Why this ride
From Quiberon it runs 161 km to Quiberon; allow about 2 h 43 of riding. The stops in between: Megaliths of Carnac and of the shores of M, Confluence des trois rivières and back through Megaliths of Carnac and of the shores of M.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Presqu'île de Quiberon - Bassin de Kerboul and Confluence des trois rivières
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 161 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 43
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Presqu'île de Quiberon - Bassin de Kerboul
Quiberon is a thin finger of granite that points south into the Atlantic from the Breton coast, fourteen kilometres long and in places hardly a couple of hundred metres wide.
Read the complete Presqu'île de Quiberon - Bassin de Kerboul write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Presqu'île de Quiberon - Bassin de Kerboul is where the day begins. Next is Megaliths of Carnac and of the shores of M.
2. Megaliths of Carnac and of the shores of M
The fields at Carnac look like a parade ground that someone forgot to dismiss. Thousands of standing stones, grey and lichen-streaked, stand in long parallel rows across the heath, running for more than a kilometre in the great alignments at Ménec, Kermario and Kerlescan. They were put up in the Neolithic, several thousand years before the Romans, and nobody knows exactly why. Astronomy, burial and ritual have all been proposed, and a Breton legend offers a quicker answer: Saint Cornély, chased by Roman soldiers, turned them into stone. The wider area of the Morbihan, with its tombs, dolmens and tumuli, has recently been listed by UNESCO.
Read the complete Megaliths of Carnac and of the shores of M write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Megaliths of Carnac and of the shores of M comes up about 15 km into the recorded legs. Next is Confluence des trois rivières.
3. Confluence des trois rivières
The Gulf of Morbihan is a small sea, mor bihan in Breton, almost closed off from the Atlantic by a narrow gap at the entrance, and filled with islands: some say there are as many as there are days in the year, though the count depends on the tide. Water pours in and out through the narrows with such force that the current can run at several knots, and the shores are a patchwork of oyster beds, salt marshes and little harbours. The points where rivers meet the gulf, like this one, are lively places, full of birds, and shaped by the tides.
Read the complete Confluence des trois rivières write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 80 km into the recorded legs you reach Confluence des trois rivières. Next is back through Megaliths of Carnac and of the shores of M.
4. back through Megaliths of Carnac and of the shores of M
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Megaliths of Carnac and of the shores of M write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Megaliths of Carnac and of the shores of M, late in the day. Next is Presqu'île de Quiberon - Bassin de Kerboul.
5. Presqu'île de Quiberon - Bassin de Kerboul
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Presqu'île de Quiberon - Bassin de Kerboul write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Presqu'île de Quiberon - Bassin de Kerboul. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Presqu'île de Quiberon - Bassin de Kerboul to Megaliths of Carnac and of the shores of M
Presqu'île de Quiberon - Bassin de Kerboul → Megaliths of Carnac and of the shores of M is 15 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Megaliths of Carnac and of the shores of M to Confluence des trois rivières
Megaliths of Carnac and of the shores of M → Confluence des trois rivières is 65 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Confluence des trois rivières to back through Megaliths of Carnac and of the shores of M
Confluence des trois rivières → back through Megaliths of Carnac and of the shores of M is 64 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Megaliths of Carnac and of the shores of M to Presqu'île de Quiberon - Bassin de Kerboul
back through Megaliths of Carnac and of the shores of M → Presqu'île de Quiberon - Bassin de Kerboul is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.