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Auray

Visit Auray (Brittany, France)

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

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Address: Auray, Lorient, Morbihan, Brittany, 56400 || GPS: latitude 47.666, longitude -2.982

Map of Auray & places nearby



 

Highlights close by

More suggestions: Carnac 11km; 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;

See lots more places to visit nearby and a more detailed map at places near Auray.
See Brittany and Morbihan (the region and department for Auray) for more travel ideas...

Suggested tourist attractions to visit near Auray, France

• Megaliths of Locmariaquer - national monument (11km)
• Carnac - most beautiful village (11km)
• Megalithic site of Carnac - national monument (11km)
• Jardins de Kerambar’h - remarkable garden (12km)
• Golfe du Morbihan - site of natural beauty (15km)
• Aquarium de Vannes - aquarium (17km)
• Vannes - town of art and history (17km)
• Massif Dunaire de Gavres-Quiberon - grand site of france (28km)
• Parc Victor Chevassu - remarkable garden (30km)
• Elven - village d'etape (30km)

Market days in Auray: Regular market(s) are held in Auray each Monday. (Markets are held in the morning unless stated.)

The French version of this page is at Auray (Francais)