Le Vieux-Marché: Holiday apartments and holiday homes

Le Vieux-Marché can be discovered through specific places and routes. A distinctive cultural landmark is the Chapelle des Sept-Saints, regarded as France’s only testimony to the cult of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, celebrated by Christians and Muslims.

Culture

The Dolmen de la chapelle des Sept-Saints is a Neolithic passage dolmen and forms the floor of the southern transept of the chapel. In the parish church of Le Vieux-Marché, the west portal, the small north door with its flanking niches, and the Pietà have been listed as historic monuments since 1927.

The Islamic-Christian pilgrimage to the Seven Saints has taken place since 1954 on the fourth Sunday in July. The Notre-Dame-de-Consolation church was built between 1878 and 1892 on the site of an earlier chapel. Le Vieux-Marché is also the birthplace of Anjela Duval, a peasant poet writing in Breton.

Tours of the Chapelle des Sept-Saints are offered on request through the tourist office; prior registration and at least four to five participants are required. The Notre-Dame-de-Consolation church is opened on request through the town hall, while its exterior areas can be visited freely year-round.

Routes

The “Tour du bourg” circular route leads through the squares of Le Vieux-Marché and reveals traces of commercial life in the first half of the 20th century through old fortification rings and shop signs. Through the green valley of the Saint-Ethurien, the “Tour des moulins” circular route passes former mills whose old masonry is washed by the water.

The “Sur les pas de Luzel” circular route follows in the footsteps of storyteller François-Marie Luzel along shady paths lined with hedges and past manor houses, chapels, fountains, and oratories. The “Chemin des améthystes” route leads through the landscape of Le Vieux-Marché; its landmark is the small violet stone, the amethyst.

Nature

The Hêtre de Kervinihy beech is estimated to be 150 to 350 years old, approximately 25 metres high, and has a span of 20 metres.

The “Au fil du Saint-Ethurien” route begins in Le Vieux-Marché, follows the Saint-Ethurien through a wooded valley, and then returns over the valley heights. It leads to the old Milin ar C'hoat bridge and the Kerbiquet mill, whose wheel is still visible.

Along a hiking trail lies the Chapelle, fontaine et croix de la Trinité. Its exterior areas are freely accessible year-round, while the interior can be visited on request through the town hall. The site offers panoramic views over the Léguer valley.

More destination pages

Crehen, Uzel, Saint-Trimoël, Larmor-Pleubian, Lescouët-Gouarec, Lanvellec, Kerien, Plounévez-Moëdec

For the overview of the wider region: Côtes-D’armor.