And here I am again telling you about my wonderful beautiful capital city of Vannes in my beautiful Morbihan breton dept 56 of my lovely Bretagne and in my belle France! This is an underrated city that must be visit more and I know we have plenty to see here but you come and will be hook by it, I took new pictures for my blog for you and me. This is the awesome market on Saturday mornings is top at least in Brittany, me and other attest, We parked at parking République across the street! Therefore, I will tell you more on the markets of Vannes, part VI !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.
Come to think of going shopping and to us , the word market comes to mind immediately. Sure modern life has its hypermarkets and such, but when it comes to food, edible kind the markets are still IT. In France, they have a centuries old tradition of excellence where you get the best culinary delights known to men in culinary champion France. The markets in my adopted region of Brittany, and dept 56 of Morbihan are no different. In fact, they can play with any anytime and popular shows attest to their beauty and abundance, The markets of Vannes are tops. On Wednesday and Saturday mornings ,we go on Saturday bigger); the flea market of Vannes, full of fancy jewellery, new clothes and fripes, underwear, shoes, flowers, plants, but also food with fruits and vegetables, spices, cakes, cheese dairy, pizzas, etc. It is one of the first markets in Brittany which is accessed by the place Lucien-Laroche, but also by Rue Saint-Vincent and rue Le Hellec,(as we come in), opposite the post office. It is spread over the Place des Lices and the Place du Poids Public,(see posts), that offer you all the fresh products you want: fish, delicatessen, caterer, dairy slag, cellar. From 8h to 13h.
Other than our usual fruits and veggies stand already mentioned, we stopped by the Asian traiteur a friendly Vietnamese very talkative who gave us the sweets of his country banh bo cakes for free! We purchase the whole from cantonese rice, beef vegetables, tiger shrimps, noodles and vegetables, beef and pork samoussas !!! Superbe!
In continuation of the Place du Poids Public, you have the Place de la Poissonnerie and on to Rue de la Poissonnerie, and the superbe Halle aux Poissons or fish market that will delight all the freaks of crustaceans, oysters, fish and even smoked salmon stand. This market is held all year round on the following days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from 8h to 13h. About twenty permanent traders in all. It is a wonderful building which we enjoy tremendously and shop profusionnally! In 1821, a first fish market, back of the buildings on Rue Saint-Vincent, was built on the place de la Poissonnerie, a place for fish markets since the end of the middle ages. The Gulf of Morbihan fishermen wishing for a larger and more hygienic building, a new Hall is made in 1880 of 35 meters in length and 13 meters in width, it is built in granite. Inside, 18 cast iron poles, some of which are adorned with scallops, support a metal frame. For reference, we got our moules or mussels of penvins as well as dos de cabillaud sans peau or codfish without skin, and Juliennes fish filets or aka Ling,
The city of Vannes on its open air markets: https://www.mairie-vannes.fr/halles-et-marches
The Morbihan dept 56 tourist office on the markets of Vannes : https://morbihan.com/decouvrir/gastronomie-bretonne/flaner-sur-les-allees-des-marches/le-marche-de-vannes-lun-des-plus-beaux-marches-de-france/
The local Gulf of Morbihan tourist office on the markets of Vannes : https://www.golfedumorbihan.co.uk/explore/savour-the-exceptional/markets/market-of-vannes/
There you go folks, really enjoy it , always a treat and very friendly merchants that we have come to know on a first name basis with the best of France and the world! Do not miss it , when my neck of the woods! Again, hope you enjoy this post on the markets of Vannes, part VI !!! as I.
And remember, happy travels ,good health, and many cheers to all !!!
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