Curiosities of Piriac sur Mer !!!

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Moving along my road warrior trip in the deep country away from the hordes of public transport, this is pristine country full air and nothing but beautiful natural country roads! The town of Piriac-sur-Mer in the Loire Atlantique dept 44 of the new region of Pays de la Loire...The town of Piriac-sur-Mer is only 11 km from Guérande and 25 km from Saint-Nazaire. The closest major cities. Therefore, let me tell you a bit on the curiosities of Piriac sur Mer !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

Piriac-sur-Mer  has a deep-water port, reserved for pleasure boats and some fishing boats that remain in the harbor. The town was a major producer of wine from the 10C, but this activity ceased with the phylloxera epidemic of the 1880’s. In the surrounding countryside you still find the remains of this agriculture, the vines growing among the brambles. Piriac-sur-Mer has long been a strategic place, because it is located near the mouth of the Vilaine river and also has an island Ïle Dumet , a fort still occupies it   today. It is classified a small town of character of France. Piriac-sur-Mer has welcome in particular Emile Zola who lived near the Church, Alphonse Daudet who resided on the port and other curious in search of cultural exoticism. Also, Gustave Flaubert n and Jean-Paul Belmondo who came here on vacation during his youth. Today, Piriac-sur-Mer lives mainly from tourism and sea leisure activities

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The city center is Breton style with old houses of the 17C, gable and roof and steep slope. They form a compact whole, predominantly of gray granite. The old port hotel was built in 1626, and later embellished with a tufa turret. In the middle of this historic center is a massive church. When we got there we got into the local market day and it was wonderful as usual, some goodies were brought home!!!

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This is basically a very touristic chic town with beautiful beaches older world charm and very concentrated city center near the beach front. It is nice for a short visit or passing by as we did.  So enjoy coastal beach town of Piriac-sur-Mer or something like  Piriac by the sea. Just to mention this town has the label in France of Small town of character for its good keep of its architecture and old ambiance. We did not spent much time on the beaches not summer really but very nice they are specially St Michel the main one.

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Tourist office of the are la baule guerande on Piriac sur Mer heritage

The pleasure ports on the Atlantique ocean about Piriac sur Mer

My favorite Plages TV beach webpage on St Michel beach at Piriac sur Mer

And there you go another dandy indeed as said good for the beach or a one day passing trip and lunch by the sea sublime. Again, hope you enjoy this post on the curiosities of Piriac sur Mer as I.

And remember, happy travels ,good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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