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22430Erquy, France
2024
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2024

Well-preserved Cap d'Erquy, with hiking trails and circuits, some of which are accessible to bicycles and baby carriages

Along with Cap Fréhel, it has been awarded the Grand Site de France label since 2019. A little less frequented than its famous neighbor, Cap d'Erquy is a place of exceptional beauty: its pink sandstone cliffs, capped by pine woods and moorlands colored by gorse and heather, overlook wild beaches. This vast, well-preserved 170-hectare site is criss-crossed by footpaths and hiking trails. Some are even accessible to bicycles and baby carriages.
You can also see a number of heritage features, including a cannonball oven and an 18th-century guardhouse. In the Port-Blanc cove, you'll find the old lifeboat shelter, with its rails running down the slipway. Another human footprint is the Blue Lakes. These two cliff-lined freshwater lakes, perched more than 30 metres above the sea, are the remains of ancient pink sandstone quarries. They recall an important part of local history: in the 19th and mid-20th centuries, Erquy developed the extraction of pink sandstone, a sedimentary rock used in construction and street paving. Access to the lakes is via a staircase leading from the port of Erquy.
The tip of the cape offers superb views over the Bay of Saint-Brieuc. Off-season parking is available nearby, but the few spaces are quickly filled. Choose the large parking lot on rue de la Côte des Pâques: from there, a 5 km circuit will take you to the tip, via the moors and the Lourtuais beach.

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Steph1388
Visited in september 2021
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Jolie balade
Grand parking un peu a l'écart.. se renseigner. Vous devrez marcher un peu avant d'arriver au cap mais la balade en vaut la peine.
Visited in april 2021
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site pour mettre des contraventions
site inaccessible!
Balade par un beau dimanche gachée par 2 policières!
Mettez des contraventions aux personnes sans masque plutôt qu aux véhicules garés qui ne gêne en rien ni les végétaux ni les piétons ni la circulation!
Une honte !!!!!!!!
caro2line
Visited in august 2019
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Belle balade
Accessible depuis le port par un escalier (assez raide), à privilégier, car sur place très peu de places de parking.
Sur place pas mal de balade, les lacs bleus vers Erquy et le Gr direction le cap fréhel. On longe la falaise, c'est magnfique, bruyère d'un coté et mer de l'autre. Un régal pour les yeux!
fute_846738
Visited in june 2019
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Balade au crépuscule
Très belle balade facile. Très belle lumière au coucher du soleil.
bretagne28
Visited in may 2019
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Magnifique vue
Nous avons eu la chance par une yres belle journée de fin mai de "naviguer " sur un petit chalut ce qui nous a permis d'admirer la côte magnifique autour dErquy en direction notamment du cap Frehel.
Quelle balade inoubliable.

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