
Ignore the first street on the right and take the next one on the right to reach Rue Saint-Maurice, which you will follow downhill to the left towards Saint-Ronan Church and the central square with its well.
Cross it and take the Venelle de Toul Prichen on the left, near the "Maison des 100 bières", which goes around the school on the right. At the intersection, turn left into the Venelle Bonne Nouvelle, which leads to Rue du Prieuré near the car park (S/E).