Bourseul: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Bourseul combines impressive evidence of Breton history with disused mills, the fish-rich Étang des Aulnays, rural hiking trails and a pump track. Between the château, chapels and scattered hamlets, a varied local landscape emerges in which historical details have their place alongside activity and nature.

Culture and Architectural Heritage

The Château de Beaubois was largely rebuilt from 1861 onwards and has been listed as a historic monument by decree of 27 February 1926. At the Église de St Nicodème, the porch is classified as a Romanesque historic monument. The church also features a 16th-century cross: on one side it depicts the Virgin and Child, and on the other Christ, surrounded by the Virgin and Saint John.

The mills also tell of the landscape's former use. The mills of Pont Loyer were built on a diversion of the Arguenon and were used to grind grain. Two vertical water wheels are still present there today, although the mills themselves are currently disused. An idea of their former production capacity is conveyed by the records concerning the mills of La Goupillière: in 1848, they produced 2,540,800 kg of wheat flour and 200,000 kg of buckwheat flour.

In the hamlet of Saint-Méen stands the Chapelle Saint-Roch, a small 18th-century building that was probably rebuilt on the site of a much older structure. Its floor plan is in the shape of a Latin cross, with a single-nave body, a simple transept and a polygonal chancel. Its furnishings include a 14th-century stone depiction of the Virgin and Child, which is classified as a monument and was probably made locally. There is also a small altarpiece dating from the 17th century, with twisted columns, which is listed.

Water and Rural Landscapes

The Étang des Aulnays comprises a fish-rich body of water. It also has a reception and rest area. The Étang de Radieu offers a different kind of waterside experience: the owner permits visits to the private grounds, provided that the site and its tranquillity are respected.

The Circuit de la Boitardais runs through rural landscapes with scattered hamlets. This moderately difficult walking trail is 13.3 kilometres long. For orientation, Bourseul provides a downloadable map of its hiking trails.

Activities in Bourseul

The paved pump track in Bourseul can also be used in damp weather. People of all sporting and technical abilities can ride on it. Alongside the historic sites and paths through the rural surroundings, it therefore provides a dedicated place for physical activity whose use is not limited to any particular sporting or technical level.

Other places: Paimpol, Corseul, Pléhérel-Plage, Coëtlogon, Saint-Rieul, Trémuson, Pleguien, Langrolay-Sur-Rance

To the higher-level travel overview: Côtes-D’armor.