Port de Saint-Goustan, Auray, Brittany, France

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Where Brittany meets the tide. Port de Saint-Goustan, Auray, Brittany, France

In France, Port de Saint-Goustan sits just below Auray's upper town, where a small inlet meets the Gulf of Morbihan estuary. The harbor lies at the confluence of the Auray and Loc'h rivers, creating its sheltered, storybook setting. In the 13th century, the Dukes of Brittany built a bridge, a port, and a castle here; the fortress has vanished, but cobbled quays, narrow lanes, a…

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