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Following the excellent Carte Touristique produced by the Office de
Tourisme du Lac de Guerledan (otsi.guerledan@wanadoo.fr), we start
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ST-AIGNAN village, with a bar & shop, a bar
tabac/ restaurant/ hotel/ butcher's shop(Les Pecheries), and a
bar/ restaurant ouvrier (Bar Corboulo). The Tourist
Information point is at the Electricity Museum along with a
multimedia centre where workaholics could get their e-mail!
There are several gites rural in the village and the hamlet of
Le Corboulo as well as those on the outskirts of the Commune.
A small campsite for Youth groups is near the tennis courts
and a centre being developed for business training with high
quality accommodation. A bridleway from the north end of the
village leads through a stunning gorge to the foot of
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the dam and the slightly humming, slightly
foreboding 1930's architecture of the actual Hydro- Electric
plant. Visits to this and the dam itself can be arranged for
parties. Overlooking the gorge is the Chapel de Ste Trephine,
itself built on the site of Castel Finans, the home of the
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Cyclists are well catered for along the north side of the Lake on the
old railway track. While it actually went all the way from Rennes to
Brest, a good place to start is at the old railway station in
Mur-de-Bretagne. I once tried to carry a bicycle up a track to the east
of the dam towards Mur but gave up!
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There is a route
however from below the dam to the Rond Point du Lac to the west of Mur where the Open Air
activity centre helps organise water-sport and hill-walking based
holidays and courses (www.base-plein-air-guerledan.com) There are tent
and chalet camping sites. Below this is one of the less used of the five
(man-made) beaches round the Lac, with a bar creperie at the top by the
parking, a wc, and pedalo and canoe hire surrounded by trees and
heather. The panoramic windows of the bar considerably extend the season
for sitting and looking with wonder at the views, the top of the dam and
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| Next comes Landroanec with a holiday village, relatively shallow bathing
and the site of the free festival on the 15th August holiday with tri-athlon,
evening and night Breton social dancing and a big firework display over
the water at about 11pm. |
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The commune of Caurel is high above the Lake, on the old, by-passed
trunk road with a beautiful stone-spired church, a long road downwards
with a "pub" bar and a bar in what feels like a hunting lodge with grand
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Beau Rivage. This glamorous
beach, with a variety of cafes and restaurants, wraps round a promontory
into the lake, which is wide and deeply wooded on the far side. Water
skiers whiz by at a safe distance from the bathers. There are three
campsites here. On the way back up to the main road, we pass |
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hamlet largely preserved by its residents, with a summer market and a
charming little festival. |
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