Le Croisty: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Le Croisty combines a distinctive hilly landscape with Breton architectural and festival culture. The Kergoff Valley is particularly striking: here, the Aër River has carved an 800-metre-long and 50-metre-deep granite gorge into a tectonic granite fissure. The valley is especially suitable for hiking and mountain biking.

Nature and Water

Le Croisty has hilly terrain and reaches an altitude of 255 metres at Mané Garhénec hill. The landscape is characterised by elevations ranging from 123 to 255 metres; typical of inland Brittany, forests, meadows and sunken lanes alternate here.

The Aër River, also known as the Rivière du Pont Rouge, is a tributary of the Ellé. It drains large parts of Le Croisty and forms a natural municipal boundary with Saint-Tugdual to the north and Priziac to the west. Fly fishing is practised on the Aër in the Kergoff area; at the same time, the river is classified as a first-category waterway for brown trout.

Buildings and Breton History

The Manoir de Garhenec dates from the 16th and 17th centuries; the year 1669 is given as its date. The manor illustrates traditional Breton manor-house architecture.

The Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste in Le Croisty holds a special position. It preserves restored, carved and polychrome wooden roof beams. Fifteen of the scenes depicted on them are classified as historic monuments, while further parts of the furnishings are also protected. An inscription on a roof beam confirms that the wooden roof beams were completed in 1553.

The church combines Romanesque and Gothic influences. Its architectural elements are predominantly typical of the 16th century; at the same time, it is believed that an older structure was partially reused.

Traditions in the Pays Pourlet

The Celtic group Dañserien ar vro Pourlet from Le Croisty presents the dances, traditional costumes and music of the Pays Pourlet. The group has around 30 dancers and trains younger generations from the age of six. Dañserien ar vro Pourlet also performs at numerous festivals in France and abroad.

The Circuit des Chevaliers de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem runs through the landscape of the Pays Pourlet. It highlights traces left by the former lords of the area, the knights of the Order of St John.

The area around Le Croisty is home to the Abbaye Notre-Dame de Langonnet as a historic site, the Chapelle Saint-Nicolas as a church, the Église Notre-Dame as a church and the Chapelle Sainte-Barbe as a church.

The Wider Regional Area

Ty Coz is a summit in the wider regional area around Le Croisty. Roc de Toulaëron and Menez an Dug are also located there, each classified as a summit. Calotte Saint-Joseph is a hill in this wider regional area.

Other places: Questembert, La Chapelle-Caro, Taupont, Meslan, Locmaria, Etel, Meucon, Sainte-Anne-D'auray

For the higher-level travel overview: Morbihan.