I was looking at my old posts and saw this picturesque town mix in with other things and decided the shopping should be apart, This is after all one of the nice things to come here by the coast, It is a bit off the beaten path but not for the road warrior like me. It is ,of course in my beautiful Morbihan dept 56 of my lovely Bretagne, and in my belle France. Therefore let me tell about the shopping in Ploemeur !! Hope you enjoy the post as I.
The town of Ploemeur is about 40 km from my house south along the coast , and 65 km from Vannes, I have passed by it , walked all over with so much to see here and all wonderful I keep telling you, We did a homemade Paella! from ingredients purchase at Ploemeur !! We went off the N165 to exit sortie 44 and took a ride by the City center to do some serious shopping. The whole is concentrated around the Place de l’Eglise square. You have plenty to shop and some sea goodies too all worth coming here !
The story of the Place de l’église is interesting. The church area was becoming small so in 1846 it was surrounded by a square , initially to be called market square but then change to church square. Early in the 20C a water pump was installed providing water to the residents . In the 1950’s the area served as fruit stands were set up to direct sales to the public. Renovations in 2005 took away the water pump and now there is a fountain set up there. As we continue our walk, all around the St Peter’s Church (see posts) ,we thinking of doing a paella what better way than to buy fresh ingredients from a coastal town on a reputable fish shop that everybody there seems to know each other! This we did our fish whiting, shrimps, scallops, and clams!!! loaded home and cooked so good yummy !!! These trips always remind me of my dear late wife Martine who loves coming here, This was/is the Aux Délices de l’Océan !
The official fish market Aux Délices de l’Océan : https://www.poissonnerie-ploemeur.fr/#vos-magasins
And to complement, a bit over 50 meters we came to the other delicacy we cannot be without the chocolates so we shopped at Les Délices d’Anvers , stores at several places and known to us of very good Belgian chocolates (Anvers is the French way for Antwerpen, the Flemish). Here we got a 500 grams box and a stick of sweet dry fruits delicious as always. Worth coming to this place, recommended
The official Les Délices d’Anvers of Ploemeur : https://delicesdanvers.shop-and-go.fr/
And if you are in other towns this is their official site : http://www.delicesdanvers.fr/magasins.php
For the geographical curious the town of Ploemeur is surrounded by the towns of Lorient, Larmor-Plage, Guidel, and Quéven for which I have written posts before. It has 17 km or about 10 miles of sea front . The name comes from Breton language meaning a grand parish as in one time it was the largest in the area given away slowly to the other adjacent town as far back as 1925. The town and area has great concentration of mineral kaolin still today.
The city of Ploemeur on things to see : https://www.ploemeur.com/decouvrir/a-voir/?lang=en
The local Lorient Sud Bretagne tourist office on Ploemeur : https://www.lorientbretagnesudtourisme.fr/fr/immanquables/ploemeur/informations/
The Morbihan dept 56 tourist office on Ploemeur : https://morbihan.com/decouvrir/le-morbihan-et-ses-perles-bretonnes/destination-lorient-bretagne-sud/ploemeur/
There you go folks, we live very close and we do walks around these towns on the weekends when we are not away so far we have seen hundreds but many more hundreds to see lol! Ploemeur is one dandy we have come back to. Again, hope you enjoy this post on shopping in Ploemeur as I
And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!
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