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Parking: Penmarc’h Town Hall car park, located behind the building.
(S/E) With your back to the car park, take the exit opposite leading to the imposing 16th-century Saint-Nonna Church, turn into the first street on the left, Rue Yvon Lucas, and follow Venelle Ty Meil to the right, which veers right to join the greenway.
Yellow markings
(1) Follow this old railway line, converted into a greenway, to the left along a straight stretch of about 2.5 km heading south-east. Initially tarmac-surfaced, it is called Rue Menez ar Vourc’h; then the railway embankment becomes a compacted earth track lined with ditches.
Cross small roads and pass streams that feed into the Marais du Ster.
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(2) Let thePR®® veer off to the left and continue along the cycle path to the next junction. Cross at the pedestrian crossing and follow the path heading 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®®34signposting: White and Red
(3) Turn right towards the west and follow the path through the dunes for about 4 km. Pass the large blocks of granite rock eroded by the elements and ignore the first road on the right. Shortly afterwards, to the right ofthe GR®®, between some hedges, stands a moving monument in memory of those shot in Penmarc’h (April–May 1944).
(4) Pass the Water Sports Centre, where the path has been upgraded to facilitate access to the centre. From here, the 60-metre-high Eckmül Lighthouse comes into view. Look out to sea for the Étocs Archipelago, a rocky outcrop home to a colony of seals, and on the dune, two old seaweed kilns.
(5) Walk along the Marais du Ster and its ponds to reach the long jetty at Kérity harbour (in calm weather, you can walk there and back: 900m). Walk along the quay and look out for a former 17th-century guardhouse on the right, now the harbour office. Pass a roundabout, keeping the main road on your right.
No signposting
(6) Turn right into the next street, Rue Paul Eluard, pass the Venelle des Mareyeurs on your right and turn right into the next street, Venelle Sainte-Thumette, emerging opposite the church of the same name. Turn left. Take the time to admire the 16th-century Saint-Thumette Chapel and visit it if it is open (there is a garden next to it with picnic tables). Continue along this street.
(7) Turn right into Venelle Danton.
YellowPR®® signposting (very common)
Continue left along the first street, Rue Dupleix (signposted at the end of the street), which leads into 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 can see the 15th-century fortified house of Kerouzy, recognisable by its turret; pass close to an old broken cross resting on its base. Turn left then right, cross Rue Duguesclin and continue straight ahead.
(9) Turn right despite the Yellow Cross (twoPR®® signs meet here). Continue along the old railway line heading north-east for a good kilometre. Follow first Bannell Gar Kérity, then Rue Ster Vihan, where you pass a fountain made of cut stone.
Cross the D785 at the pedestrian crossing, continue along the Venelle des Enclos Fleuris and pass the first school.
No signposting
(10) Turn left, cross the large open space between the two schools and turn right into Rue François Merrien.
(11) Turn left to walk alongside the cemetery, cross a small square, then take the one-way street opposite, Rue de l’Église, and enter the churchyard. Take the time to walk around it to discover all the boat sculptures carved in stone. If the church is open, don’t miss a visit. On the right, look out for the imposing war memorial: a Bigoudène (widow) wearing a hooded cloak stands near a kersantite obelisk.
Cross Rue Edmond Michelet with care and head to the car park opposite (S/E).
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