Moëlan-Sur-Mer: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

The Balade de la maison des douaniers is a moderately difficult, signposted circular hiking trail covering 8.74 kilometres. It takes around two hours and follows the mouth of the Ria of Merrien.

Trails

In Brigneau, the Sentier des Petits Sabots is an easy walking trail measuring 1.39 kilometres. Five stations introduce visitors to the history of the former sardine port and its important artists. Route VTT 53 complements the network of trails with a moderately difficult 14-kilometre mountain-bike route that takes around one hour.

Coast

Kerfany Beach is a beach in Moëlan-sur-Mer that visitors can explore. At low tide, a broad intertidal area becomes visible at Trénez Beach, where visitors can observe crabs, sea anemones, shells and small coastal animals. Trénez Beach is also considered one of the best viewpoints in the municipality for sunsets.

History

Since 2016, the Port de Brigneau has held the « Port d’Intérêt Patrimonial » designation. In the 1970s, the Conservatoire du Littoral made the Merrien peninsula its first administrative site in Brittany.

The Chapelle Saint-Philibert, the former cemetery surrounding it, the calvary cross and the spring were classified as historic monuments by decree dated 26 March 1943. The Chapelle Saint-Philibert et Saint-Roch in Moëlan-sur-Mer was built by Henry Corn in the 16th century.

Surroundings

In the vicinity of Moëlan-sur-Mer are Château de Québlen, a castle; Plage du Kérou, a beach; Abbaye Saint-Maurice de Carnoët, a ruin site; and Plage de Bellangenet, a beach. The surrounding area also includes Château de Kerbastic as a historic site, Raguenes as a beach, Fort-Bloqué as a fort and Percée Île as an island.

Food and Drink

At Les Huîtres de Merrien in the Port de Merrien, visitors can sample locally farmed flat and cupped oysters in a tasting area overlooking the ria.

Other Places

Other places: Lanildut, Taule, Châteaulin, Tourch, Guilers, Saint-Derrien, Brest, Porspoder.

To the higher-level travel overview: Finistere.