Plouaret: Breton Tales, Heritage and Walking Routes

Plouaret brings together Breton storytelling traditions, historic sites and a range of ways to explore the surrounding area. When planning your trip, you can choose from an interactive trail, a treasure hunt, a circular horse-riding route and other local attractions.

Getting to Plouaret

Plouaret-Trégor station is served daily by TER BreizhGo-SNCF trains on the Rennes–Brest and Saint-Brieuc–Lannion lines. TGV inOui trains also run on the Paris Montparnasse–Brest route. If you plan to travel by train, take these services into account and check the latest timetable before setting off: train services may change.

Stories, waterways and activities

On the “Luzel et l'eau” trail, Breton tales and legends and the heritage of Brittany come to life at twelve stops with interactive information features. The four-kilometre interpretive trail runs alongside the rivers, streams and mill channels in the area. It brings together the themes of water and storytelling on a defined route through Plouaret.

Another option is the “Mémoire de pierres” treasure hunt. The three-kilometre route through the Plouaret granite massif takes around an hour and a half and is rated very easy. It follows paths and roads. Along the way, it introduces granite blocks used to build traditional longhouses in Trégor. The route combines physical activity with a look at the building material and how it was used in the region.

For a longer outing, a 20-kilometre circular horse-riding route passes through Plouaret and Le Vieux-Marché. It takes in the local heritage of both municipalities. The different route lengths and the stated duration of the treasure hunt help you gauge the scope of each activity without treating the three offerings as equivalent.

Leisure park and sports complex

The leisure park in Plouaret has a play area with an eight-station climbing course. The sports complex is 600 metres from the leisure park. Its facilities include a multi-use sports court, a BMX track, a boules court, a mountain-bike trials course and a pump track. The two locations offer a range of activities: the course is a climbing activity, while the sports complex has several facilities for different sports.

Church and historic landmarks

Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Nouvelle Church in Plouaret has been protected as a historic monument since 1907. Its south porch has housed a Gallo-Roman sculpture since 1887, known as the “cavalier à l'Anguipède”: it depicts a rider with a serpent's body. The name and the depiction give this historic landmark a distinctive and clearly recognisable form.

In front of Sainte-Barbe Chapel stands a calvary whose base dates from 1612. The Fontaine Saint-Jean is another historic site: Jean Kervegan built the devotional spring in 1645 for the lordship of Guernachanay; it is dedicated to John the Baptist and was restored in 2003. The distinct histories of their construction and dedication help place the two sites in context without conflating them into a single monument.

The Maudez Calvary is also associated with the now-destroyed Saint-Maudé Chapel. The Maudez devotional spring, Feunteun Maodez, lies west of Saint-Maudé Chapel. It is recorded in the 1835 land register and has been restored. Together, the information about the calvary and the spring brings two distinct traces of Maudez heritage into view.

A notable tree in the area

The Chêne du Pont Blanc is estimated to be 400 to 600 years old. The oak is 20 metres tall and has a circumference of 18 metres. Its age is an estimate; the height and circumference provide concrete measurements of this notable tree.

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