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Audioguided tours 

These tours walk you through 8 emblematic places, allowing you to discover the heritage of the city in a simple, lively way and at your own pace. 
Download audioguided tours on the website (free of charge)  or rent an audio guide at  the Tourist Office. 

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Getting around the Metropolitan district of Rennes

Métro - Le Val

On foot

Rennes offers visitors a wealth of architectural variety so broad and ravish as to bear elegant  witness to a heritage which is centuries old. Careful preservation, restoration and research have served to turn the city of Rennes into a living testimony of its past, present and future.

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 Rennes center

By bike

Vélo STAR, the ideal service to cross and discover the town!

900 available bikes 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in 83 stations.

Easy! You borrow a bike in a station of your choice and put it down in any other one.

Useful! Every station includes an information terminal. It will explain how to free a bike or put it down.

Cheap! You subscribe for 24 hours (€1), a week (€5) or a year (from €20 to €30). Bikes are free the first thirty of use.
 

Occasional Users

If you wish to use a Vélo STAR a couple of hours, a day, a week-end or a week, choose one these short-lived subscriptions: 
- € 5 a week.
- € 1 a day (24 hours). 

You can subscribe in 2 different ways :

• in one of the 10 terminals equipped with a reader of credit card (République, Mairie, Champs Jacquet, Sainte-Anne, Gares (nord), Champs Libres, Charles de Gaulle, Office de Tourisme, Villejean Université, Henri Fréville)

• by Internet: www.levelostar.fr

Look out! You should own a credit card.

Bike hire:

- Cycles Guédard - 13 boulevard Beaumont (near the station) - Tel. +33 (0)2 99 30 43 78 - www.cycles-guedard.com

- L'échoppe du deux roues -16 rue Saint-Louis (near Place des Lices) - Tel. +33 (0)2 23 46 30 01 - www.echoppedu2roues.com

Pedicab:

Cycloville - Tel. +33 (0)6 77 06 25 43 / + 33 (0)9 51 28 03 55 - www.cycloville.com

 

By métro, bus

Save time with the bus and underground network! You can use the same ticket for both. With the metro it takes only 3 minutes to cross the city centre from the main rail or coach station to Place Sainte-Anne, the city’s historic heart… even during rush hour! 

The STAR network has a metro line (15 stops) and 50 regular bus routes, 19 within Rennes and 31 suburban routes serving the 37 towns and villages in the Metropolitan district. 

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
Information S.T.A.R. (Société de Transport de l’Agglomération Rennaise)
12, Rue du Pré Botté (behind the République post office / République metro station)
InfoSTAR  Tél. 0811 555 535 (in France only; price of a local call)
www.star.fr 

 

By taxi or car

A number of taxi ranks are available in the city centre: at the railway station ‘north’ (Place de la Gare), railway station ‘south’ (underground car park) and at Rue du Pré Botté.

Taxis rennais : + 33 (0)2 99 30 79 79

Allo Taxi: + 33(0) 6 64 84 00 54 / +33 (0)6 63 36 62 14

Artisans Taxis de Rennes: + 33 (0)2 99 36 03 03

AATT (At Any Time Taxi) : + 33 (0)2 99 30 12 40

 

Car rental: Railway station: Avis, Hertz, Ada, Europcar, National Citer.

 

Camper rental

VINTAGE CAMPER- 54 square de la Bollardière - RENNES - Tél. + 33 (0)6 46 79 33 30 - www.vintage-camper.com

 

Excursions in Brittany- Chauffeured car services

Bellidays Travel Tours - 60 bd Roger Dodin - SAINT-JACQUES-DE-LA-LANDE - Tél. + 33 (0)6 28 67 88 87 - www.bellidays.com

Bretagne Limousine - 4 F rue du Bordage - CESSON-SEVIGNE - Tél. + 33 (0)2 23 43 40 20 - www.bretagnelimousine.com

TCT Taxis - 2 rue de la Chesnaie - LA CHAPELLE THOUARAULT - Tél. + 33 (0)2 99 07 60 60 - www.rennes2cvtours.com

Transport Rennais VIP - 55 rue de Saint-Malo - RENNES - Tél. + 33 (0)2 56 51 40 53 /+ 33 (0)6 30 02 13 71