Marina
your guide in Pontrieux, loves to tell stories of local life. You’re invited to join in the fun all summer long !
- Guingamp - Baie de Paimpol Is everything I like in one place!
- Your ideal day An early-morning walk in the woods around Roche Jagu followed by a sweet reward of some really good chocolate in Pontrieux !
- Your philosophy Enjoy every day as if it were your last
- Your favourite spot The panoramic table of Ste Barbe at Paimpol, on the cliff walk
- Your favourite indulgence A delicious ice-cream on my birthday ;)
- Your passion Discovering new things !
A real magnet for gossip, the lavoir was the place to be in 1850
Marina is a guide in Pontrieux. Every Tuesday and Thursday during the summer, she’ll share the village gossip with you, just like in the 19th century !
"We don’t really understand these days, but the life of a washerwoman in 1850 was no bed of roses ! You could almost call it a vocation ! We know this because young unmarried women were advised to become washerwomen in order to find a husband - men knew that washerwomen had what it took to run a tight household ! "
During your visit with Marina, you’ll discover the 50 private washhouses that line the river banks of the Trieux in the heart of the Little Town of Character. “Here we have a large number of private lavoirs. Every bourgeois family had their own lavoir for the very good reason that the dirty washing revealed everything that happened in the house ! The grandes dames certainly didn’t want to air their families’ dirty laundry in public, hence the need for a family lavoir !" To conclude your visit, Marina will invite you on a river trip to see the lavoirs from the water. A glimpse of another world !
