The Guérande Peninsula

Walking along the coastal path and occasionally on minor roads. The route also ventures inland.

Luggage transfers are included. You only carry what you need for the day in a small backpack or shoulder bag, including your picnic lunch and walking snacks. Your luggage will be waiting at your accommodation each evening.

Ask our team to confirm the current minimum group size and any solo traveller arrangements.

7 days, 6 nights.

Departure dates are currently unconfirmed. Ask our team which periods can be arranged before booking travel.

A self-guided trip without a guide; we provide a digital travel pack containing access to our smartphone navigation app, a list of your accommodation, any applicable vouchers and all the information you need for your trip to run smoothly.

Accommodation

In 2*, 3* and 4* hotels. Single rooms can be booked for a supplement.

Hotel classification

In France, more and more hotels and guesthouses are choosing not to have an official rating, including establishments that were still rated a year or two ago. This does not mean their quality has declined—far from it. Many guesthouses offer charming accommodation.
If we indicate, for example, a comfort level of “3* or equivalent”: this means that the establishment does not necessarily have an official rating, but offers comfort comparable to that of a 3* hotel.

Meals

Breakfast is included.

Please let us know about any food allergies or special dietary requirements when booking; we will do our best to adapt your meals.

Start

On Day 1 at your accommodation in Quimiac

Finish

On Day 7 at the hotel in Le Pouliguen.

La Baule-Escoublac is a useful rail gateway for the Guérande Peninsula. Check current rail and local transport connections to Quimiac and from Le Pouliguen before booking onward travel. If travelling by car, confirm parking arrangements and any charges with your accommodation; local bus routes and timetables may change.

A number of our trips offer opportunities to swim, either during a stage or at the end of the day. It would be a shame not to make the most of them. However, we emphasise that you alone must decide whether it is appropriate to swim; you therefore swim under your own responsibility and at your own risk.

Member of Agir pour un Tourisme Responsable (ATR)

Since 2012, Grand Angle has been a member of ATR, the leading association for more responsible tourism. We design our trips—on foot, by bike and on snow—to encourage everyone to discover the world differently: with curiosity, respect and kindness.

As members of the board of directors since 2018, we actively help the sector adopt more meaningful practices. In practical terms, we focus on:

• Transparency in our practices and prices
• Respect for our partners and local communities
• Protecting the environment on every trip

We also encourage travellers to take simple steps to protect the places they visit and create opportunities for meaningful encounters.

Travelife Partner

Since 2025, Grand Angle has been recognised as a Travelife Partner, an international label that certifies our responsible environmental, ethical and sustainable management practices, both within our company and in our work with partners and the organisation of our trips.

This label, the second level of a rigorous international certification programme, recognises our concrete actions to support responsible tourism. We are actively working towards the next level, Travelife Certified, in line with our sustainability policy

For hiking

• Waterproof hiking boots with ankle support, a sturdy heel counter and well-treaded soles
• Comfortable hiking socks (at least 3 pairs)
• A fleece
• Comfortable walking trousers (quick-drying technical fabric)
• Shorts, T-shirts and technical underwear (quick-drying fabric)
• A long-sleeved shirt (quick-drying technical fabric)
• Walking poles (telescopic), very important for making walking easier

Note: synthetic technical clothing performs very well. Merino wool clothing is also now available; it performs very well, is comfortable to wear and has the advantage of resisting sweat odours (brands include Icebreaker, Ruka, etc.)!
As a general rule, avoid cotton, which makes you cold when wet

For protection from sun and rain

• Sunscreen and sunglasses
• A hat, cap or bucket hat (helmet)
• A windproof jacket
• A rain poncho or a “Gore-Tex” jacket

For your picnic lunch

• A plastic bowl, container or plate
• Cutlery (spoon, fork, knife)
• A water bottle with a capacity of at least 1.5 litres (essential); an insulated bottle for winter

After the day’s activities

• A pair of running shoes for the evening
• A change of clothes and underwear
• A toiletry bag and towel (small)
• A small first-aid kit: personal medication, Elastoplast, Biogaze or “2nd skin”, gauze, antiseptic, arnica pellets and aspirin for minor aches and injuries… (quite a list! But rest assured, your first-aid kit often comes home untouched after your week of hiking)

France

Travellers, including minors, must carry a national identity card or passport (EU nationals).

Guérande Tourist Office
1 place du Marché au Bois
PO Box 45304
44353 GUERANDE
Tel: 0240243444

The Guérande peninsula, particularly the basin occupied by the salt marshes, has a relatively dry and windy oceanic microclimate, which changes throughout the day under the influence of the tides and thermal breezes. The average annual temperature is 12,8 °C.

Rouzeau, Marie: From the Guérande Region to the Côte d’Amour, 2010
Consult a current regional guide to Pays de la Loire before travel.

IGN map 1023OT - LA BAULE / LE CROISIC / BRIÈRE REGIONAL NATURE PARK

Guérande is a town with ancient origins, military-style architecture and magnificent ramparts dating from the 14th and 15th centuries. It lies on a peninsula, and its role as a port explains the sturdy ramparts built to protect the crossroads of the La Roche-Bernard–Le Pouliguen and La Turballe–Saint-Lyphard routes. It is, of course, well known for its salt, but less so for its other specialities: samphire and salidou, a salted butter caramel.