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Starting point Start from the square "Place Monseigneur Ropert", near the Saint-Gildas abbey church.
(S/E) Take the road "Rue des Vénètes", follow it and keep left on the road "Route du Grand Mont". Walk on the pedestrian section. Go past the car park on the right and reach the semaphore.
GR34®: White and Red Marking
(1) Turn left on the coastal path towards the tip "Pointe du Grand Mont". This is the highest point on the coast of the Rhuys peninsula, with a superb panorama, an orientation table and a large cross erected in tribute to sailors lost at sea.
Continue along the south-southeasterly-facing coastal path to Port Maria beach, which you can walk along from the top.
(2) Arrive at the picturesque little port "Port aux Moines". Go round it to the left and continue through the playground with benches. Turn right to continue along the coastal path. Continue to the menhir "Menhir de la Pierre Jaune" on the shoreline.
(3) Continue to the start of the beach "Plage de Saint-Jacques".
Occasional Signposting
(4) Leave the GR® and the seafront by turning left onto a path that leads to Kerroux town. Enter a residential area and follow the streets known as "Chemin du Ligno", then right "Chemin de la Grande Vigne".
(5) When reaching the road "Route de Cossay", take the zigzag road left-right at a roundabout and continue along the road "Chemin de Kerbistoul".
(6) At a signposted crossroads, turn left onto a grassy path that joins the road "Chemin de Poul Mare".
(7) Cross the road "Route de Kernolives" and go straight ahead. Go past the housing estate onto a new grassy path called "Chemin de Sav Heol".
(8) Join a new housing lot and continue on road "Chemin du Clos Castel". Ignore all streets to the left and right. Pass the tennis courts on your right.
(9) Turn left and then right into the road "Chemin des Dames". This path skirts the cemetery on the left, then the church on the right, and arrives at the start parking lot. (S/E)
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