Locmariaquer - Bicycle tour - Megaliths tour
Kerlogonan
56740 Locmariaquer
56740 Locmariaquer
Features of the route
Difficulty
Easy
Length
02:00:00
Distance
8.5km
Kerlogonan
56740 Locmariaquer
56740 Locmariaquer
Level of difficulty: Easy
Start : Parking des mégalithes
Step by step:
1) Start your tour with a visit to the Grand Menhir Brisé, the Table des Marchands dolmen and the Er Grah tumulus, a complex managed by the Centre des Monuments Nationaux 1 (Admission charge: more information on site-megalithique-locmariaquer.fr).
2) At the end of the tour, exit Place Jean l'Helgouac'h at the bottom and turn right onto Route des Mégalithes. After 150 m, you'll see the Mané Lud site on your right (100 m to the right of the sign).
3) After visiting this monument, return to the Route des Mégalithes, turn left and at the first intersection turn right onto the cycle path that runs alongside the Cresidui housing estate. After 200 m, turn left onto the road leading to the hamlet of Kerlud. At the entrance to this hamlet, admire the Kerlud dolmen on the right.
4) Continue your visit straight ahead, following the sign for
Pierres Plates. Leave the hamlet and take the opposite route to Kerere
to Kerere and the Pierres Plates dolmen.
5) Leave your bike at the bike park, then head for the monument and enjoy the view over Quiberon Bay. Pick up the bike again and follow the cycle route along Plage de la Falaise and Plage du Gledgen to Pointe de Kerpenhir, at the mouth of the Golfe du Morbihan.
6) Continue past the sailing school/semaphore; there is a bicycle parking area 20 m ahead on the right. Follow the coastal path on foot
50 m to see the Men Letionnec 6 group of menhirs (an inland path leads to it, approximately at the Goemorent marker).
7) Get back on the bike and continue along the road (450 m) to the Tal Hir cove. Turn left and right at "Camping de Kerpenhir" onto the Chemin du Bereu cycle path. On your right (approx. 100 m) is the entrance to a path leading to the Mané er Hroëck burial mound. Return to the Chemin du Bereu and continue right to Rue Philippe Vannier, then return to the town center via the Route de la Plage, passing the Notre Dame de Kerdro church, Place Dariorigum and the port.
8) After the port, go up to the tourist office and take the route d'Auray for 200 m. Turn left into route du cimetière, then left into ruelle du Bronzo. On your right, you'll see the Men Bronzo menhir (9), broken in two. 20 m further on, on your right, you'll come to the Mané Réthual dolmen.
Returning to ruelle du Bronzo, continue towards the exit (chapelle St-Michel on the left), turn right to the Kerlud traffic circle, then right on route des Mégalithes to the parking lot on the right.
8) Opposite the tourist office, take ruelle des écoles, then turn right into ruelle du Bronzo. The Mané Réthual dolmen can be reached on the left.
9) Returning to ruelle du Bronzo, you'll come across the Men Bronzo menhir on your left, broken in two. Continue downhill towards the old cemetery. Turn left to reach the parking lot 200 m away.
Start : Parking des mégalithes
Step by step:
1) Start your tour with a visit to the Grand Menhir Brisé, the Table des Marchands dolmen and the Er Grah tumulus, a complex managed by the Centre des Monuments Nationaux 1 (Admission charge: more information on site-megalithique-locmariaquer.fr).
2) At the end of the tour, exit Place Jean l'Helgouac'h at the bottom and turn right onto Route des Mégalithes. After 150 m, you'll see the Mané Lud site on your right (100 m to the right of the sign).
3) After visiting this monument, return to the Route des Mégalithes, turn left and at the first intersection turn right onto the cycle path that runs alongside the Cresidui housing estate. After 200 m, turn left onto the road leading to the hamlet of Kerlud. At the entrance to this hamlet, admire the Kerlud dolmen on the right.
4) Continue your visit straight ahead, following the sign for
Pierres Plates. Leave the hamlet and take the opposite route to Kerere
to Kerere and the Pierres Plates dolmen.
5) Leave your bike at the bike park, then head for the monument and enjoy the view over Quiberon Bay. Pick up the bike again and follow the cycle route along Plage de la Falaise and Plage du Gledgen to Pointe de Kerpenhir, at the mouth of the Golfe du Morbihan.
6) Continue past the sailing school/semaphore; there is a bicycle parking area 20 m ahead on the right. Follow the coastal path on foot
50 m to see the Men Letionnec 6 group of menhirs (an inland path leads to it, approximately at the Goemorent marker).
7) Get back on the bike and continue along the road (450 m) to the Tal Hir cove. Turn left and right at "Camping de Kerpenhir" onto the Chemin du Bereu cycle path. On your right (approx. 100 m) is the entrance to a path leading to the Mané er Hroëck burial mound. Return to the Chemin du Bereu and continue right to Rue Philippe Vannier, then return to the town center via the Route de la Plage, passing the Notre Dame de Kerdro church, Place Dariorigum and the port.
8) After the port, go up to the tourist office and take the route d'Auray for 200 m. Turn left into route du cimetière, then left into ruelle du Bronzo. On your right, you'll see the Men Bronzo menhir (9), broken in two. 20 m further on, on your right, you'll come to the Mané Réthual dolmen.
Returning to ruelle du Bronzo, continue towards the exit (chapelle St-Michel on the left), turn right to the Kerlud traffic circle, then right on route des Mégalithes to the parking lot on the right.
8) Opposite the tourist office, take ruelle des écoles, then turn right into ruelle du Bronzo. The Mané Réthual dolmen can be reached on the left.
9) Returning to ruelle du Bronzo, you'll come across the Men Bronzo menhir on your left, broken in two. Continue downhill towards the old cemetery. Turn left to reach the parking lot 200 m away.
