The Fairies' Pond – Gouffre de Huelgoat Waterfall loop from Collorec

The Fairies' Pond – Gouffre de Huelgoat Waterfall loop from Collorec

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The Fairies' Pond – Gouffre de Huelgoat Waterfall loop from Collorec

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91.7km

970m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: November 7, 2026

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Bronzes of the French Cycling Legends

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Beautifully done street sculpture. Why not position one of your friends in the peloton and grab a photo of them riding with Anquetil et al?

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34.9 km

Poullaouen

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Small town with a good resupply location along the bike trail

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39.4 km

This is one of the old train stations on the Morlaix–Carhaix greenway. Now a farmhouse, the stations are some of the only buildings you come across between the two towns, making the route feel very much like you've plunged into the forests.

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40.4 km

Locmaria-Berrien Catherine de Médicis oak 1539

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44.4 km

The Fairies' Pond

Highlight • Lake

La Mare aux Fées is one of the many emblematic places that you will encounter in the mysterious and magical forest of Huelgoat.

There is of course a legend that says fairies came here to comb their long golden hair. Woe to those who surprised them!

The orange color of the water comes from its high iron content. It is one of the particularities - with for example the presence of plants such as the eagle fern, the purple foxglove, or even the broom - that you evolve well on granite soil.

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44.6 km

Gouffre de Huelgoat Waterfall

Highlight • Waterfall

The chasm of the Huelgoat forest also has its tragic legend which suits the tales of Brittany so well. It's very rare in fact that it doesn't end in a hair-raising drama.

That of the Abyss is no exception to the rule: A libertine princess came to get rid of her one-night lovers by throwing them into this abyss. The result of her actions: she transforms into a mermaid and is condemned to wander and come every evening to sing of the loss of the unfortunate.

On the practical side you will see the small 10 meter waterfall disappear under the rocky chaos to reappear 300 meters further. It's just as fascinating as the legend.

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46.3 km

Huelgoat

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Huelgoat is located in the heart of the regional natural park of Armorica on the edge of a lake and above all very close to the natural site of Chaos Granitique d'Huelgoat. You can access it by a small path located just before the bridge from which the river starts. Here you go for a walk in the middle of its immense rocks while following the wild river, all in the setting of a magnificent beech grove.

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46.7 km