Walking the Goëlo coast: Paimpol & Bréhat Island

A gentle walk for your first hiking day : you leave Paimpol on foot and follow a well-marked panoramic path above the coast. You will no doubt cross paths with many locals out for their daily stroll. Your goal today is the beautiful 13th century Beauport Abbey where you can explore the grounds and admire the view across the bay. You can choose to keep the walk short and sweet with a bus back to Paimpol, or add some more distance with a 45 mins out and back walk to an oyster farm & bar, where you can sit and enjoy the view over the bay, whilst sampling some seafood tapas with a glass of white wine (table at the oyster bar to be booked in advance. Closed on Saturdays). Walk back to Paimpol.
Walk : Paimpol > Beauport Abbey > Paimpol | 3h40 |  12 km - 7.5 miles | Elevation: +80m/-80m
. Extra out and back to the oyster bar & farm : add 45 mins 
Meals included : breakfast
Night : Paimpol

Today, you can chose to explore the streets of Bréhat on foot or by bike. Vehicules are restricted on the island.
You catch the local bus from Paimpol to Arcouest Point ferry pier (15 mins -  ticket not included - extra transfer with supplement on Sunday )  then take a boat to Bréhat Island (10 mins - ticket not included).
There are 3 bike hire shops on the island, hybrid & ebikes available. Bréhat boasts an exceptional climate that allows for abundant and astonishing exotic vegetation to thrive. It is called "the Island of flowers" because it is home to many varieties of flowers, including the Agapanthus, a bluish-purple flower that is a symbol of the island, and hydrangeas. Loose yourself in the labyrinth of pretty streets and alleys and admire the beautiful houses and gardens along the way. A truly wonderful day! Boat back to Arcouest Point and then local bus back to Paimpol (tickets not included).
Walk : Bréhat island loop walk | 4h |  13 km - 8 miles | Elevation: +130m/-130m
Ride : Bréhat island loop ride | 12 km - 7.4 miles | Elevation: +80m/-80m
Meals included : breakfast
Night : Paimpol

Extension idea : stay the night on Brehat island
Book an extra night and stay on Bréhat Island (on day 3) and enjoy the peace and quiet. Once the last ferry departs Bréhat for the mainland, it’s just the tourists staying in the hotels and guest houses, and a few locals. Stroll through the quiet streets, pack a picnic and head to the beach for an incredible sunset, or enjoy dinner in one of the restaurants on the island. It’s a different ambiance, more relaxed and tranquil. After breakfast the following day, you catch the 1^st ferry back to the mainland where a taxi will be waiting to collect your luggage and transfer it to Tréguier. You pick up the itinerary with the walk from Arcouest Point to Lézardrieux. Contact us for further details. 

You catch the bus from Paimpol to Arcouest Point ferry pier (15 mins -  not included - extra transfer with supplement on Sunday). From Arcouest Point and its fleet of islets protecting the island of Bréhat, you walk along the customs officers' path – the GR 34 - to the small port of Loguivy de la Mer, an important lobster fishing village in the early 20^th century, with over 100 fishing boats in the port. The path then leads you up the Trieux estuary to the village of Lézardrieux, alternating between seafront, gentle ascents/descents, passages through woodlands, and some rocky areas depending on the tides. Transfer at the end of the walk in Lézardrieux to Tréguier.
Walk : Arcouest Point > Loguivy de la Mer > Lézardrieux | 4h10 |  14 km - 8.6 miles | Elevation: +210m/-210m
Meals included : breakfast
Night : Treguier

Transfer after breakfast to the village of Plougrescant (15 mins), the start of your walk. This coastal hike offers dazzling views of the rocks sculpted by the sea over the centuries. Let your imagination run wild and find forms such as Napoleon, Mayan masks, or dolphins in the rock formations. Enjoy a standing-on-the-edge-of-the-world feeling from the Pointe du Chateau, a vast plateau marking the most northerly point in northern Brittany and admire the panoramic views, and tremble at the edge of the "Gouffre de Castel Meur" as the waves crash through a deep slash in the rocks. You will be blown away by these wildly sublime landscapes. Transfer at the end of the walk back to Tréguier.
Walk : Plougrescant > Pointe du Chateau > Plougrescant  | 4h20 |  12 km - 7,4 miles | Elevation: +100m/-100m
Meals included : breakfast 
Night : Tréguier

Morning transfer to Lannion train station for your onward journey.
Meals included : breakfast