Prepare your stay

Starting from Quimper, here are a few destinations to discover our beautiful region of Cornwall throughout the year. The hardest part will be making a choice!
A territory that will give you unforgettable experiences accompanied by intense emotions!
All within a maximum 30 mn drive around the hotel.

 

Want to change your air, you are in the right place because Cornwall has huge protected natural spaces, whether solo, as a couple or as a family.

Want to move, thanks to our 330 km of coastline, come and enjoy the nautical spots of international renown: La Torche, Les îles Glénan...

Wandering or hiking: 650 kms of GR and 1425 kms of PR without forgetting the 800 kms of ATV routes and green highway.

Wish to discover Breton culture: 2 cities of art and history (Quimper, Concarneau), 2 small cities of character (Locronan, Pont-Croix), 2 emblematic Brittany museums (Pont Aven, Beaux arts Quimper)

La Cornouaille is also: 4 golf courses, 7 marinas, 7 parks and gardens.

 


Laurent Guilliams / CRTB

Robin Foster / Le voyage des Koumoul

SURF TO THE POINTE DE LA TORCHE

SPOT KNOWN ON A NATURAL PENINSULA

Many surf schools welcome your children from the age of 5. For young people, many one week internships supervised by professionals in a friendly atmosphere allow you to learn or confirm your level. At any age, come try the experiment.

Find all surf schools in the Bigouden Country on:

www.destination-paysbigouden.com

 

Hotel Ginkgo is located 20 mn from La Torche and offers you to take advantage of our available room to store your equipment in a safe place during your stay at the hotel. The little plus a session at the SPA Biloba in the evening for a really relaxing moment! - Free Parking

 

This point, the southern edge of Audierne Bay, is not only reserved for surfers, it is also a windsurfing sport thanks to its 11kms of beach!

It is not uncommon to meet riders or hikers practicing the GR34 that crosses a landscape of dunes, marshes, pebbles, reeds where lovers of ornithology will be able to admire certain species such as the European waspier, the aquatic fauvettes...

In the spring you can admire the arrival of the field tulips, come and admire the flowering of the hyacinths also of the Kaandorp Sté. Visitors will be able to contemplate these expanses of flowers by taking the paths of the surroundings on 5kms.

Watching the stunning sunset that follows an unparalleled star sky as there is no light pollution here.


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Photos : Emmanuel Berthier - Diaphane El Prod

GR 34 or Path of the customs officers

For a walk at the end of the world, terminus in front of the sea.

Cliff side plot offering a magnificent panorama on Douarnenez Bay.

The Finistère, Penn ar Bed (head of the world) in Breton attracts you by its breathtaking landscapes, here time stops. It is not for nothing that the GR 34 was chosen best trail of Great hiking by the French. The perfect opportunity to make memorable photos! Natural headlands, steep headlands, turquoise waters, an idyllic setting for hiking.


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Photos : Yannick Derennes - Nicolas Job - Donatienne Guillaudeau - Yannick Le Gall / CRTB

Finistère Lighthouses

Sentinels of the sea

On this particularly dangerous Finisterian coast from the extremely strong marine currents: encounter between the English Channel and the Atlantic, it was necessary to build these stone ships to ensure the safety of the ships.

Enjoy being in the bigouden country to admire the most beautiful.

Tévennec, The old lady, The Partridge...

Visit Eckmühl at the tip of Penmarc'h, climb its 307 steps to admire the view at 70m above sea level. The record to beat remains 47 seconds! This remains one of the most visited monuments of Finistère.


 

 

ARCHIPEL EXCURSIONS

vous emmène pour une journée complète dans le sud du Parc Naturel Marin d'Iroise, autour de l'île de Sein.

Une nature grandiose à découvrir, une faune riche et trois phares en mer dont "l'enfer des enfers"...

Armen, Tevennec, La Vieille, vous aurez le privilège de naviguer au plus près des mythiques phares en mer qui entourent l’île et le raz de Sein, dominé par la Pointe du Raz et ses falaises.

Vous ferez une escale d’environ 3h30 sur l’île de Sein.

Vous aurez, quasiment à coup sûr, la chance de rencontrer les grands dauphins et les phoques de la Chaussée de Sein ou les très actifs dauphins communs de la Baie d’Audierne. Votre navigation est accompagnée par le vol et les chasses des magnifiques fous de bassan, et des nombreux oiseaux marins, guillemots, cormorans, puffins, pingouins tordas...

 

Au départ de Saint-Guénolé Penmarch - Journée

(30mn de l'hôtel Ginkgo) 

Embarquement le matin entre 9h00 et 10h00, suivant les marées.

Retour vers 18h00 - 18h30

Tarifs - Adulte : 85 € - Enfant jusqu'à 12 ans : 60 €

RÉSERVATION / RENSEIGNEMENTS  06 58 13 74 35

mail: archipel.phares@gmail.com

https://sites.google.com/site/archipelexcursions/


Video Golfy / Photo Diaphane El Prod

GOLF DE CORNOUAILLE

-20%  partenaire de l'hôtel Ginkgo

Idéalement situé à 15km de Quimper et en bordure de la baie de la Forêt Fouesnant.

Notre parcours 18 trous soixantenaire, PAR 71 de 5688 mètres, en plein cœur de la Riviera Bretonne, offre de splendides panoramas sur l’Archipel des Glénan des trous 9, 10 et 16.

Ouvert depuis 1959, le Golf de Cornouaille reste le plus ancien golf de bretagne sud.

Notre club house, niché dans un magnifique manoir breton du XVIIIe siècle, ouvert à tous, vous ouvre ses portes pour un verre entre amis, un déjeuner en terrasse ou lors vos séminaires dans l’une de nos salles privatisable.

Restaurant La Table du Mesmeur où vous pourrez trouver le traditionnel plat du jour, ainsi que des plats à la carte variant selon les saisons.

https://www.golfdecornouaille.com/

contact@golfdecornouaille.com

02 98 56 97 09