“Especially on weekends, it goes strong”: in Vannes, the magic of Christmas is a hit [En images]

It’s cold, a little humid and the sky is gray. Sacred painting! And yet, there are crowds at the Vannes Christmas village located on the port esplanade. Since its opening on November 30, the market with its wooden chalets and the adjoining Ferris wheel has been a hit.

“Especially on weekends. It’s going strong,” says Samantha, who runs a waffle stand. No time to say more, the customer doesn’t wait. Quentin and Renaud, in their twenties, have a purely culinary interest in the place. “This is the second time we’ve come. We had tasted the tartiflette, now we are trying the parmesan pasta. It’s so good. Adios O’Tacos! “. Nothing less than 5,000 calories per serving, it’s the Christmas diet on the port. We’ll get over it. You have to jostle to get through the Saint-Vincent gate because there are so many people.

Waiting for Santa

The new illuminations installed within the walls are also a hit. The projection of lights on the facades of the old half-timbered houses on Place Henri IV triggers bursts of photos. “It’s really very beautiful. Very successful. It perfectly illustrates the magic of Christmas,” reacts Anne-Lise, who came with her grandchildren to take a tour of the city after dark. Place Brûlé, there are a little fewer people, but the view of the illuminations from the Prison Gate is worth its weight in Christmas peanuts.

The Nutcracker is the common thread of these events which also unfurl their luminous turbans in the gardens of the ramparts, Place Valencia and in the Saint-Patern district. It’s not just intramural that celebrates the imminent arrival of the man in red with the white beard. Ménimur, Cliscouët, the north-station district also had their activities there this Saturday, December 14. Next weekend, Sunday 22 precisely, it is however in the city center that you will have to be for the ritual arrival of Santa Claus in the port of Vannes.