Auray, France Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

Some people find AURAY , with its over-restored ancient quarter, slightly dull – but it's a lot less crowded than Vannes, a lot cheaper than Quiberon town and usefully placed for exploring Carnac, the Quiberon peninsula and the Gulf of Morbihan. The centre of the town today is the place de la République , with its eighteenth-century Hôtel de Ville. In a neighbouring square, linked to the place de la République by rue du Lait, is the seventeenth-century church of St Gildas , with its fine Renaissance porch. A covered market adjoins the Hôtel de Ville, but on Mondays an open-air market … more »