Local Area Information

We normally provide a printed sheet with all of the information on the local area when you arrive but our customers told us last year that it would be good to see this on the website. Hopefully, it will help you to decide whether this is the place for you.  

We make most of the recommendations here from our own personal exploration and experience of the area but many customer recommendations are also included. Our recommendations do change quite frequently so save your ink - we will give you an up to date copy including ‘how to get there instructions’ when you arrive. 

We also have much more detailed information in reception on the opening times and prices of activities locally, when various markets are on and one-off special events around the area. Marlies, our multi-lingual receptionist, will always help you with queries. 

Regard this section as an appetiser and make a head start on some of the pronunciations!

We now know loads more places to visit - adventure parks with huge aerial runways, leisure parks with rides galore as well as more restaurants and beaches to recommend. We will have all this info in a new local area booklet to give you when you arrive this year. So much more to do, so little time! (Is that somebody else's strapline?)

Le Pouldu & Beaches

Le Pouldu has 3 excellent beaches – everybody ends up with their favourite – and there are often events here in high season. There is also a lovely beach at Pouldu Port. All of the beaches also have great rock pools, which are exposed at low tide. How many crabs can you catch?
 
     
 

The port has an excellent restaurant and a very relaxing bar overlooking the estuary. There is a lovely walk to Pouldu Port from Posmoric Port along the banks of the River Laita. 
All of this is within 2kms of the campsite itself.

Clohars-Carnoët (Klo-ar-Car-no-et)

Clohars is the nearest town with shops, banks and the post office. Clohars has the nearest supermarket – Shoppi – where you can stock up on most groceries. The market here is on Saturday mornings in the very posh new town square.
 

Doelan (Dwe-lan)

Doelan is a delightfully unspoilt fishing harbour where you can enjoy a meal or a drink overlooking the lovely harbour area.
 

Guidel (Geedel)

Guidel is bigger than Clohars and Doelan and is a good place to visit on Sunday mornings. The market here has loads of goodies to tempt you. There is a great wine shop in the market square and a number of gift shops. Guidel also has a recently extended SuperU supermarket.
 
Just beyond Guidel itself is Guidel Plage and Larmor Plage. Lamour is a wonderful place to sip steaming hot coffee and watch the locals take their dog for a carry.

Moelan-Sur-Mer (Mwe-lan)

Head for Moelan to visit the beaches of Kerfany, Les-Pins, Trenez where you can cross the causeway to explore the German gun batteries.   There are lots of coastal walks from these beaches.
 

Quimperle (Kem-per-lay)

Quimperle is a fair size town with all kinds of shops and facilities. Thereis a good market on Friday mornings and the walk along the riverside by the stunning floral displays towards the daily fish market is a great way to see the town’s mediaeval quarter.

 

Pont Aven

Pont Aven is about 20kms north of the campsite and is famous for the residency of Paul Gaugin and his pals. It is very picturesque with the river running through the middle of the town. There are something like 35 art galleries and exhibitions around town so keep your wallet locked away. You can also hire small motorboats there for a river trip.
 

Concarneau

About 15kms north of Pont Aven is Concarneau with its fabulous walled fortress in the middle of the harbour.  It is the third largest fishing port in France and a good all year round resort. The Museum of Fishing and chocolate shops are worth a visit inside the walled fort.

Restaurants

The hotel at Pouldu Port is very good – the gambas (big prawns) are not to be missed!
 
There is another restaurant in Le Pouldu near Kerou Plage called Pigoulerie. Service can be slow at busy times but the food is good.  A five-course lunch including wine costs 12.50€.

For a crepe, there is one at the top of the road near the campsite and an excellent one at St Maurice about 2kms away. The creperie is on the riverside and you can walk along the riverbank past the abbey.
 
In Guidel, there is a good pizza restaurant in the town square Pizza D’Or and there is also a pizza takeaway on the other side of the square.
 
There is a choice of good restaurants near the abbey church in Quimperle and there are also good restaurants in Moelan.
 
Our top 13 recommendations for…….

 
…a walk – along the river from Posmoric to Pouldu Port
…a beach – Kerou plage at Le Pouldu
…an inexpensive lunch – La Pigoulerie at Kerou Plage
…a thrilling experience – canoeing down the River Laita or on the sea
…a great market – Guidel on Sunday morning
…a wander round a town – Quimperle – the flowers are stunning
…a brilliant family day out – Pont Scorff zoo – quite the best
…a wonderful evening meal – Hotel Pouldu Port
…a peaceful harbour side café – Doelan, Rive Gauche
…a great crepe and a walk – St Maurice
…a superb takeaway meal – anything from Chez Claude
…a pint and a chat – the bar at Quinquis
 
….and finally, we can also point you in the direction of...
 
...the 2 nearby golf courses,
...the horse-riding center for adults across the road and for children about 5 kms away,
...the ice rink and 10 pin bowling in nearby Lanester
...where to fish
...where to go for walks and cycle rides
..a couple of good indoor pools if the weather outside isn’t the usual 89 degrees!
 

Will here be enough time to do it all?