A beautiful little town on the river. Lot's of galleries and places to eat. Great for a walk or just to sit and watch the world go by.
Pont Aven, having been the site of an art school founded by Gauguin, us a very popular and busy place. Park as far down the estuary as possible to enjoy the walk back into town,Then cross through the main Intersection and on the right hand side you will find the modest knee-height sign indicating the XAVIER GRALL WALK . Judging by the relative quiet of the walk, it's Pont a Avens hidden gem! He was a well- known Breton poet in the 1930,s.It is a stroll behind the high street alongside the river, criss-crossed with charming bridges with huge (how do they do them?) hanging baskets of flowers. A great view of how the original merchants would have moved their goods down to the port. It's only about 1 km long and loops back into the busy Main Street, but what a beautiful stroll.
We found Pont-Aven by chance and glad that we did. A very attractive and well kept village which luckily we were able to see with the sun shining.
Beware Tuesday it is market day and the place is heaving and parking is more difficult than usual especially around the market area. If you park overnight Monday you could find yourself trapped until early afternoon. Town itself needs but a morning to see until the brilliant museum re opens. Restaurants bars send cafés operate eccentric opening times until the French holiday time kicks in. It is what it is in the season, during the day a tourist town, in the evening it gets back to a tranquil little port.
Lovely historic village. If you're into art it's the place for you but if you just fancy a relaxing stroll it fits the bill too. Very scenic and some great restaurants dotted all over the place.
pas trop de Gauguinoiseries et c'est tant mieux- voila un site qui garde son charme- mon meilleur souvenir?? les toilettes d'époque directes en plongée sur l'aven- a ne manquer sous aucun pretexte.
Beautiful place to walk round even with young children. Massive fish in the estuary for them to watch jump to the surface. Lots of art shops, biscuit and chocolate shops. Little children play area, free parking and super restaurant with pink umbrellas at the end of the parking area where cars can turn round.
Le centre ville est très joli tout comme le reste de la région.Revers de la médaille en hors saison, 90% des commerces sont fermés...(repos mérité pour les artisans et commerçants)
Je viens de découvrir pont aven et quelle surprise!!! J'ai adoré cet endroit très charmant, sa promenade au bord de l'aven, le centre ville... tout quoi!!!
Pont Aven est inaccessible l'été aussi je vous conseille vivement la visite hors saison, l'endroit est charmant, romantique à souhait avec ses moulins, sa rivière , et ses galeries en nombre mais pas toujours en qualité les peintres de Pont Aven se retrouvent désormais dans quelques galeries spécialisées et au musée on ne peut passer en Bretagne sud sans cette promenade en bord d'Aven...