Tro kreiz ker Gwidel

Park in the shared car park for the swimming pool and the Estran community hall.

(S/E) Leave the car park, turn right and head down towards Rue du Général de Gaulle, which you cross. Head opposite towards the hamlet of Kerprat and look out for an old stone house on your left.

(1) At the signpost, turn left into a green space and follow the path into a wooded area. This path overlooks a stream that is not very visible. Below, you can see major roadworks for a new road that will bypass the centre of Guidel (as of October 2019). Continue through the woods until you reach the D162. Cross the road, then turn right onto the footpath that runs slightly above it. Head towards the stadium, whose floodlight masts are visible.

(2) Go through the gate to enter the stadium grounds, follow the path running alongside the main pitch and continue straight on to reach the D306. Ignore a path on the right leading towards the all-white blocks of flats in the Kergroëz district.

(3) Cross this road leading to Guidel Plages with care, then continue straight ahead along the path running alongside a retirement home. The route joins a yellow-marked^PR® path, which you will follow for about a kilometre. Cross a footbridge over a small stream and continue along the wide path heading north-west, with wooded areas on your left and meadows on your right (Prat Foën on the map).
Turn right, leaving the^PR®, to climb a stony path and reach the hamlet of Kerio, where old stone houses are currently being restored. Reach the roundabout on Rue de Saint-Maurice.

(4) Cross with care and head uphill opposite. Turn right at the sign for Chemin Aristide Briand, a tarmac footpath lined with trees that crosses several residential areas heading due east. It is dotted with numerous benches. Take care when crossing the roads that this path crosses several times and you will reach a barrier at the D306.

(5) Go downhill and cross this departmental road with care; follow it to the left for a few metres and head up to the right into the woods. Continue along the path, which curves through the woods, to reach some houses at a place called Mélézéven on a dead-end street.

(6) Pass a small roundabout and turn left into a sandy lane, which you follow straight on between the houses heading due south. At the end, after some small blocks of flats on the left, you’ll come out onto a street on the right. Cross it to take a flight of steps and, a little further on, turn right to return to the car park (S/E).

The route can be completed in simple flat shoes.
The section between points (4) and (5), a return route, is suitable for people with reduced mobility and pushchairs.

Mostly shaded route.
A lovely, easy family walk around Guidel town centre, passing through numerous wooded areas.
3.5 km away: Guidel Plages, a seaside resort, and the entire coastal stretch towards Lorient.