Curiosities of Port Louis, part III !!!

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This is again in my beautiful Morbihan, lovely Bretagne and in my belle France, Once again searching for pictures found more that surprise are not in my blog and they should, I will tell you a bit more on the quant nice historical Port Louis with its church, citadel and beach to boot (see posts), The choices here are endless and always a thrill of visiting them again, worth the detour me think, Therefore, here is more of the curiosities of Port Louis, part III !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

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This is the Grande Plage. This is an artificial beach made by king Louis-Philippe’s wife . This is why it is frequently nicknamed the royal beach. Before that, the beach existed with less sand and was nicknamed Grand Sablon. This long 200 meters ‘beach has a restaurant directly situated on the sand and a row of 116 bathing cabins., Access is through a door built in the fortifications.

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The port of Port-Louis pleasure marina offers 450 berths on pontoons, including 50 visitor berths. Located at the entrance to the harbor, it is a port full of charm and authentic character. In addition to its architectural and historical interest, the port of Port-Louis offers all the necessary comfort for boaters! Yachtsmen on a stopover can now benefit from a comfortable welcome and adapted services. Open on the port by large bay windows, the new harbor master’s office has a friendly reception point as well as a panoramic terrace with a magnificent view over the harbor of Lorient.

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The port Locmalo is very picturesque and part of the old trade on sardines fishing here. The port has kept its charm as a small Breton beaching port , As part of the expansion of sardine fishing and canneries between 1847 and 1848, development of the port of Locmalo, 1876 extension of the mole and inauguration of the auction in 1889. New poontons were put in place early in 2023,

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The lavoir des Récollets or the Récollets washhouse were built in the 17C, and were originally a watering trough. It was covered and converted into a washhouse in the mid-19C. The wash house is fed by the Récollets fountain, provided with a reservoir. It supplied the old Poulorio watering trough built in doubt from 1839 to 1851, the basins of which are lined with cut stone. This washhouse is located near the ramparts of Port Louis (see post)

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The official ports of the pays de Lorient on the ports of Port Louis: https://www.ports-paysdelorient.fr/fr/ports/le-port-de-port-louis

The town of Port Louis on its ports : https://www.ville-portlouis.fr/decouvrir/les-ports/

The City of Port Louis on its heritage: https://www.ville-portlouis.fr/64-decouverte/488-cite-d-art-et-de-patrimoine.html

The Lorient south Brittany tourist board on Port Louis: https://www.lorientbretagnesudtourisme.fr/fr/immanquables/port-louis/

There you go folks another nice town Port Louis ,always a treat and lucky to live nearby. Always thrills, fun, history, architecture and only sad my dears are missing to continue the journey Never mind, again, hope you enjoy the post on the curiosities of Port Louis, 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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