Détour d'Art: visit the treasures of our religious heritage
19th edition from July 6 to September 21, 2025
As part of the Pays d'art et d'histoire Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique, explore the treasures of our religious heritage. There are 26 sites to discover: self-guided and guided tours, dramatized tours, tours in sign language, Breton language, storytelling evenings, treasure hunts, workshops and more.
Détour d'Art invites you to push open the doors of the churches and chapels of the Pays d'Art et d'Histoire Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique to discover the hidden treasures of our religious heritage.
Whether you're just curious or a true enthusiast, take the time to explore the region's great and most unusual historical sites, admire beautiful architecture, listen to local stories, immerse yourself in a medieval painting, have a tête-à-tête with an ancient statue, take a siesta in the shade of a chapel, and much more.
Détour d'Art offers you the chance to create your own discovery walk, follow a guided tour, play at solving investigations or attend a storytelling evening, follow a dramatized tour, and much more.
Ticketing online, by telephone or at Baie de Quiberon tourist offices.
Three new sites join Détour d'Art this year: Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité church in Saint-Philibert, Saint-Sauveur chapel in Erdeven, Saint-Cornély church in Carnac.
- Prepare your visit
Map and all visits are free. You will find documents in English for consultation on-site. Volunteers will welcome you at several of these monuments.
- Mystery hunt, Searching for the keys of time
Conduct an investigation at Sainte-Anne d’Auray sanctuary to find the exact place where the statue of Sainte Anne was discovered a long time ago. Observation, deduction, messages to decipher are the challenges you will have to face. Game sheet in English available at the tourist offices, 1€.
Visites en langue des signes française (LSF) : Laissez-vous emporter dans le patrimoine religieux avec une guide-conférencière du Pays d’art et d’histoire Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique et deux interprètes en LSF que vous soyez sourds ou non. Les visites en Langue des signes française (LSF).
Visites en breton : en septembre, venez découvrir l’église Saint-Guigner de Pluvigner avec la Maison de la langue et de la culture bretonne du Pays d’Auray, Ti Douar Alré. Cette visite sera exclusivement en breton.
Soirées contes : Profitez de quatre rendez-vous estivaux avec une conteuse, un conteur accompagné.e par un musicien en partenariat avec Ti Douar Alré. Découvrir la programmation.
Ateliers en famille : atelier vitrail et atelier héraldique (science du blason). Des ateliers pour petits et grands afin de découvrir l’art de jouer avec la lumière, ou bien de créer ses propres armoiries ! Découvrir la programmation
- Détour d’Art on foot and by bicycle
Détour d’Art is also about walking or cycling, enjoying a hike at the heart of nature and through the villages whilst discovering the religious heritage of Brittany. Hiking maps can be downloaded from detourdart.com or are sold in the tourist offices.
- Chapels in concert
Attend the enchanting classical and sacred tunes of concerts.
Guided tours in French / Documentation in English
Practical information
- Détour d'Art program available free of charge from tourist offices
- French/English tour brochure available for consultation on site
- Single games and packs of 6 available free of charge from tourist offices.
For further information, visit www.detourdart.comand in tourist offices.
Détour d'art is a Pays d'art et d'histoire Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique event.