Curiosities of Douarnenez, part III !!!

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I take you again to the beach/port town ofDouarnenez. I ,again, found some older pictures not in my blog yet and they should , Do read my other posts on the town in my blog, as I was recently as last week by it.The town of Douarnenez, is in the Finistére dept 29 of my lovely Bretagne, and in my belle France, It is located 600 km from Paris, 250 km from Nantes , 25 km from Quimper, and 120 km from my house, It sits at the bottom of the Bay of Douarnenez, and is part historically of the Cornouaille. Hope you enjoy the post curiosities of Douarnenez, part III !!! as I.

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The town is nestled at the bottom of a harmoniously curved bay, deploys its colorful and picturesque facades that have attracted many artists such as Auguste Renoir, Eugène Boudin, Maurice Boitel, Emmanuel Lansyer, and Roberto Cedrón…etc Indeed a very picturesque town worth the detour me think.

There is a nice pretty marina by Tréboul and Port-Rhu  Port-Rhu  where the museum port is based, inaugurated in 1992. The Port-Rhu was the starting point for two boats bound for England: the My gondola as of June 18, 1940, the day of the call of 18 June. Pilot students of the Le Mans Elementary pilotage aviation school, led by Reserve Lieutenant Pinot , embarked on 18 June 1940 aboard the Trébouliste, a lobster boat equipped with an auxiliary engine, led by François Lelguen they arrived in Falmouth on June 20, 1940 and helped to form the first nucleus of the future Free French Air Force (36 of them perished in air fights during WWII).

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In by the harbor or port Rhu area, you have the wonderful Port-musée, with real boats on display showing you the boating history of the town as well expos, and videos. right across from the harbor entrance and the pleasure marina of Port-Rhu.  The Port-Rhu, a veritable conservatory of ancient boats, which illustrates the maritime life of Douarnenez. In 1993, it was inaugurated the Port-Museum of Port-Rhu, It was closed for a while for lack of ressources but openned again at the beginning of 2000, with a more important budget ,webpage : https://www.port-musee.org/?lang=en

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We stop for lunch there at Restaurant Pizzeria Da Franco, at 18, Place Edouard Vaillant, and the Italian natives family was very welcoming and the pizzas deliciosas!  It has the Restaurantguru reviews on the Da Franco pizzeria : https://restaurantguru.com/Pizzeria-Da-Franco-Douarnenez

Douarnenez pizzeria da franco RF XF PF 26dec13

The Douarnenez tourist office on its heritage : https://douarnenez-tourisme.co.uk/decouvrir/patrimoine-et-culture/

The town of Douarnenez on its heritage : https://www.douarnenez.bzh/transitions/histoire-et-patrimoine/

There you go folks, a dandy beach coastal town with plenty to see, Douarnenez is hidden in a harbor off the beaten path trail but worth the detour me think .Again, hope you enjoy the post on the curiosities of Douarnenez, part III  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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