Guérande Medieval Town
Cité médiévale de Guérande
A salt-merchant town encircled by intact walls, with four gates and cobbled streets, where you can buy fleur de sel and Breton butter biscuits.
Guérande's prosperity was built on the salt trade. Its 15th-century walls stretch about 1.4 kilometres, with four gates and six towers well preserved. Inside the main gate, Porte Saint-Michel, is a local history museum. The cobbled streets are lined with crêperies, salt merchants and craft shops, and the central church of Saint-Aubin has 12th-century capital carvings. It is about 5 kilometres from the salt marshes, so plan both for the same day. From Nantes it takes about an hour by car, or you can take the train to La Baule and transfer to a bus.
Opening hours
Open all day (museum about 10:00–18:00)
Nearby sights
- Guérande Salt Marshes
- Saint-Nazaire Submarine Base
- Trentemoult
- Musée Jules Verne
- Hangar à Bananes & Les Anneaux
- Memorial to the Abolition of Slavery
- Les Machines de l'Île
- La Cigale