How to come and get around in Ille-et-Vilaine?

Located in the west of France, Ille-et-Vilaine is a French département in the region of Brittany. Accessed by two motorways, two airports and the LGV train in just 1 hour 25 from Paris, Ille-et-Vilaine is the gateway to Brittany.
By car, train, bus or plane, here is all the information you need to prepare your trip and get around Ille-et-Vilaine!

By road

By car

• A11: Paris – Rennes (350 km) 3 hours 30
[Toll: 29,50 €]

• A84: Lille – Rennes (573 km) 5 hours 45
[Toll: 33,50 €]

• A83: Bordeaux – Rennes (468 km) 4 hours 30
[Toll: 27,40 €]

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Give it some thought!

A genuine alternative to service facilities, stopover villages propose an easy break in a pleasant setting. Located less than 5 km or 5 minutes from the main road, they offer services in line with a charter guaranteeing quality hospitality and services (picnic areas, shops, catering, accommodation, etc.).

>> 8 stopover villages in Ille-et-Vilaine:Bédée, Châteaubourg, Crevin, Dol-de-Bretagne, Grand-Fougeray, Plélan-le-Grand, Saint-Brice-en-Coglès and Saint-Méen-le-Grand.

Express roads are free in Brittany. Be careful, the speed limit is 110 km/h.

Distances between the main towns in Ille-et-Vilaine (and Mont-Saint-Michel)

KM	RENNES	ST-MALO	DINARD	CANCALE	FOUGÈRES	VITRÉ	REDON	PAIMPONT	MONT-SAINT-MICHEL
RENNES		70	72	71	52	37	70	43	82
ST-MALO			*12	16	89	**107	**135	96	55
DINARD				23	92	**109	**137	79	60
CANCALE					82	110	136	98	50
FOUGÈRES						28	**117	**91	47
VITRÉ							**105	**84	73
REDON								51	**150
PAIMPONT									114

*via the Rance dam. The traffic is interrupted every hour, for about 15 minutes, to let the boats pass.

** via Rennes

By train

TGV

• Paris – Rennes in 1 hour 25

• Lyon – Rennes in 4 hours

• Lille – Rennes in 3 hours 30

• Bruxelles – Rennes in 4 hours

• Paris – Saint-Malo in 2 hours 15

• Paris – Redon in 2 hours 45

OUIGO

• Massy – Rennes in 2 hours 15

• Aéroport Roissy-Charles de Gaulle 2 – Rennes in 3 hours

• Lille – Rennes in 3 hours 21

• Amiens – Rennes in 3 hours 37

To get around in Brittany, many TGV and TER train lines allow you to move from town to town very easily.

By train, coach, bus or metro, plan your travel by public transport in Ille-et-Vilaine on Mobibreizh.bzh.

By plane

Rennes/Saint-Jacques Airport

• 11 daily direct flights to Rennes from the main French cities: Ajaccio, Bastia, Bordeaux, Calvi, Figari, Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Paris, Strasbourg and Toulouse.

• 11 direct flights to Rennes from European cities: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Cork, Dublin, Exeter, Frankfurt, Geneva, London, Manchester, Madrid and Southampton.

Dinard Bretagne Airport

• 3 direct flights from England and the Channel Islands to Dinard: London, East Midlands and Guernsey.

By coach

Journeys from €5 with several companies to Rennes.

Ouibus

• 17 towns to Rennes: Le Mans, Nantes, Lorient, Brest, Quimper, La Rochelle, Bordeaux, Saint-Brieuc, Guingamp, Morlaix, Lannion, Angers, Paris, Landernau, Tours, Marmande and London.

Flexibus

• 18 towns to Rennes: Caen, Amiens, Lille, Vannes, Agen, Quimper, La Rochelle, Saint-Malo, Guingamp, Morlaix, Saint-Brieuc, Lorient, Brest, Paris, Toulouse, Nantes, Bordeaux and Rouen.

In Ille-et-Vilaine, a well-developed interurban network makes it easy to get around.

Breizhgo serves the main cities:
> Dinard: Rennes / Dinard (via Bécherel) and Saint-Malo / Dinard lines
> Saint-Malo: Dinard / Saint-Malo line
> Broceliande: Rennes / Paimpont line
> Fougères: Rennes / Fougères line
> Vitré: Fougères / Vitré line

From the beginning of July to the end of September, Keolis Armor provides 2 return trips daily from Rennes (bus station) to Mont-Saint-Michel via Dol-de-Bretagne.