Auray

Visit Auray, Brittany

Auray is a pretty town to the east of Vannes with two, more or less separate, parts to the town:

• The main town and the historical centre of Auray on the top of the hill
• The port town of Saint Goustan, on the bank of the Auray River below. Both will be visited as part of the same trip - see Saint Goustan for details and photos of the riverside highlights.

Explore Auray

Auray, on the hill, is a workaday town that has quite a few interesting feature to be discovered. These include:

-the view from the belvedere (at the end of Rue de Belvedere) down to the river below and across Saint Goustan

-the Rue du Chateau that joins Auray to the river is a very pretty street with a sprinkling of art galleries to distract you

-the Church of Saint Gildas on Place Notre Dame has an interesting Renaissance style entrance and a very impressive 17th century altarpiece

There are several other small highlights to explore, although they are sometimes a bit hidden among more recent development. Visit Auray tourist office to ask for the town map on which some of the churches, chapels and half-timbered houses are explained.

Don't forget to take a look at the front of the tourist office itself: it is behind the 17th century facade of a small chapel.

Attractions nearby

Remember to also see the details and photos for Saint Goustan, and be sure to also visit Sainte Anne d'Auray, an important pilgrimage centre just a few kilometres to the north of Auray while you are here.

Photos of Auray (click any picture to start the gallery)

Suggested places to visit near Auray, France

Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.

More suggestions: Locmariaquer 11km; Carnac 11km; Megalithic site of Carnac 12km; Carnac Plage 13km; Ile aux Moines 13km; Port Navalo 14km; Arzon 15km; Port de Crouesty 15km; Morbihan Gulf 15km; Ile-d'Arz 16km; Vannes 17km; Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys 21km; Sarzeau 22km; Quiberon 23km; Ile Houat 32km; Lorient 37km;

See these places and more on a map at places near Auray

Auray tourism: sights and attractions nearby

Jardins de Kerambar’h - remarkable garden (12km) : Golfe du Morbihan - site of natural beauty (15km) : Massif Dunaire de Gavres-Quiberon - grand site of france (28km) : Parc Victor Chevassu - remarkable garden (30km) : La Vraie-Croix - ville fleurie 4* (33km) : Marais Salants de Guérande - site of natural beauty (53km) : Jardin du Botrain - remarkable garden (59km) :

French version: see Auray (Francais)