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8/10 Good
Gary & Peter P.
6 July 2017
Lovely Property
Fabulous house, tastefully decorated, clean and well equipped for a stay, we are a couple so used only the double room. The bed was comfortable, cleaning and towels are extra unless you bring you your own or clean yourself. This was a last-minute decision for us and we were not disappointed. Mme Valerie Rouffineau was very helpful and pleasant and we had no problems with access, we didn’t have to call on her as there was no problems.
The location is quiet, yet very close to the port Saint Goustan, a few minutes walk away. The streets around Auray and Saint Goustan are very picturesque and great for an evening walk. The house is located on a hill so you do need to negotiate the short, yet steep hill to reach the quay front, no issue if you are ambulant. So why not 5 stars? Essentially there is no outside space, so on a hot evening and cooking at the house you had to stay in doors to eat. You can get around this by opening the doors and windows and letting the outside in and this worked well, although I think you could manage a small table outside or sit outside with the food on your lap if you were careful! The sun shines along the street in the evening which is lovely. The road is not busy as it’s a dead end so traffic is very light. If you eat out each night this won’t be a problem for you.
Parking was not an issue, there was a spot next to the house, parking near the church or along the streets, failing that you could park up the hill in the car park. We never had to do this and we went out every day and managed to use the same spot each evening next to the house. We stayed in late June/July. The drive down from Roscoff was about 2.5hrs none stop.
The town is quiet, although the quay is busy each evening when the sun is hot and you can enjoy it until late into the evening at the bars/restaurants – the bars and Saint Goustan is west facing. We ate in so I can’t say much about the restos. The weather was mixed so on overcast days we visited attractions around Morbihan, Josselin, Vannes, the submarine base (we very much enjoyed this), Domaine de Kerguehennec, and the medieval village Melrand (Village de l’An Mil), we took something from all of them. On hot days we used the beach at Carnac which was sandy, with lovely soft sand and a shallow incline into the sea, the facilitates are on the left hand side of the bay as you look at if from the sea, shops, toilets are close and parking wasn’t an issue mid-week when we went.
Enjoy
Gary & Peter P.
Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2017
