You will particularly appreciate the hikes that look like from the end of the world to the Pays Bigouden Cap Sizun and to the Pointe du Raz .
Trip type
Hiking mainly on the coastal path and sometimes small roads. Some elevation differences.
Accommodation and catering
3 nights in 2 * hotels in Douarnenez and Audierne (bedroom 2 with bathroom) and 3 nights in a stopover gîte at Pointe du Raz (bedroom 2 with shared bathroom and WC). Dinners are included during the 3 nights at the gîte, optional for nights in hotels.
Travel documents
1 map at 1 / 25000th, a topo-guide for hikes and a road-book for the course of the stay.
How to come
By train :
Go: TGV Paris Montparnasse Quimper then coach to Douarnenez.
Return: from Audierne to Quimper then TGV to Quimper.
By car :
Paris – Rennes – Quimper – Douarnenez (around 5:30 am)
Parking: free / unsupervised near the hotel.
Return to Douarnenez to collect his car: Audierne – Douarnenez bus https://www.breizhgo.bzh/
Douarnenez (Google Map)
3 Hours Before Flight Time
From the Port museum of Douarnenez, which shelters magnificent old rigging, the customs trail rises on the spectacular cliffs of Cap Sizun: the Pointe du Millier, the Pointe du Van offer exceptional panoramas. At the western end of Europe, you will find the Pointe du Raz, the last granite prow before the Grand Large. Then, at the end of the week, we offer you a moment of break, out of time, on the island of Sein, whose summit culminates at 6m above sea level!
We offer you at the tip of Raz, simple and friendly accommodation, run by enthusiasts of their region, a great meeting in perspective!
A small town resolutely turned towards the sea with its four ports with lively quays, its famous canneries, its charming alleys and its sandy beaches. An ideal entry door to put you in the Breton atmosphere.
Night in Douarnenez in a 2 * hotel.
We left for a little warm-up along the quays of Port-Rhu then the beaches of Tréboul. After the White Sands, the tone is quickly set: short ascents and descents follow one another quickly. Fortunately, we quickly let ourselves be distracted by the beauty of the landscapes: from the tip of the Mare to that of the Millier under the wind from which the small valley of the Keriolet mill is hidden, free visit of the mill to end the day. Transfer to Pointe du Raz.
Night and dinner at a stopover gîte in Plogoff.
18 km.
After a small transfer at the start of the day’s hike, the GR34 continues to take the trails as close as possible to the water and promotes unusual encounters: deserted coves, guardhouses, wind turbines … with always a breathtaking view of the peninsula. Crozon Island and Douarnenez Bay. Sea birds accompany you throughout the day. Small transfer at the end of the day to the gîte.
Night and dinner at a stopover gîte in Plogoff.
18 km.
Head for the Pointe du Raz that you can reach during the calm hours of the day, to better observe the Raz de Sein in the heart of a natural landscape, classified as one of the most beautiful sites in France. Then you go back up to the Pointe du Van, revealing beautiful views of the coastline: Pointe de Castelmeur and Pointe de Brézellec, Cap de la Chèvre … return to the gîte via Trépassés bay.
Night and dinner at a stopover gîte in Plogoff.
18 km.
Small transfer to the shelter port of Feunten Aod and its fresh water fountain. The south coast, less rocky than the north coast but marked by the SW winds that make rain… and good weather! Head east and towards Audierne, a fishing and sailing port located on the Goyen estuary, at the foot of a wooded hill with charming cobbled streets.
Night in Audierne in a 2 * hotel.
17 km.
Crossing for the island of Sein aboard the company ship Penn Ar Bed. From Audierne to the Vieille lighthouse, the boat runs along the coast covered the day before before crossing the Raz and dropping you off on the island: 60 ha of land at the water’s level which can be traversed up and down without succeed in making it… the turn!
Night in Audierne in a 2 * hotel.
End of the stay in Audierne after breakfast
