Pointe de Pen-Hir and Toulinguet from Camaret-sur-Mer

From the Quai Vauban car park, beside the Tour Vauban at the end of the Sillon, walk round the harbour to the Esplanade Jim Sévellec and take the coast path, the GR 34, north-west. It follows the shore above the inlet of Porz Naye and crosses open ground to the Pointe du Toulinguet. There a 19th-century wall closes the way to the tip: the lighthouse and the Navy semaphore behind it are closed to visitors. Walk back to the lane and follow the GR 34 down to the cove of Pen Hat, where it has been diverted (see the note on Pen Hat); from there it runs south along the cliff top to the Croix de Pen-Hir and the Pointe de Pen-Hir, with the rocks of the Tas de Pois standing off the point. The way back leaves the coast by Le Veryac'h, passes the stone alignments of Lagatjar and comes down into Camaret.

It is 10.7 km round with 179 m of ascent; allow about 3 hours. The grade is Moderate: most of the line is on paths and tracks, with about a quarter on lanes and roads, including the way down to Pen Hat. The Crozon tourist office's Tour de Camaret is a longer loop of 18 km, 5 hours, graded difficult, with 649 m of climb; this walk is shorter.

Pen-Hir rises to 70 m above the sea and the Crozon tourist office calls its cliffs vertiginous; the path runs close to the edge in places, so keep well back, above all in wind and rain. The same office says the point shelters many nesting seabirds, and Camaret's town guide names red-billed choughs, peregrine falcons, gulls and cormorants there. Bathing is prohibited at the beach of Pen Hat because of rip currents. The Communauté de communes that looks after the coast path reported collapses of the GR 34 round the peninsula in winter 2026, among them at Pen Hat in Camaret, on this walk: the old path above the beach is closed, and on 16 June 2026 it announced a deviation set back from it, with new signs. Follow the signs and keep off the old path. Its other reported closures are at Crozon and Telgruc, not here.

The walk starts at the Quai Vauban car park in Camaret. OpenStreetMap marks the shore beside the first 0.2 km of the line, along the harbour front, as ground the tide covers, so look at the tide times.

Route drawn by Global Adventurer along OpenStreetMap paths (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), with figures worked out from it. Check the forecast and the ground on the day: paths change.