Rennes

around rennes

Mont Saint-Michel

is a granite island located north-eastward of Rennes in the region of Basse-Normandie. It's the 3rd most visited monument in France, which will be under restoration until 2012. The main part of the island is the abbey of Mt St Michel.

If you're going there from Rennes, the easiest and more expensive way is to use keolis emeraude bus company. They'll charge you €11.40 each way, €8,60 for 16 to 25 year olds. But a cheaper option is to use the Illenoo public transport see Get In, which costs €3 each way, but stops in Pontorson 9 km south of Mt St Michel. From there, you can even hitch hike or use the Maneo bus link, which costs €2. Just make sure that the schedules line up so you're not stuck in Pontorson for 2+ hours...cute town but not much to do.

Anyhow, you get a 20% rebate in both cases if you're under 26 years old.

Saint-Malo

Etangs d'Apigné

Dinan

Montfort sur Meu

Cobac Parc

Fougères

Vilaine

Canal d'Ille & Rance

Foret de Rennes

Vitré

rennes

One highlight of Rennes, if you're after natural beauty and tranquility, is the Thabor. This park has a stunning collection of plantlife, including a large bed of hundreds of species of roses, tropical, African and European trees, other beautiful and rare plants, and offers the traveller a chance to see some budgies. There are cages with a dozen of different sorts of small colourful birds. To get to Parc Thabor from Republique station, take bus number 3 direction St. Laurent and get off at the Thabor stop. Or you can simply walk northestwards, it's 10 minutes away.

Le Parlement

Maison à colombages