Useful information

Everything you need to know to help you plan your trip to Upper Brittany Ille-et-Vilaine

How to get here


 

View on mapHow to get to Upper Brittany Ille-et-Vilaine

By road

A11 : Autoroute Océane from Paris to Rennes 350 km / 3 hours
Toll charge Paris-Rennes : 26,70 €
A84 : Autoroute des Estuaires from Lille to Rennes 573 km / 5 hours 45 minutes
Toll charge Lille - Rennes : 29,90 €
There are no toll roads in Brittany

A useful stop-off point : The Brittany Tourist Information Office, 'La Maison d'Accueil Bretagne', at Erbrée, 40km from Rennes in the direction of Paris, is open from Easter to the end of September and during the autumn half-term and Christmas holidays. Tel: 02 99 49 49 45

By rail

Rennes is 2 hours by train from Paris with 29 TGVs from the Gare Montparnasse every day. Since 2006 Saint-Malo is 2hrs 57 mins from Paris with 3 direct TGVs daily – otherwise change at Rennes. Allow 3 hours from Paris to Redon.

To book a taxi to meet you, ask the TGV ticket inspector in First Class or go to www.sncf.fr

By air

Flight departures from Rennes to Ajaccio, Avignon, Biarritz, Bordeaux, Clermont-Ferrand, Lille, Limoges, Lourdes, Lyon, Marseille, Metz, Montpellier, Bâle/Mulhouse, Nice, Paris/Charles de Gaulle, Paris/Orly, Pau, Perpignan, Strasbourg, Toulon, Toulouse.

Rennes – Saint-Jacques Airport
Tel. 02 99 29 60 00 - www.rennes.aeroport.fr
Flights from Dinard to the UK and the Channel Islands: London (Stansted), East Midlands and Guernsey.
Dinard-Pleurtuit-Saint Malo Airport
Tel. 02 99 46 18 46

 

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Ideas for short breaks

Welcome aboard a privateer's mansion !

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Welcome aboard a privateer's mansion ! This magnificent mansion, built 300 years ago during the reign of Louis XIV, traces part of the history of Brittany through three colourful characters. The chevalier Georges de la Haye, the artist Durand-Brager and the famous privateer Robert Surcouf all lived here. Book a mini-break for two or...