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Exploring Southern Finistère

The northwestern part of this region is made up of the Parc naturel
régional d’armorique, which consists of a small section of the
Montagnes noires and the whole Presqu’île de Crozon, with its
long sandy beaches, forests and moors. The Châteaulin basin, in
the centre of Finistère Sud, is drained by the aulne river. Further
south, at the confluence of the Steir and the Odet, is the historic
city of Quimper, Cornouaille’s administrative and cultural capital.
The region has two major towns: Douarnenez, in the west, a
seafaring town built around an extensive bay, and the fortified
town of Concarneau in the south. With a mainly
southern orientation, southern Finistère encourages a
relaxed way of life. Sheltered coastal resorts, like POINTE DES Huelgoat
ESPAGNOLS
Morgat, contrast strongly with the rugged Brest Morlaix
Ménez-Hom and the dramatic Pointe du raz. Alignements CAMARET LANDÉVENNEC Le Faou
never far away are nature reserves that are de Lagatjar Carhaix-Plouguer
of particular interest to bird-watchers. The POINTE DE CROZON Argol Trégarvan Loudeac,
PEN-HIR
Glénan archipelago, the Île Tristan and Île de MORGAT MÉNEZ-HOM Port PLEYBEN Rennes
Launay
Sein each offer superb ports of call for yachtsmen St-Hernot Ste-Marie-du- CHÂTEAULIN
and much that will appeal to divers. Ménez-Hom Châteauneuf-
Cap de la Baie de Cast Aulne du-Faou
Chèvre M o n t a g n e s N o i r e s
Douarnenez
FINISTÈRE
RÉSERVE DU LOCRONAN St-Venec
CAP SIZUN Odet
DOUARNENEZ Briec
POINTE Quilinen Coray
DU VAN
Pont-Croix Gorges de
Stangala
ÎLE DE SEIN Goyen Ploneis Scaër
POINTE Primelin
DU RAZ AUDIERNE QUIMPER Tourch
0 kilometres 10 Plozévet
Baie
0 miles 10 d’Audierne ROSPORDEN
Bannalec
La Fôret- Isole
Fouesnant
Plonéour- Arzano
Lanvern FOUESNANT
BÉNODET QUIMPERLÉ
PONT- CONCARNEAU
NOTRE-DAME L’ABBÉ PONT-AVEN
DE-TRONOËN MANOIR DE KERAZAN Pointe du
Cabellou
St-Guénolé LOCTUDY Moëlan-s-Mer
PENMARC’H Lorient,
Lesconil Port-Manec’h Vannes
LE GUILVINEC
Getting Around ÎLES DE GLÉNAN
From Paris, Quimper can be reached in
four hours by TGV (high-speed train).
The principal roads linking Quimper
and Nantes and Quimper and Rennes
are, respectively, the N165 motorway in
the south and the N24 going east to
Rennes. The N165 heading north
leads to Châteaulin and goes onto
Brest, and the Presqu’île de Crozon
via the D791. Quimper-Cornouaille,
the regional airport, is located at
Pluguffan, 10 km (6 miles) from
The wide Plage de Veryach at Camaret Quimper via the D785.
For hotels and restaurants see p227 and pp239–41
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