Ille-et-Vilaine

Ille-et-Vilaine is the eastern-most department in Brittany, centred on the city of Rennes. It is named after two rivers, the Ille and the Vilaine , which meet in Rennes.

Cities

• 🌍 Rennes — the capital of Upper Brittany has many grand 18th and 19th century buildings, and cultural attractions
• 🌍 Dinard — regarded as one of the most prestigious seaside resorts in all of France with its international film festival, villas, sumptuous hotels, casino and an airport
• 🌍 Saint-Malo — once the heavily fortified base of pirates and nowadays one of the top tourist draws
• 🌍 Montfort-sur-Meu — a destination of frequent pilgrimages
• 🌍 Vitré — designated a ville d'art et d'histoire, a town of artistic and historic significance

Other destinations

Place de la République in Rennes, Brittany

• 🌍 Côte d’Émeraude – a verdant rocky coast stretching from St Malo to St Brieuc—bustling resorts, and charming fishing villages
• 🌍 Brocéliande – an Arthurian forest
• Minor towns around Montfort-sur-Meu in the Ille-et-Vilaine department with an article on Wikivoyage:
  • 🌍 Bédée
  • 🌍 Breteil
  • 🌍 Iffendic
  • 🌍 La Nouaye
  • 🌍 Saint-Gonlay
  • 🌍 Talensac

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Get in

Rennes has the best transportation connections in the department, including an international airport that serves budget airlines, and an hourly train connection from Paris Montparnasse.

• Rennes Bretagne Airport (Rennes–Saint-Jacques Airport, Aéroport de Rennes–Saint-Jacques, RNS ^IATA) in a minor international airport with direct flights from numerous French cities, Ireland, the United Kingdom and Spain.

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