Paimpont Abbey and Pond – Étang de l'Abbaye de Paimpont loop from Paimpont

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Paimpont Abbey and Pond – Étang de l'Abbaye de Paimpont loop from Paimpont

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Paimpont Abbey and Pond – Étang de l'Abbaye de Paimpont loop from Paimpont

06:15

23.2km

300m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 25, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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526 m

Paimpont Abbey and Pond

Highlight • Historical Site

The forest of Paimpont is known to be one of the emblematic places of the "gesture" of King Arthur and his knights of the round table. In other words, it is nothing more and nothing less than the famous Brocéliande forest. The Brocéliande forest is a mythical forest imagined by Chrétien de Troyes at the end of the twelfth century. In his Arthurian novel “Knight of the Lion”, he invents this forest of wonders, taking inspiration from a forest in Little Brittany known for its legends and other marvelous stories, “Bréchéliant”. Today, it is in the Paimpont Forest that the myth of this magical forest is perpetuated. It is a place highly charged with stories and legends. There you will find remarkable trees, the superb Paimpont Abbey on the edge of the pond, as well as certain places connected to Merlin the enchanter and the fairy Viviane.

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Étang de l'Abbaye de Paimpont

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The Paimpont Abbey pond is an artificial water reservoir. Among the flora and fauna that you will encounter around the pond, you will find a bog.

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5.72 km

Forest Path in Forêt de Paimpont

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7.92 km

Along the river

Highlight • Other

beautiful walk especially with the autumn colors

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8.20 km

Slippery Rock

Highlight • Natural Monument

beautiful place

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8.32 km

Affolettes Information Board

Highlight • Monument

beautiful Aff valley

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10.4 km

Aff Stream

Highlight (Segment) • River

cross through this tree

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15.8 km

Étang du Chatenay

Lake

16.3 km

Cascade of the Étang d'En Haut

Highlight • Waterfall

Magnificent!

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23.2 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.7 km

9.91 km

2.01 km

597 m

Surfaces

16.4 km

4.12 km

1.56 km

968 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (240 m)

Lowest point (90 m)

Weather

Sunday 8 November

14°C

6°C

21 %

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Paimpont Abbey and Pond – Étang de l'Abbaye de Paimpont loop from Paimpont

Paimpont Abbey and Pond

Étang de l'Abbaye de Paimpont

Forest Path in Forêt de Paimpont

Along the river

Slippery Rock

Affolettes Information Board

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Cascade of the Étang d'En Haut

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