Discover Pluguffan and find hotels

Explore Pluguffan via marked trails, historic buildings and a seasonal Sunday market. When planning your stay, consider whether hiking, cycling or the history of individual sites will be your main focus. If you’re looking for a hotel in Pluguffan, these themes offer practical starting points for planning your days: the municipality has both short connections and longer routes, as well as a 20-kilometre network of footpaths.

Hiking trails in and around Pluguffan

The marked walking trails offer a range of highlights. “Les Chemins nous racontent” is 6.5 kilometres long and leads to the Chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Grâces and its miraculous spring. “Le Tour du Bourg” is 5.5 kilometres long and follows the Keriner stream through a wooded area near the centre of Pluguffan. The two trails can be distinguished by their stated destinations: one route focuses on the chapel, while the other follows the stream through the wooded surroundings.

A shorter connection is the two-kilometre Liaison 4VP, which links Kervoelig with Stank Roc’han and was created in 2021. Pluguffan also has a 20-kilometre network of footpaths in a protected setting. A continuous footpath from the town centre leads to Bois des Korrigans and provides a safe crossing. Residents often use the woodland for walks. This means individual named routes sit alongside a larger network of paths and a connection to a specific walking area.

Cycling on Tro Pluguen and the Voie verte

Tro Pluguen is a 12-kilometre mountain-bike loop through gently rolling terrain and is suitable for beginners. Along the route, you can discover a variety of heritage sites, including the Chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Grâces. The chapel therefore combines a historic destination with one of the cycling routes described here; when planning, you can decide whether you would prefer a mountain-bike loop or a marked walking trail.

The Voie verte also offers another route option: the Voie verte Pont-l’Abbé–Quimper connects with the Pluguffan–Pont-l’Abbé section, which has been in operation since 1995. Between Quimper and Pont-l’Abbé, the route runs for 19 kilometres along a paved former railway line. It is suitable for running and walking, as well as for rides on trekking bikes and mountain bikes. The 19 kilometres refer to the section between Quimper and Pont-l’Abbé; this is distinct from the length of the Pluguffan–Pont-l’Abbé section.

Churches, chapel and dolmen

The Église Saint-Cuffan in Pluguffan dates from the 15th and 16th centuries and was classified as a historic monument in 1916. The history of the Chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Grâces also goes back several centuries: it was founded in 1685, rebuilt and extended in 1867 to plans by diocesan architect Joseph Bigot, and fully restored in 2007. Associated with a calvary and a spring, the chapel brings together several of the religious and historical features noted in the area.

The Dolmen de Menez Liaven is located in Bois des Korrigans and was classified as a historic monument in 1922. Together with the church and chapel, it offers a glimpse of the different heritage sites in Pluguffan. The widely separated dates for the chapel’s founding and rebuilding, and for the classifications, give each building and the dolmen its own historical context.

Seasonal Sunday market

If you plan your stay for a Sunday between September and the end of April, oysters, mussels, clams and whelks are sold on Pluguffan’s church square from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The market is therefore tied to a particular season and a fixed day of the week. When planning your trip, the market hours and the choice between walking trails, cycling routes and historic sites can provide two different focuses for your stay.

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