Rennes is an attractive city in the east part of Brittany, Northwestern France. This vibrant city is full of historic sites, spectacular museums, stunning beauty, and plenty of nice places. Rennes Tours assure an unforgettable experience for every traveler with these various delightful elements.
Begin your Historical tours in Rennes with a visit to the historic center of Rennes, where you will come around one of the city’s unique features, which is half-timbered houses with colorful facades. Are you aware that Rennes is one of the cities in France that have the biggest number of half-timbered houses so to come across such impressive things, walk through the lovely, cobbled streets like Le Chapiter Street, Palette, and Saint-Sauveur Street? Also, in this historic center, there are various must-see monuments; for example, you can see the town hall, the opera house or Rennes cathedral.
Mentioning Rennes Cathedral in the Historic center is a must to explore it. After being rebuilt several times for centuries, the restored Rennes Cathedral of St. Peter (cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Rennes) will surely surprise you. In the interior of the cathedral, you will see magnificent Italian stained-glass windows, a Roman altar, rich decorations and paintings, a beautifully decorated vault, and great organs dating from the 19th century. The interesting fact is that St. Peter Cathedral of Rennes was the crowning place of the dukes and duchesses of Brittany, that is why it was decorated so elaborately and excellently.
Visiting Rennes you can’t miss The Parliament of Brittany (“parlement de Bretagne”), the most famous monument of Rennes and one of the symbols of Brittany. This 17th-century Parliament serves as a court of law featuring the Appeal Court of Brittany and the Assizes Court of Ille-et-Vilaine. While exploring, you can’t resist praising the most famous room in Parliament, the Grand ’Chambre’, with its unique sculpted gilded wood paneling and painted canvases.
Implement Rennes cultural tours by seeing lots of things and activities at The Champs Libres, the amazing cultural center of Rennes. This complex is made of:
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Firstly, The Brittany Museum, where you can learn about the history of the region through a rich collection of objects.
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Secondly, there is The Science Centre and its planetarium, where you will get to see a wide variety of temporary exhibitions on biodiversity, high-speed trains, food and dinosaurs and especially your Children will become joyful to see Merlin’s laboratory where they can discover science with games and learn more about the Universe at the Planetarium.
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Lastly, there A huge 6-storey library where not only you can read your favorite book, but also be the part of temporary exhibitions.
Enjoy your Rennes city tours to the fullest at the “Place des Lices Market”, the second largest food market in France, that takes place on a Saturday morning where you will find lots of producers selling fruits, vegetables, fresh fish, meat and cheese and more.
Another special place to explore is The Thabor Park (Parc du Thabor), also known by the name of Central Park of Rennes”, where you can relax for some time. Here you can enjoy lots of outdoor activities as the park combines everything in one place. This Park, covering more than 10 hectares, has a French garden, an English garden, a cave, basins and waterfalls, a botanical garden, an aviary, a music kiosk, and a rose garden with a wide variety of roses. Also, there is a playground for children. For sports lovers, the Park also offers a 1.5 km long running track.
Not only this, but in summer, every Sunday evening, Thabor Park organizes music and dance shows in the music kiosk and the Sylvan Theatre. Finally, every year, the Park hosts the Mythos Festival, which is a mixed arts spring festival; being the Park of such celebrations and enjoying outdoor activities, makes the Park one of the Best Rennes tours.
Discover the charm of this vibrant city with expertly curated Rennes tour packages that can help you manage accommodation, transportation, and guided tours effortlessly and affordably. These packages offer lots of benefits and facilities that will make your Rennes France tours memorable
