Visiting Scenic Saint-Suliac – A Beautiful Hamlet Inwards Brittany

If I had the opportunity, I would supply to the picture-perfect hamlet of Saint-Suliac on a sunny solar daytime too photograph every nook too cranny.

Unfortunately, our recent trip to the Brittany coast of France coincided alongside typical British weather. We experienced overcast, greyness skies too several pelting downpours, but that didn’t forbid us from exploring several of the French seaside villages.

Had it non been for our French friend, nosotros would receive got missed visiting Saint-Suliac, which is rated equally a Le Plus Beaux Villages de France (a exceed laurels for the most beautiful villages inwards the dry ground of which at that spot are 150 or so. Remember that nosotros saw some of these villages during our Provence trip too?). Saint-Suliac is a charming line-fishing hamlet filled alongside stunning rock houses dating dorsum to the 14^th too 15^th centuries. It’s the perfect hamlet exactly to wander aimlessly nigh alongside your adept friends too dream nigh which describe of piece of job solid you lot desire to buy. What create you lot think?

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How this hamlet survived World War II without beingness severely demolished is surprising! I approximate it didn’t serve equally a major port similar nearby Saint-Malo, which is why some fourscore per centum of that metropolis was destroyed. (When the American troops landed inwards Brittany inwards 1944, St. Malo was heavily defended too guarded yesteryear 12,000 High German troops.) Although Saint-Malo has been restored to its previous medieval glory, that metropolis is much likewise touristy for my liking.

Situated on the Rance River estuary, Saint Suliac served equally an ideal outpost for the Vikings inwards the 10^th century equally they ventured off on line-fishing expeditions too raids; too remains of quondam Viking-era ships too a fortress were discovered here. Local men continued to fish off the coast of Newfoundland for many years, too a statue of the Virgin of Grainfollet was placed on a colina to lookout over these fishermen. Today, you’ll all the same detect many pocket-size line-fishing boats inwards the harbour equally good equally line-fishing nets roofing the walls throughout the village. How cute are these houses?

The statue of Virgin of Grainfollet is located on the hillside inwards the distance.

As nosotros wandered downwards the network of narrow lanes - the ruettes – which veer off the master copy street heading downwards to the harbour, I constitute myself stopping to accept photographs of everything. I beloved quondam doors, windows too brightly-colored wooden shutters. However, the pelting was against me; too I had a darling eight-year-old that wanted to play lensman alongside my nearly 2 kilo photographic television set camera equally well.

In the middle of the village, nosotros discovered i of the oldest churches of Brittany. The Church of Saint-Suliac was built inwards the 13th century too has some pretty stained-glass windows inside. The hamlet itself has religious beginnings because inwards 560, a Welsh monk named Tysilio (or Suliau) – after called Suliac – founded a monastery too chapel here, which was the foremost church building inwards the village.

If you lot go hungry, Saint-Suliac has a twain of restaurants, a creperie or 2 too a patisserie. But beware of Sundays because most places were closed, too others required reservations. 

Luckily, nosotros constitute a gratis outdoor tabular array nether the large terrace at la ferme du boucanier then nosotros could escape the rain. I didn’t fifty-fifty realize that this eatery had a 2018 Michelin conduct plate recognition until after nosotros had already ordered our lunch. The nutrient was adept (maybe non then pretty to hold off at), too the desserts were fifty-fifty ameliorate peculiarly the Breton flaky pastry known equally kouign amann that was served alongside salted caramel too Chantilly cream. To. Die. For. Plus, the service was lovely…always a summation when you lot sometimes run across surly Frenchies inwards the country.

If you lot detect yourself close Saint-Malo, create yourself a favor too accept a detour to Saint-Suliac – where you lot volition detect a preserved hamlet of weathered houses alongside colourful shutters – a photographer’s dream.

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