Towns
Plomodiern, our village
Half an hour's walk, or five minutes by car.
Intermarché supermarket: Mon–Sat 9am–7pm, Sun 9am–12pm
Boulangerie: Tue–Sat 7am–7pm, Sun 7am–12pm
Tabac-presse: Tue–Sat 7.30am–7pm
Fish market: Tuesday to Saturday mornings
Friday food and craft market; Monday night market and Breton dancing from 7pm
Within half an hour
Locronan: a perfectly preserved medieval granite town, often used as a film set.
Quimper: the old capital of Cornouaille, with a cathedral, half-timbered streets and riverside cafés.
Douarnenez: a working fishing port with the Port-Musée maritime museum.
Crozon and Morgat: the Crozon peninsula's cliffs, coves and seaside cafés.
Châteaulin: a canal town on the Brest–Nantes canal, with cycle paths along the water.
Further afield
Océanopolis aquarium at Brest, Pont-Scorff zoo and Pont-Aven, the village Gauguin painted.
Active days
Walking. Cross the road from us to the St Corentin chapel and hermitage for a half-hour circular walk through fields with sea views. Keep going and the paths lead into Plomodiern or up the Ménez-Hom, our local "mountain" and the highest point in Finistère: all of 329 m, popular with paragliders and perfect for watching the sun set over the sea.
Cycling. A few electric bikes are for hire at Lestrevet beach (first come, first served). Bikes can also be hired in Douarnenez, and from Pleyben for the lovely towpath of the Nantes–Brest canal.
Rainy days. Océanopolis and the botanic garden (Conservatoire botanique) in Brest, laser games and escape rooms, or the indoor pools at Quimper, Crozon and Châteaulin.
More days out
Fly from the Ménez-Hom, Plomodiern. Tandem paragliding flights with an instructor from the École de vol libre du Ménez-Hom, April to September, over the Bay of Douarnenez.
The sea caves of Morgat, Crozon. Boat trips from Morgat harbour into the sea caves, the biggest 80 m long, and round to the Île Vierge. Vedettes Sirènes, April to September; book ahead.
sirenes.bzhPointe de Pen-Hir and Cap de la Chèvre, Crozon peninsula. The peninsula's great headlands: sheer cliffs above the Tas de Pois rocks, wild heath and the GR34 coast path.
Fun Park Crozon, Crozon. Treetop adventure courses in the forest, some with views of the sea. Open February to November.
funparkcrozon.frRiding by the sea, Crozon. L'Étrier de l'Aber runs rides along the coast, across the heath and through the woods above the Bay of Douarnenez.
Port-Musée, Douarnenez. Climb aboard old fishing boats in the harbour, then see the story of the sea indoors.
port-musee.orgÎle Tristan, Douarnenez. A protected island with a lighthouse and gardens: by boat from Tréboul with the island's warden, April to October, or on foot at low tide with a guide.
Abbey of Landévennec, Landévennec. The ruins of a fifth-century abbey and its museum, where the Aulne meets the sea.
musee-abbaye-landevennec.frMusée de l'École rurale, Trégarvan. An old village school at the foot of the Ménez-Hom, with ink-and-nib workshops for children in the holidays.
Maison des Minéraux, Saint-Hernot, Crozon. The peninsula's rocks and minerals, on the road to the Cap de la Chèvre, with guided nature walks.
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