The small mill town of Pont Aven nestles idyllically in the green estuary of the river of the same name. He became famous mainly because Paul Gauguin spent three summer months here in the 19th century and many of his most famous works were created here. As you stroll through the town and over the bridges, you can vividly imagine how the poetry of these landscapes inspired artists then and now.
Not only the Crime Breton Relations of Jean-Luc Bannalec Pont-Aven has made known. Paul Gauguin succumbed to the charm of the idyllic village as early as the end of the 19th century, and many other painters were also attracted to the area. Other dazzling figures associated with Pont-Aven: the Breton bard Botrel and the journalist and writer Xavier Grall, to whom the town has dedicated a memorial to the Aven, where it is seen face to face with the Breton white ermine.
Pont-Aven is located at the bottom of a formerly lined with many watermills creek, which even widens here to a mouth funnel and gives the place a harbor. It is supposed to have been 15 houses and 14 mills. The bridge over the Aven is logically a central point of the place, not by chance can be found here the business of the resident, famous Bisquiterie Traou Mad, whose colorful biscuit cans are found throughout Brittany.
From here you can stroll in all directions through the village, past countless art galleries and some beautiful villas in Hafenbreich. And the scenic roads and paths along the Aven stream are a treat in and of itself. Close to the bridge you pass the former guesthouse Gloanec, where many painters were born, who together with Gauguin developed the school of Pont-Aven as an artist colony. Examples of her work could be seen in the Pont-Aven Museum of Fine Arts, if it were not rebuilt until 2015. As a consolation, however, a visit to the nearby, again idyllic Chapel of Trémalo remains to see at least the yellow Christ, who inspired Gaugins.
And from which Bretagne holiday home in my small directory is the fastest way to Pont-Aven? The victory will be clearly carried away by the old mill Holiday Brittany Moulin-de-Kerouzic at Concarneau, followed by holiday home Brittany Kerargon. But as you can see from the popularity of Pont-Aven, other cottage lovers will not be discouraged.
Nice city with a lot of atmosphere. If you do not want to visit the market, you should avoid the market day, because the city is very crowded. Parking is then scarce.
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