Circuit rando n°17 - Le Conquet in history

DEPARTURE: you can park in the Tissier parking lot, 29217 Le Conquet.

/! Please note: this parking lot is located in a blue zone which limits parking to 4 hours, so don't forget to wear your blue disc!
The office in Le Conquet welcomes you all year round and offers expert advice on the Pays d'Iroise, ticket sales and bike hire.
The tourist office sells blue discs.

The church at Le Conquet is quite unusual: with its Gothic allure, the ancient statues adorning its façade, its 18th-century tomb and its large flamboyant stained glass window, all of which are listed as Monuments Historiques, it looks several hundred years old. Yet the building was constructed in the mid-19th century.
©Patrimoine Iroise

This building, restored in 2013, was the home of Dom Michel Le Nobletz for the last twelve years of his life. Born in Plouguerneau in 1577, this priest, who lived through the Wars of Religion in his youth, died here in 1652.
The Dom Michel chapel is also known as "Notre-Dame de Bon Secours". This is why, in the late 19th century, people would go there to pray to the Blessed Virgin.
©Patrimoine Iroise

An important maritime hub, Le Conquet has been a prosperous town since the 10th century. However, its strategic location at the tip of Brittany meant that it was ravaged by the Normans and then the English.
Today, the port of Le Conquet is the main point of embarkation for passengers to the islands of Ouessant and Molène. Other activities include fishing and yachting, as well as transporting goods to the islands.

The Maison Poncelin, known as the "Lords' House", overlooks the sea. It is privately owned and not open to the public.
In fact, this fortified house was part of a complex designed to protect the busy port since the 13th century, and to facilitate the collection of tolls imposed on ships.

It offers a sublime panorama of the port of Le Conquet and the ria.
At high and low tide, the landscape changes and will charm you.

The area is a paradise for many bird species.
At low tide, an immense expanse of halophilous plants, such as glasswort. At high tide, all this flora disappears under the waters, which form a vast inlet in the inner harbour.