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chapel St Helen and tourist office
gwened Says: it was a hospital until recently, annexed to a chapel that still its open, and adjacent to it is the town 's tourist office. A lovely building right in city center.built in 1651AD as a Hôtel-Dieu, connected to a chapel as above. In 1674 the Augustines arrive in Auray and...
gwened Says: in place Notre Dame, beautiful small church in a quaint old plaza. near city center. The main church in the city and as usual very nice inside. the pl Notre Dame is a nice quaint area with shops all around the plaza.
ranger49 Says: We were lucky this time - an early, damp morning in October - and very few people about. On previous visits, in the earlier months of the year, it would have been impossible to get deserted shots of the lovely, old, cobbled alleys that lead up from Place Saint-Sauveur to the...
Cyrillic Script - A mystery sailing ship
ranger49 Says: For many years a familar, blue-hulled schooner, transformed into a musem - La Goelette St Sauveur - has been moored in the harbour at St Goustan. Sadly we discovered this tourist attraction was damaged, possibly beyond repair, and removed from the harbour in May2009 .On our...
La Fontaine Chazelles - more local history.
ranger49 Says: In the background of the first picture you can see, opposite Franklin Quay, a small structure built in granite.. This is La Fontaine Chazelles, named after the local official who was responsible for bringing the first public water supply to the inhabitants of St Goustan in...
ranger49 Says: This is the parish church of St Goustan. Situated at the top of the narrow cobbled, steep hill that leads up from the harbourit stands on the site of a much older church.Erected in the mid 1400's it has undergone many changes. A devastating fire in 1886 destroyed most of the...
The Chapel of our Lady of Lourdes
ranger49 Says: Some years after Bernadette claimed to have seen a vison of Mary in the grotto at Lourdes her story was verified. It was then that the Vicar at Saint Sauveur in St Goustan decided that a Chapel dedicated to her honour and memory should be built. The chapel was built in 1878...
St Goustan - saint of mariners and fishermen
ranger49 Says: St Goustan is the patron saint of mariners and fisherman and gives his name to the ancient port area of Auray. In this picture he stands high on the wall of the street that leads upwards from Place St Saveur to the parish church of that name at the top of the hill..in his...
An American Statesman lands at St Goustan
ranger49 Says: American readers will need no reminder of the remarkable talents of Bejamin Franklin in the fields of diplomacy, engineering, scientific invention and literature. The story goes that in 1776, Benjamin Franklin, was sent as an envoy to France to seek their help in the...
Creperie St Sauveur: crepes and galettes, ice creams very cozy
gwened Says: warm family welcome, great service, talkative, interacting, the place is historical with farm chickens and ducks decorations, in an old sectioin of St Goustan. Giving it as one of my family favorite hangout here where we live now. The locals love it.the dept Morbihan tourist...
Le Bistrot du Port: nice pizzas and galettes in historical St Goustan
gwened Says: very nice service by two young entrepreneurs who do a great job of cooking too. rustic, quaint, natural feeling in a small restos cozy, nice. go there galettes and crepes plus pizzas as well as complete menus, we went for the galettes and pizzas yummy well made like home...
gwened Says: best parking is by parc Keriolet, there is a section closer to rue du barre that is blue disk (you can get one at many tabac stores) they have blue lines, or a bit further back they are white lines parking for freeIts the one I use when coming to city center for errands.
gwened Says: auto train services is no longer available since 2010 for lack of profits. It is a shame as it would have been great due to the needs for car in smaller towns in the area.Now its just anecdotoral note to share for old times sake.
gwened Says: nice minbus service to all major points in the city with the Auraybusthe service in French from city govt webpagehttp://www.auray.fr/cadre-de-vie/auray-bus/briefly has 43 stops from Monday to Saturday,and from 7h15 to 20h11single ticket 1,30€it can link with the regional bus...
from Paris Montparnasse to Auray
gwened Says: TGV service Atlantique from Paris Montparnasse to Auray, near city center or take the Auraybus ,greathttp://www.tgv.com/en
gwened Says: Again the marché de Noel is in the air, a nice tradition that in the Auray area happenned in different villages and dates/times the tourist office has a...
hotel de ville or city govt building
gwened Says: nice architecture and representing nowdays many countries honoring them by posting their plaque in the face of the building. This is the city govt of my town, for all those important citizen papers.folks pass by it but its nice inside, just like you see it outside ::)The...
a walk from the top to the bridge
lorgnierl Says: there is a little pedestrian way, romantic, nice, plaisant and restaurant will wait you down !
The end of an old schooner -and an era?
ranger49 Says: NOT a Favourite thing. Just information.Visitors making a return trip to to Auray will notice the absence from St Goustan Harbour of the restored schooner/ museum.This early 20th century vessel had become an iconic feature of the harbour, its blue painted hull visible not...
ranger49 Says: Not a favourite thing at all - but you are stuck with that silly heading here!We hear a lot about the detrimental effects of mass tourism and damage caused through environmental pollution, the erosion of cliff paths and country trails.. The picturesque harbour of St Goustan...
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Auray a city with a history of two countries - this is where i lived, the photo is a shot from the hotel de ville at pl de la republique in city center looking at rue de chateau at end that goes down to lower city district of St Goustan,riverfront...
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Most recent visit 8 October 2009 . View above is of Pont St-Sauveur (C13th) Auray is a place I never tire of and am always ready to make a little detour if only for a stroll around the harbour and...
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Auray a city with a history of two countries
this is where i lived, the photo is a shot from the hotel de ville at pl de la republique in city center looking at rue de chateau at end that goes down to lower city district of St Goustan,riverfront...
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