Our rich heritage

Discover a real green setting in the heart of the medieval town of Josselin! Vegetable patches have been set up to discover and gather the aromatic and medicinal plants of the past. Information panels present their daily uses. A collection of rosebushes can also be seen above. Installed in metal sq...

 Josselin

The lake at Paimpont Abbey is an ancient manmade dam created by the building of a dike at the foot of the small town of Paimpont. Now it serves as a stage set for the magnificent 13th-century abbey. The lake covers an area of more than 50 hectares and is fed by countless streams, most of them flowin...

 Paimpont

It is said to be 1000 years old... Remarkable for its size (nearly 10m in circumference), this pedunculate oak is the most spectacular of the large trees in the Brocéliande forest. The ancestor has been hollow for centuries. Its name comes from Abbé Guillotin, a priest who took refuge in it at the...

 Concoret

 Paimpont

This site is home to a large variety of bird species that you can contemplate from an observation post, for an incredible sight. But not only birds can be found in Careil, you can also observe threatened hardy species (goats, sheeps or breton draft horses) that have been introduced on the meadows....

 Iffendic

In the heart of the town, the Basilica of Notre-Dame du Roncier stands out for its size and its flamboyant gothic style and offers the particularity of admiring the panorama of the town and the surrounding area from its bell tower. Inside, the basilica conceals treasures: the recumbents of Olivier d...

 Josselin

Opening hours in 2025: April 1 to June 30: daily, 2pm to 6pm July 1 to August 31: daily, 9:30 am to 7 pm September 1 to November 2: daily, 2pm to 6pm For the period from July 10 to August 22: booking recommended (https://www.poeteferrailleur.com/), preferably in the morning. Prices 2025: Individu...

 Lizio

 Josselin

Little by little, Robert Coudray built up his museum, with the aim of passing on his knowledge... The result was a collection of unsuspected wealth: stones, machines, models, tools, all designed to promote the industrial heritage associated with quarrying! This museum is the realization of a dream,...

 Lizio