Car Rental Rennes Airport

Rennes is more 200,000 inhabitants on an area of 50 square kilometers a city in Brittany in Western of France. The roots of the city go back to the Roman Empire, where it was mentioned under the name of Condate. Today, Rennes is the capital of Breton culture. Since 1985, even the street signs in the town are bilingual.

The Parliament building in the Centre of Rennes, is of particular importance for the whole of Brittany. Built in the seventeenth century by the Royal take, it today houses the highest legal authority in the region. In the past but met here not only the Court of Justice, but you understood the place also as a symbol of Royal power in Rennes. The redevelopment of the square in the year 1726 to the place Royale with an equestrian statue of Louis of the XIV reinforced this impression.

Above all the beautiful, medieval old town of Rennes is extremely picturesque with its many colorful half-timbered houses. Many small cafés and bars invite Brittany dishes particular to crêpes and cider. Also the chapel of Saint-Yves from the fifteenth century, who informed the city of Rennes with valuable exhibits and exhibitions of the Breton cultural heritage is not less interesting.

In July, Rennes is a Mecca of friends of experimental music. The Festival Les Tombeés de la nuit, known far beyond the borders of the city into the place a single resonator, if at all possible unusual places you hear music of all styles. Original and spontaneous productions are the order of the day.

Due to the expanse of Rennes and attractive destinations in the area, rents a car is recommended.