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Parking is available at Place de la Mairie de Penmarc'h, located behind the town hall.
(S/E) With your back to the car park, take the exit opposite towards the imposing Saint-Nonna Church (16th century), turn into the first street on the left, Rue Yvon Lucas, and follow Venelle Ty Meil on the right, which turns right to join the greenway.
Yellow markings
(1) Follow this old railway line, now converted into a greenway, to the left for about 2.5 km in a south-easterly direction. Initially tarmaced, it is called Rue Menez ar Vourc'h, then the railway embankment becomes a stabilised dirt track lined with ditches.
Cross small roads and pass streams that feed into the Marais du Ster.
No signposts
(2) Leave thePR® trail as it veers left and continue on the greenway until the next crossroads. Cross at the pedestrian crossing and follow the path towards the sea, to the left of a house in whose garden you can admire two large model galleons and to the right of the beach car park.
GR®34markings: White and red
(3) Turn right towards the west and follow the path through the dunes for about 4 km. Pass the large granite boulders eroded by the sea and ignore the first road on the right. Shortly afterwards, on the right ofthe GR®, between hedges, stands a moving monument to those shot at Penmarc'h (April-May 1944).
(4) Pass the Nautical Centre, where the path has been improved to facilitate access to the centre. From here, you can see the 60-metre-high Eckmül Lighthouse. On the sea side, you can see the Étocs Archipelago, a group of rocks home to a colony of seals, and on the dune, two old seaweed kilns.
(5) Walk along the Ster marshes and ponds to reach the long pier at Kérity harbour (in calm weather, you can walk there and back: 900 metres). Walk along the quay and look out for an old 17th-century guard post on the right, which has been converted into the harbour office. Go past the roundabout, leaving the main road on your right.
No signposts
(6) Turn right onto the next street, Rue Paul Eluard, leave the Venelle des Mareyeurs on your right and turn right onto the next street, Venelle Sainte-Thumette, which leads to the church of the same name. Turn left. Take the time to admire the 16th-century Chapelle Saint-Thumette and visit it if it is open (there is a garden next door with picnic tables). Continue along this street.
(7) Turn right into Venelle Danton.
YellowPR® markings (very prominent)
Continue left along the first street, Rue Dupleix (name at the end of the street), which leads to Rue Émile Zola. Turn left, then right into Rue du Port de Kérity.
(8) At the three-way junction, turn right into Venelle Romain-Rolland, where you will see the 15th-century fortified house of Kerouzy, recognisable by its turret, and pass by an old broken cross standing on its base. Turn left/right, cross Rue Duguesclin and continue straight ahead.
(9) Turn right despite the yellow cross (twoPR® trails meet here). Continue along the old railway line heading north-east for a good kilometre. Follow Bannell Gar Kérity first, then Rue Ster Vihan, where you will pass a stone fountain.
Cross the D785 at the pedestrian crossing, continue along Venelle des Enclos Fleuris and pass a school.
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(10) Turn left, cross the large esplanade between the two schools and turn right into Rue François Merrien.
(11) Turn left to walk along the cemetery, cross a small square, then take the one-way street opposite, Rue de l'Église, and enter the enclosure. Take the time to walk around it to discover all the sculptures of boats carved in stone. If the church is open, don't miss the visit. On the right, you will see the imposing war memorial: a Bigoudène (widow) wearing a hooded coat stands near a kersantite obelisk.
Cross Rue Edmond Michelet with caution and head to the car park opposite (S/E).
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