Every design for Vannes

Ramparts, half-timbered houses and the Gulf of Morbihan: that is what Vannes is known for, and all three are part of an ordinary day. People walk through the town walls to do their shopping, take a coffee in the pedestrian streets of the old town and head out towards the gulf, the little sea with its scattered islands.

What sets Vannes apart is how much of its past is still lived in. The town is named after the Veneti, the seafaring Celts who held this coast before Caesar's fleet defeated them, and its Breton name, Gwened, comes from the same people. The Porte Saint-Vincent still leads into the walled town, La Cohue still stands at its heart, and the Lavoirs de la Garenne and the Jardin des remparts still draw walkers along the old walls.

Whether you grew up inside those walls or simply learned to find your way through them, this map is yours: every turn of it.