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Le Faou
It is not at first glance that you discover the true charm of Le Faou. You must stroll along rue du Passage and reach rue des Cendres to admire the row of schist and granite houses with sixteenth-century overhangs. At the end, the church of St Sauveur is reflected in the water. Built on the Brest roadstead, at the head of the river estuary, Le Faou is the obligatory passage to reach the Crozon peninsula. This strategic position on the road to Quimper allowed the little town to develop significantly through port activity, trade and crafts. It was indeed from here that impressive cargoes of oak and beech set off for the royal shipowners. For walkers, a path laid out along the shore gives a superb view over the roadstead with, in the background, the ruins of Landévennec abbey and the island of Tibidy.
