Our castles in and around Josselin

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

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

Josselin Castle has been the residence of the Rohan family for over ten centuries and offers visitors a real journey through time with its imposing medieval towers overlooking the river Oust, its sculpted granite facade built during the Renaissance and its interiors entirely restored in the 19th cen...

 Josselin

This heritage trail allows you to discover the medieval town of Josselin through its narrow streets. Spread throughout the town, several panels reveal the secrets of the "Petite Cité de Caractère". Come and collect the leaflet "Balades à Josselin" from the Tourist Office, on which the circuit is sho...

 Josselin

In the heart of Josselin, the "Jardin du Bois d'Amour" is a peaceful natural park where you can walk with family and friends. You will discover a rhododendron conservatory, bamboo groves, the millennium water clock and a land art trail scattered throughout the wood. The works were created by Henri-P...

 Josselin

Located in the former stables of Josselin Castle, discover this private museum where the dolls of the famous De Rohan collection are presented. Around 600 dolls are on display with their accessories, as well as numerous games and toys on two levels. Prices 2024 : Free visit of the Castle, the garde...

 Josselin

Situated in a green setting, close to the RN24, stands the Column of the Thirty. It symbolises the "Combat des Trente", an epic battle that took place on 26 March 1351. Thirty Breton knights commanded by Jean De Beaumanoir fought against thirty men from Bamborough. In the course of the bloody encoun...

 Guillac

More commonly known as "Notre Dame des fleurs" (or the Pomeleuc chapel), the Saint-Mélec chapel dates back to 1220. It was restored in 1639 and extended in the 18th century. The altarpiece in the choir (with its tabernacle, twisted columns, cherubs and various sculptures) is dominated by the statue...

 Forges de Lanouée

The first chapel was built in the 11th century in place of the old wooden oratory built in 717 on the banks of the Oust by St-Gobrien. In the 16th century, the building was restructured and enlarged. This granite and schist rubble chapel is shaped like a Latin cross. It has rich furnishings, includi...

 Saint-Servant

 La Trinité-Porhoët