Rennes

Rennes is the chief city of Brittany in northwest France. It's mostly modern and industrial, but has many grand 18th and 19th century buildings, and survivors of earlier times. Wikivoyage

Population 230,890 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in France

Visas and entry What your passport needs for France

Tourist office · 140 m Destination Rennes Office de Tourisme

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

Travelling

February

Cinema festival that each year focuses on a different world city

Official site
Mythos Festival

March – April

About music, story and song

Official site
Rock'n Solex

May

Student rock festival, with Solex powered bicycles loosely involved

Official site
Fest Noz

October – November

Fest Noz is Breton for "festival of the night" - an evening of traditional music and dancing. See the Tamm Kreiz website for upcoming events, which are usually inexpensive. See also below for the biggest, Yaouank in Oct / Nov
Yaouank

November

A music festival named after a rock group that reinvigorated Breton folk music in the 1980s; the name means "the young ones". It's now a music festival in November

Official site

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Rennes); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Markets

Marché Hoche
1. Monday: closed
2. Tuesday: closed
3. Wednesday: closed
4. Thursday: 15:00–20:00
5. Friday: closed
6. Saturday: closed
7. Sunday: closed
15:00–20:00
160 m from the centre
Marché des Lices
1. Monday: closed
2. Tuesday: closed
3. Wednesday: closed
4. Thursday: closed
5. Friday: closed
6. Saturday: 07:45–13:30
7. Sunday: closed
07:45–13:30
330 m from the centre
Marché Saint-Germain
1. Monday: closed
2. Tuesday: closed
3. Wednesday: 07:45–13:00
4. Thursday: closed
5. Friday: closed
6. Saturday: closed
7. Sunday: closed
07:45–13:00
530 m from the centre
La Criée, marché central
Covered hall
1. Monday: 09:00–14:00, 15:30–19:00
2. Tuesday: 09:00–14:00, 15:30–19:00
3. Wednesday: 09:00–14:00, 15:30–19:00
4. Thursday: 09:00–14:00, 15:30–19:00
5. Friday: 09:00–19:30
6. Saturday: 09:00–19:00
7. Sunday: 09:00–19:00
Times vary by day

Monday
09:00–14:00, 15:30–19:00
Tuesday
09:00–14:00, 15:30–19:00
Wednesday
09:00–14:00, 15:30–19:00
Thursday
09:00–14:00, 15:30–19:00
Friday
09:00–19:30
Saturday
09:00–19:00
Sunday
09:00–19:00
760 m from the centre
Marché biologique
1. Monday: closed
2. Tuesday: closed
3. Wednesday: 15:00–20:00
4. Thursday: closed
5. Friday: closed
6. Saturday: closed
7. Sunday: closed
15:00–20:00
770 m from the centre
Marché Jeanne d'Arc
1. Monday: closed
2. Tuesday: closed
3. Wednesday: closed
4. Thursday: 07:45–12:45
5. Friday: closed
6. Saturday: closed
7. Sunday: closed
07:45–12:45
1.8 km from the centre
Marché Villejean
1. Monday: closed
2. Tuesday: closed
3. Wednesday: closed
4. Thursday: closed
5. Friday: 07:45–12:45
6. Saturday: closed
7. Sunday: closed
07:45–12:45
2.1 km from the centre
Marché Beauregard
1. Monday: closed
2. Tuesday: 15:30–19:00
3. Wednesday: closed
4. Thursday: closed
5. Friday: closed
6. Saturday: closed
7. Sunday: closed
15:30–19:00
2.1 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 96 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

Train stations: Rennes 1.4 km, Rennes-La Poterie 4.4 km, Cesson-Sévigné 5.7 km, Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande 5.8 km

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