Walk around Pointe du Raz from Plogoff

Park at the car park by Plogoff Church.

Yellow markings on signposts

(S/E) As you leave the car park, walk past Saint-Collodan Church (look out for sculptures of ships on the south side and on the bell tower); first turn right then left to enter a dead-end road on the right before the cemetery, and continue along the path that leads downwards. At the first fork, turn left twice and head back up towards the hamlet of Kerhas (at the far end of the cemetery opposite).

(1) Follow the road to the right, ignore a dead-end on your left and, at the sign for Kerisbleis, turn onto a path on the right which crosses a wooded area and leads out onto the access road to the two houses at Kerguen.

(2) Go round them on the left and continue along a dirt track that passes near a fountain and a washhouse with a tiled floor and, on your right, a large garden and orchard. Continue westwards, ignoring the paths leading to the hamlet of Le Manoir. Carry on along the hillside. Turn right at the ‘Point de Vue’ sign (beautiful view over the Baie des Trépassés and the Étang de Laoual). Retrace your steps and continue to the right on the PR®^®.

Unmarked

(3) Leave the^PR®® as it turns right and continue straight on to rejoin it further on. Take it to the right, going in the opposite direction, and join the D607.

(4) Cross it with care, then continue straight ahead (west) along Rue des Moulins to pass through the hamlet of Kerherneau.

^PR®® signposting (yellow) in the opposite direction

At the end, turn left onto a quiet path which joins Rue des Ajoncs d’Or; follow this to the right until you reach a junction.

(5) Turn right onto Rue Bellevue Laoual, which continues as a lane past a washhouse (a lovely view over the Baie des Trépassés). Turn right, then immediately left to reach the^GR®®34at two blockhouses, to the left of the Baie des Trépassés.

GR® 34 and GRP® Cap Sizun Circuit

(6) Overlooking the sea, turn left and head towards Pointe du Raz (opposite, the Phare de la Vieille lighthouse and, further on, the Île de Sein).
You’ll arrive near the semaphore.

(7) Turn left to pass close to the semaphore, then past the “Notre Dame des Naufragés” statue, and continue to the end of the path, facing the rocky headland.

(8) Take a hairpin bend to the left to continue along the coastal path towards the south-east. Pass a headland and, on the right, you will find a path leading down to the sheltered harbour of Bestrée, a harbour formerly used by lighthouse keepers and beacon operators to resupply offshore lighthouses and relieve the keepers.

(9) Walk up the small access road reserved for authorised users and, at the bend, leave this road to continue along the coastal path which descends into a small valley.

(10) Cross a footbridge, head uphill and, a little further on, you’ll come to a path on the left (^PR®®Tourde Plogoff). Continue towards Pointe de Feunteun Aod (note the low-growing broom).

(11) Head uphill along the GR®, keeping to the path closest to the coast to reach the small sheltered harbour of Feunteun Aod (Fontaine de la Grève) (information board). Follow the access road to the harbour uphill until you reach the start of a path through the moorland.

(12) Turn right onto the path closest to the coast and continue due east along the coastal path which follows the seashore at the top of the cliff, then descend into a small valley (footbridge).

(13) Walk back up, cross two more footbridges and arrive at the access road to the sheltered harbour of Pors Loubous, which was, in the 1920s, the most important in Plogoff. A monument commemorates the role played by this harbour in sheltering members of the Resistance during the winter of 1940 (information panel).

No signposting

(14) Retrace your steps and head up the access road to the small harbour. Follow this road – Chemin des Époux Normands, then Rue Honoré d’Estienned’Orves – which passes through the large hamlet of Pennéac’h. Ignore Rue Louis Pasteur on the right and turn right onto Rue Laënnec, which leads onto Rue Joliot-Curie; turn left onto this road and follow it to a junction.

(15) Carry on straight ahead, pass a cross and walk through Kergreiz.

Yellow signposts

Turn left at the sports ground car park towards the hamlet of Le Dreff.

(16) Turn right onto Rue des Mouettes, then turn off into Impasse des Embruns, which continues as a footpath and then a street between the town hall and the school. You’ll reach the D784.

(17) Cross the road and head for the car park opposite (S/E).

Sturdy footwear is recommended, and walking poles may be useful.
If you are with children, please be very careful! The path is well-marked but often runs along the edge of a cliff (though it isn’t actually vertiginous).

Please note: the headland itself gets very busy, especially in summer, but it becomes much quieter as you move away from it.
At Pointe du Raz, please stay on the marked paths to help the vegetation recover.

Pointe du Raz [https://fr.wikipedia.org/w..., a ‘Grand Site de France’.
Baie des Trépassés.
Port de Bestrée
Port de Feunteun Aod
Port de Pors Loubous

Saint-Collodan Church in Plogoff