From the medieval city to the salt marshes, from Le Croisic to Piriac — thatched cottages, fishermen's houses, ocean-facing villas and houses of character on one of the best-preserved coasts in Brittany.
A medieval city standing above its salt marshes, hemmed by the wild coast and bordered by the Brière, the Guérande peninsula has kept a character that tourism never erased.
Listed and protected, the Guérande salt marshes have drawn a singular landscape since the Middle Ages, where salt harvesters still gather the fleur de sel by hand. Above them the city unrolls its intact ramparts, its collegiate church and its cobbled lanes — one of the few walled towns in Brittany to have come down to us whole.
All around, the peninsula shows many faces: the fishing harbours of Le Croisic and La Turballe, the beaches and coves of the wild coast, thatched cottages at the edge of the Brière. This is another Brittany — more secret, more authentic than the neighbouring bay — sought by buyers drawn to stone, to salt and to the open sea.
Behind its ramparts the medieval city lines up half-timbered houses, granite mansions and cobbled lanes around the Saint-Aubin collegiate church. On its edges, longères and manor houses look out over the salt marshes. A rare address, steeped in history, for lovers of old stone.
A working fishing harbour, a fish market, lanes lined with shipowners' houses: Le Croisic cultivates a maritime elegance of its own, extended by the wild coast of Batz-sur-Mer and its ocean-facing villas. Restored fishermen's houses and seafront properties compete there for the finest views.
From the fishing harbour of La Turballe to the listed charm of Piriac-sur-Mer, a designated Petite Cité de Caractère, the northern coast of the peninsula draws visitors with its beaches, its seaside villas and its authenticity. A family shoreline, preserved and still away from the crowds.
On the peninsula, prestige goes hand in hand with character: the restored thatched cottage at the edge of the Brière, the fisherman's house in Le Croisic turned into a house of charm, the seafront villa on the wild coast, the manor house within the walls of Guérande. Rarer properties, more strongly marked than on the bay — and that is precisely what gives them their value.
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The medieval market of Guérande, fleur de sel from the salt harvesters, oysters and the fish market at Le Croisic, coastal paths along the wild coast, punting through the Brière regional nature park: the peninsula is lived at the pace of nature and the seasons.
Minutes from La Baule and its airfield, three hours from Paris, it offers the best of both worlds — Breton authenticity with the accessibility of a major resort.
From the thatched cottage of character to the seafront villa, discover the properties we currently have for sale on the peninsula.
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