Le Port of Vannes ,part VI !!! 

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We come by here always, we eat here , enjoy it here ,ride boats here, and do shopping galore on many items yet I need to tell you more, I have come back as always with new pictures in my blog for you and me, Awesome, a must to visit , wonderful indeed , This is my capital City of Vannes or Gwened (Breton) in my beautiful Morbihan dept 56, in my lovely Bretagne,and my belle France. I like to tell you more of the beautiful Le Port of Vannes ,part VI !!!  Hope you enjoy this post as I.

 The pleasure boats marina which houses of course pleasure boats The place Gambetta, of hemispherical plan, marks the end of the port of Vannes and puts it in contact with the historic center by the Porte Saint-Vincent. The Le Port is a lively and urban district of Vannes, covering an area of 1.5 km².  So much written on it in my blog but each time is a thrill !!

The pleasure boats marina you have at the exit of the marina, the Gulf Park , the starting point for boat trips to the islands of the Gulf of Morbihan and off the continental shelf in the Atlantic ocean, The impecable Promenade de la Rabine located on the right bank of the port is made up of a long alley of trees that stretches for nearly 800 meters between the port esplanade and the north and the quays of the commercial port to the south. The term rabine is of Breton origin, it means “alley planted with trees”. The Promenade de la Rabine was built a wharf and the destruction of the Saint-Julien chapel in 1740 allowed the widening of the rows of trees in front of the convent of Carmelites barefooted in 1745. As the docks expanded southwards, the Promenade de la Rabine was extended. In 1887, the extension of the promenade beyond the Santière, to the Pont-Vert.

The port of Vannes has a visitor area for your stopovers with 60 places available. The  Marina has a capacity to host 280 boats on pontoons. It can accommodate 34 boats on dead body. Popular with locals and visitors alike boaters and tourists thanks to its location in the heart of the city, the Marina is equipped with many facilities: harbormaster cultural kiosk, tourist office, green area  and underground parking le Port. Lovely areas indeed. And one of our favorite parking spots is up this promenade! for free!! 

The Kiosque or Kiosk in Vannes on the Esplanade Simone Veil , right bank of Le Port, It has 150 m2 of completely modular space and its atypical architecture, it really stands out from the rest of the structures on the Right Bank of the port. The Kiosk is one of the cultural nerve centers in Vannes. It provides free access to numerous exhibitions by well-known photographers, offering a program of 4 to 5 exhibitions each year. Created in 2009 as a municipal hall for various exhibitions, in 2015 it became a cultural space exclusively dedicated to photography.

The official port of Vannes: https://port-de-vannes.com/fiche-pratique-de-votre-port/

The city of Vannes on the Port and pl Gambetta: https://www.mairie-vannes.fr/le-port-et-la-place-gambetta

The Gulf of Morbihan Tourist Office on Le port of Vannes: https://www.golfedumorbihan.co.uk/fiche/port-de-vannes-en/

There you go folks, something nice around boats, history, architecture, the sea what else do you want ! I am always around here just sublime ! Again, hope you enjoy this post on Le Port of Vannes, part VI 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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