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Welcome to Hooked on Walking Holidays and our walking holidays in France. This particular hiking vacation in France is a walking tour in Brittany. We have graded this easy walking holiday in Brittany as a level 1 self guided walking tour making it suitable for guests looking for that easy relaxing vacation. This ragged coastline, which stretches from the Pointe de l’Arcouest to Trébeurden, is constituted almost entirely of the pink granite that inspired its name. Large rock formations highlight the coastline. Time and harsh weather have taken their toll, eroding these rocks into unique formations, some resembling animals or everyday objects. Others seem to balance on a hair and might topple at the slightest brush of breath. On this wild and picturesque coastline are located beaches and ports that delight the holiday maker. Several islands lie close to the coast and are accessible at low tide. They have become sanctuaries for thousands of birds.
Available daily from Easter to Mid October
Level 1 self guided tour
Day 1 Arrival at PERROS GUIREC.
This seaside resort offers to the visitor a unique natural beauty of strange and grandiose landscapes, with pink granite rock structures given shape by millions of years of battery by wind and waves. Opposite the bird sanctuary of the Archipel des Sept-Iles, three vast fine sand beaches awaits the beach enthusiast and the port opens itself to yachtsmen.
Day 2 PERROS GUIREC – PLOUMANAC’H 7.5 miles 12 km 
You will begin at the yachting port and make your way to the coastline. You will pass by a residential area of villas built at the start of the 20th century. Follow the coast to the Pointe du Château. You will continue along the lovely Trestrignel beach and the large beach of Trestaou, lined with palm trees. You will then take the path of Douaniers which runs along the coast, weaving about the pink granite forms until you reach the Ploumanac’h lighthouse, and the beach and oratory of Saint Guirec, situated on the sand. You are only a short distance now from the port of Ploumanac’h, and your hotel.
Day 3 PLOUMANAC’H – TREGASTEL 8.2 miles 13 km
Today’s hike begins with a tour of the tide mills built at the mouth of the Traouiero valley. Their history dates back to the 14th century, but the building that exists today was built in 1735. Following the coastal path, continue along the Baie de Sainte Anne to the Ile Renote where you will discover a chaos of imposing pink granite formations and a covered path. You will pick up your hike again, crossing the Coz Porz beach, La Grève Blanche, and the Baie de Kerlavos, before entering the city of Trégastel by the same path or by the fields.
Day 4 TREGASTEL – TREBEURDEN 8.7- 11.9 miles , 14 - 19 km
Today a transfer by taxi from Trégastel to Kerguintuil hamlet where you will discover the covered alley of Kerguntuil (a burial ground 9 metres in length dating to 2000 BC) and the Kerguntuil’s dolmen, one of the most imposing of Trégor. Continue your trek across the Breton countryside towards Saint Uzec’s menhir, then on to Penvern’s chapel of Notre-Dame-des-Citeaux. Established by the Cisternian monks of Bégard around 1300, it is possibly one of the oldest  chapels in the region. The fountain which lies beside the chapel was known to heal maladies. The most courageous adventurers among you will continue the hike along the coast so to visit the Ile Grande (+ 5 km) where you will uncover a landscape of heaths along the seashore, inlets, marshes, and a lovely covered alley. You will next arrive at the small village of Trébeurden by way of the ponds of Quellern, where a small family of Camargue horses claim residence.
Day 5 TREBEURDEN – LANNION 10 miles 16 km
From here you climb up the Castel overlooking the port, greet “PéreTrébeurden”, a rock looking like a face! and if the tide allows, discover the Ile Millau with it’s sandy moors, magnificent views, and covered alley. Once again on firm ground, you will follow the large beach of Tresmeur to the Pointe de Bihit. You will make your way across the Baie de Lannion by means of the coastal path, the beaches or the moors, and arrive at the Pointe Servel at the mouth of the Léguer river. You will hike to Lannion along the valley and tow paths which lead into the city. Your journey is at its end. Take time to discover the richness of the city’s architectural and patrimonial history.
Day 6 LANNION.
The tour ends after breakfast.
Grade 1 : short walks of 3 to 5 hours each day on clearly way marked and flat paths.
Accommodation : 2 star hotels or upgrade to selected 2 star hotels
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What is Included
- 5 nights bed and breakfast in 2-star hotels
- 4 dinners
- Luggage transfers
- Taxi transfer : Tregastel-Kerguintuil
- Maps
- Route instructions
- Tourist information
Upgraded Tour
- 4 Gourmet dinners
- Selected 2 star hotels
- Additional transfers by taxi Plomanach-Perros, Trebeurden-Tregastel
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Extras
- Transport before and after tour
- Single Rooms
- Hotel upgrade
- Flights
- Entrance to attractions
- Travel Insurance
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2010 Prices
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Standard Tour Code HOWBRIT
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Upgrade Tour Code HOWBRITL
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Price per persons based on 2 persons sharing double room
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£569
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£819
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Single person
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£869
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£1119
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How to get there
By train or plane to Paris and then onto Lannion. Several TGV or fast trains from Paris-Montparnasse station to Plouaret or Guingamp (on the Paris-Brestroute), and change to Lannion. Then by taxi to go to the hotel at Perros.
By car ferry from the UK to the Northern France ports and the drive to Perros where parking is available
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