Taulé: Hiking Trails and Historic Buildings

Taulé offers two distinct themes to help you plan your trip: several hiking routes of varying lengths and landscapes, and historic buildings and features. If you’re looking for a hotel in Taulé, these details can help you plan your stay around your interests. For the routes, you can compare length, course and specific details about difficulty; for the buildings, the focus is on dates, protected status, architectural form and features.

Hiking trails: compare distances and landscapes

The four named routes vary in length: the Circuit du Bois de Lannigou is 7 km, the Circuit de Penhoat and Circuit du Vieux Châtel are each 8 km, and the Circuit de Penzé is 9 km. This makes it easy to compare the distances first; the routes and their individual features offer further points to consider when planning.

The Circuit de Penhoat is also known as the Circuit des Deux Vallées. The approximate walking time is 2 hours and 15 minutes; trail conditions may vary. The route passes the ruins of Château de Penhoat and crosses the Penzé on a footbridge.

The Circuit de Penzé, also called the Circuit de l’Estuaire de la Penzé, follows the bank of the Penzé estuary for 2 km. This means that one part of the route is defined by a specific stretch along the estuary.

The woodland along the Circuit du Bois de Lannigou features many different tree species. Waterways and woodland are part of the Circuit du Vieux Châtel: it follows the Pennelée and a stream, then climbs through a forest to Vieux Châtel. The route is considered fairly easy, although the descent to the Moulin de Bigodou is somewhat challenging. As ground conditions can change, check conditions before your hike.

Historic buildings and their features

The Clocher de l’ancienne église is the only surviving part of the 15th-century church and was classified as a Monument historique in 1914. The thick, square tower has three buttresses; a balustrade and a pyramidal spire form its crown.

The Jardin de Coat-Ilès has been listed as a Monument historique since 9 October 1990. The garden consists of three terraces with carefully constructed, stepped retaining walls.

The Église Notre-Dame de Penzé was rebuilt in 1789. Its features include a 17th-century altarpiece with turrets, a painting of the Assumption of Mary and a Gothic polychrome wooden statue of the seated Virgin Mary. The building’s history and features offer different points of reference for understanding the church.

The Calvaire de Porsland was built in 1554 and is one of the oldest wayside crosses in Taulé. It overlooks the Coatanlzac’h valley. The Chapelle Saint-Herbot contains a crucifix and old statues of Saint Herbot and Saint Avertin.

Castel-an-Trébez is a protohistoric fortified site at the confluence of the Rivière de Morlaix and the Pennelée. From there, you can look north over the Rivière de Morlaix. A regional inventory updated in 2023 lists several marked hiking trails through the site. Local trail conditions can change; check them before setting out.

Discover more destinations: Bourg-Blanc, Lilia, Pont-Croix, Clohars-Carnoët, Tregourez, Lanriec, Brennilis, Plouégat-Guérand.

For the broader travel overview: Finistere.