Pointes des Grands Nez et du Meinga, Île Besnard au départ de Saint-Coulomb

Cette randonnée de 12 km vous fera découvrir les pointes des Grands Nez et du Meinga ainsi que l'Île Besnard.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 13.23 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 4h 10 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
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    Ascent: + 140 m
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    Descent: - 143 m

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    Highest point: 44 m
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    Lowest point: -4 m

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Description of the walk

Park at the exit of Saint-Coulomb at a crossroads with several stop signs.

(S/E) Take the Chemin de l'Hermitage for about 100 metres, then continue along the path, where there are barriers, until you reach Rue du Lac, then turn left. Continue along this road until you reach the Lac district, then take the coastal road, the D201.

(1) Follow it to the right until you reach the start of Du Guesclin beach. Cross the road to join the GR®34, which is shared with the GRP® du Tour du Pays Malouin. Turn left onto it.

(2) Take the GR®-GRP® marked in white and red on the left and follow the coast to reach Pointe des Grands Nez.

(3) Continue on the GR® and reach the Touesse beach.

(4) If the tide is low and the point between the two beaches is uncovered, you can walk along the sea to the steps at the end of thesecond beach.

if the tide is high, turn left and go around the Roz Ven property, following the GR®34 trail.

Avoid walking on the dunes outside the route.

(5) Continue north, following the GR®34, until you reach Pointe de Meinga.

(6) Turn sharply left to follow the west coast and reach the crossroads of the Île Besnard trail.

(7) Leave the GR® here and turn right, following the coast until you reach the crossroads leading to the island.

(8) Here you have two options:
- turn left to go directly to the island car park,
- continue straight ahead to go around the island and then reach the island car park (route).

(9) Keep right along the coast and head to Courtillons Beach.

(10) Pass it and stay on the coastal path until you reach the GR®34 crossroads at the village of La Guimorais.

(11) Turn left onto the GR®, then leave it on the right onto Rue de la Guimorais, then turn left onto Rue des Chevrets. Join the D201, the coastal road.

(12) Cross it with great caution, take Rue Les Douets opposite, be careful here as the verges are narrow, stay in single file to reach the multiple crossroads at La Barre.

(13) Turn left onto Rue de la Ville Huet to return to the Saint-Coulomb car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 41 m - Saint-Coulomb car park
  2. 1 : km 0.9 - alt. 40 m - D201
  3. 2 : km 1.79 - alt. 24 m - GR34
  4. 3 : km 2.82 - alt. 14 m - Pointe des Grands Nez
  5. 4 : km 3.35 - alt. 8 m - Start of Touesse Beach
  6. 5 : km 4.84 - alt. 11 m - End of La Touesse beach
  7. 6 : km 6.05 - alt. 34 m - Pointe du Meinga
  8. 7 : km 7.07 - alt. 13 m - GR34 crossroads
  9. 8 : km 8.36 - alt. 6 m - Entrance to the - Île Besnard
  10. 9 : km 9.67 - alt. 3 m - Car park - Île Besnard
  11. 10 : km 10.18 - alt. 7 m - Les Courtillons
  12. 11 : km 10.96 - alt. 11 m - GR34 crossroads
  13. 12 : km 11.5 - alt. 26 m - D201
  14. 13 : km 12.4 - alt. 21 m - La Barre
  15. S/E : km 13.23 - alt. 40 m - Saint-Coulomb car park

Notes

(7)  plage en partie naturiste.

Worth a visit

Entre (4) et (5) à Roz Ven : maison de l'écrivaine Colette, on peut l'apercevoir de la plage.
Entre (5) et (6) : profiter à gauche de la présence d'un oppidum.

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

4.3 / 5
Based on 5 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.2 / 5
Ease of following the route
4 / 5
Route interest
4.6 / 5
User 16039533

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 26, 2026
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A beautiful route. It starts and ends in a rather uninteresting town, but otherwise offers superb scenery! Don't forget your hiking boots! The GR can be steep!

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Sartillais
Sartillais

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 17, 2026
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A beautiful walk along the seafront, which we extended to include Anse du Guesclin. The inland section isn't particularly interesting, except for the fact that you don't have to retrace your steps. We did it from east to west and some of the uphill sections are a bit steep, and there are also some steep descents, one of which is even a bit dangerous because a section with wooden steps was very damaged.

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L.Bec
L.Bec

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 26, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A magnificent route not to be missed!
Moderate difficulty

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Anita27
Anita27

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 08, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

A very nice route, but beware of number 1 in the description: the path that joins the GR34 is marked "private" and a bar forbids passage, as well as a rope a little further on. We went through anyway.
Then before point 5, we couldn't find the path to leave the beach and follow the coast. We saw a path but it was too steep. We had to walk on the rocks to find our way back.
Apart from these two points, it was a very nice walk, with the added bonus of tapas at Colette's, a restaurant on the GR34 route, with a great view over the sea.

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papou239ana
papou239ana

Tour planned for the start of the school year, as the region is very busy from May to September.
Best regards

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Régis 50
Régis 50

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : May 07, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

Beautiful hike. This coastline is magnificent! Be aware that the car parks are very busy at weekends and during the summer. Much of the route follows the GR trail. For the last section, in the countryside, we couldn't find any signposts. So we had to do it the old-fashioned way: with a map.

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