The Grouin Tip (La Pointe du Grouin)

Leave Cancale and head for the "Pointe du Grouin" on the D201. After a 90° left-hand bend, turn right onto a small road leading to the Youth Hostel. Park in a small car park on the right
(see note in practical information).

(S/E) Leave the car park by turning right and driving under the bridge over the main road.

Yellow signposting

After 70m, take the path on the left. This continues into the road "Chemin de Clairette", which bends to the right.
Cross the road and continue straight ahead on the path. Cross a second road and continue straight ahead.

(1) When you reach the D201 road, cross with care and follow the path slightly to the left. Cross the hamlet "Hameau de la Gaudichais". The path bends broadly to the left and then to the right. At the crossroads, turn right.

GR^®34 Red and white Marking

(2) Continue along this path, ignoring the paths to the right, heading northeast. Reach the "Pointe de la Moulière".
'Off-road : the tip is accessible by the path on the left''.

(3) Turn right, and the path heads East then South-East around the beach "Plage du Saussaye", then north-east along the "Boulevard des Ajoncs".

(4) Take the stairs and continue left along the protected pathway alongside the Boulevard. On the left, the Grand Porche du Saussaye chasm. Descend to the left to find the path leading to the "Pointe de Rochefroide".

(5) Continue along the path which, heading north-east, leads to the tip's car park. Turn left, passing the semaphore on your left, and continue to the tip, noting the coastal path on your right, which you should take after admiring the scenery.

(6) Take the downhill path on the left (the signpost is not visible in this direction) and follow it southwards. Go alongside the campsite and round the "Pointe de Barbe Brûlée".

(7) The path then heads due west to Port Mer beach. Turn left and walk along the beach.

Yellow Marking

(8) At the end of the car park, before the brown wooden hut, turn right up the road and, after a few metres, left onto the coastal path. Follow the winding, uneven path. It skirts the "Pointe du Chatryet and ends in a cove called Port Picain. The youth hostel is on the right, Follow the road uphill to the right, back to the car park. (S/E)

This walk is rated as "medium" difficulty, even though it is less than 10 kilometers long, as some sections of the GR^®34 are not easy to negotiate.

A larger car park exists at the bottom of this road, just in front of the youth hostel. However, the presence of a parking meter can be a deterrent. However, you should avoid parking outside the designated spaces, as checks are frequent, especially in summer.

Beyond the "Pointe du Grouin" to the north-east lies the Pierre-de-Herpin lighthouse. The imaginary line linking the tip to the lighthouse is the starting line for the Route du Rhum race.

La Pointe du Grouin: https://www.tourismebretagne.com/destina...

To the right of the tip, on the other side of the Canal de la Vieille Rivière, stands the island "Île des Landes" bird sanctuary.