Belz - Pointe de Larmor
Port Niscop
56550 Belz
56550 Belz
Features of the route
Difficulty
Easy
Length
01:30:00
Distance
5km
Port Niscop
56550 Belz
56550 Belz
Level of difficulty: Easy
Yellow markings
All year round This walk takes you along the Rivière d'Etel, a picturesque marine gulf. You'll then follow the banks of the Sac'h, its tributary, one of the many arms of the Ria.
Departure point: At the Port Niscop parking lot, admire the Pont Lorois, the only bridge between the two banks of the Ria and between Auray and Lorient. Completed in 1841, it was destroyed twice (in 1894 and 1944). Named after Édouard Lorois, Prefect of Morbihan from 1838 to 1848. Leave the parking lot and take the coastal path at the end of the quay. Walk around a shipyard along part of Rue des Chantiers. Then turn right along the entire length of the Rivière d'Etel.
1) At the pointe de Royanec, continue along the path. At the pointe de Roquenec, join the mouth of the Sac'h river.
2) Follow the coastal path to the Moulin du Bignac. This tidal mill was built around 1856 by Mr. Paissel, who then acquired the inlet to turn it into a pond. All that remains today is the dyke damming the Bignac cove and the solid foundations of a building built partly on this dyke. It was coupled to a tower-shaped windmill, probably built during the same period and now converted into a private dwelling.
3) At the Moulin, turn left up a path that runs alongside the Étang du Bignac. The Bignac pond and moorlands form an exceptional natural area (classified Natura 2000). The landscape alternates between gorse, heather, ponds and wet meadows. Bignac is home to the extremely rare and discreet panicaut vivipare (Eryngium viviparum), the only plant recorded in France to date. At the "patte d'oie" (goose foot), continue to the right along the path through woodland and moorland. Continue along the small street, then turn left onto the Route de Larmor.
4) After 250 m, take the narrow path down to the right. Turn right again at the pond to join the Venelle de Mané Braz.
5) Turn right again on Rue du Chantier for 100 m, then left down a small path to Port Niscop.
Focus: - Pont Lorois: the only bridge between the two banks of the Ria and between Auray and Lorient. Completed in 1841, it was destroyed twice (1894 and 1944). Named after Edouard Lorois, Prefect of Morbihan from 1838 to 1848. - Grotte de Port-Niscop: an oratory dedicated to Notre Dame de Lourdes, the grotto was built by sailors for their shipmates who died at sea. The pardon takes place every year on August 15 (Assumption).
Yellow markings
All year round This walk takes you along the Rivière d'Etel, a picturesque marine gulf. You'll then follow the banks of the Sac'h, its tributary, one of the many arms of the Ria.
Departure point: At the Port Niscop parking lot, admire the Pont Lorois, the only bridge between the two banks of the Ria and between Auray and Lorient. Completed in 1841, it was destroyed twice (in 1894 and 1944). Named after Édouard Lorois, Prefect of Morbihan from 1838 to 1848. Leave the parking lot and take the coastal path at the end of the quay. Walk around a shipyard along part of Rue des Chantiers. Then turn right along the entire length of the Rivière d'Etel.
1) At the pointe de Royanec, continue along the path. At the pointe de Roquenec, join the mouth of the Sac'h river.
2) Follow the coastal path to the Moulin du Bignac. This tidal mill was built around 1856 by Mr. Paissel, who then acquired the inlet to turn it into a pond. All that remains today is the dyke damming the Bignac cove and the solid foundations of a building built partly on this dyke. It was coupled to a tower-shaped windmill, probably built during the same period and now converted into a private dwelling.
3) At the Moulin, turn left up a path that runs alongside the Étang du Bignac. The Bignac pond and moorlands form an exceptional natural area (classified Natura 2000). The landscape alternates between gorse, heather, ponds and wet meadows. Bignac is home to the extremely rare and discreet panicaut vivipare (Eryngium viviparum), the only plant recorded in France to date. At the "patte d'oie" (goose foot), continue to the right along the path through woodland and moorland. Continue along the small street, then turn left onto the Route de Larmor.
4) After 250 m, take the narrow path down to the right. Turn right again at the pond to join the Venelle de Mané Braz.
5) Turn right again on Rue du Chantier for 100 m, then left down a small path to Port Niscop.
Focus: - Pont Lorois: the only bridge between the two banks of the Ria and between Auray and Lorient. Completed in 1841, it was destroyed twice (1894 and 1944). Named after Edouard Lorois, Prefect of Morbihan from 1838 to 1848. - Grotte de Port-Niscop: an oratory dedicated to Notre Dame de Lourdes, the grotto was built by sailors for their shipmates who died at sea. The pardon takes place every year on August 15 (Assumption).