Rennes

Don’t Miss

The beautiful Thabor Park is the finest in France. Taking up 10 hectares, including an orange grove, a rose garden, a formal French garden and an aviary filled with colourful birds, it’s a tranquil escape from the pressures of the city.

Retail Therapy

Rennes has plenty of markets to keep your roving eye occupied. Every Saturday the central food market in the Place des Lices near the Medieval Quarter sells huge varieties of French specialties. For good value clothes, games and make-up visit the Galleries Lafayette Mall.

Eat and Drink

Due to the amount of students in Rennes there’s a vibrant nightlife, for the highest concentration of bars stick to the Rue Saint Michel. France is known for its food and you can’t go wrong with crêpes, galettes, wine, snails and cheese.

Hidden Gem

Check street posters to track down a fest-noz – a time-honoured ball where generations meet to dance to traditional music and to drink and snack on authentic French delicacies. Take a night out to enjoy one of these rather than a nightclub and you’ll experience the real Rennes.