Rennes is the city of art and history. Rennes is a medium sized town well worth a visit. Rennes is the capital of Brittany in western France. It gives a fairy-tale aura to the rest of the peninsula in an urban setting. Many modern students can be seen rushing to their respective universities. Rennes gives view of crooked houses from the 18th century. This amalgamation of modernity and the courtly charm gives Rennes its diversity. Its population is 200,000, of which 60,000 are students. This gives Rennes a thrilling nightlife. Some streets like Rue Saint Michel have only bars on either side. Rennes is pleasant in early July, during the "Festival des Tombées de la Nuit". At that time people enjoy the free street entertainment and eating or drinking at the restaurants and cafés. Rennes used to be empty after the 15th of July, as most of its people migrated to the coast until the 15th August. Lately this trend has stopped and Rennes terraces and cafes are now busy with life throughout the year.
Rennes – Saint-Jacques Airport, simply known as Rennes Airport, is present in the region of Brittany, France. It is about 6 km southwest of France. Both regular and irregular flights for private and passenger planes are available in this airport. Up to around 180 passengers can be handled by the main runway.
Rennes airport has flight services till Southampton, Belfast, Birmingham and Exeter thanks to Flybe , or Dublin and Cork with Aerlingus. When you land at the Rennes Airport, transportation will be the one thing on top of your list of needs. The travellers can hire a car at a cheap price. The various car hires available from the airport to various locations at the Rennes Airport are Hertz Car hires, AVIS, Alamo, Eurocar, Citer, Sixt and National. All these companies provide a very modern and well built fleet of rental vehicles for the airport. Train services are provided by the Rennes Train Station from Rennes Airport to Nantes, Brest, Quimper, St. Brieuc, and other cites in Brittany so the travellers can also benefit from that facility. One way of transport is covoiturage or car-sharing. Right next to the rail station Rennes airport has an international and local bus station. Rennes provides more than 50 different bus routes and a metro. This bus and metro network connects all parts of Rennes, and so a bus stop is never far. Rennes has a very good public transport system called Star.It offers very good options, with plenty of cycle lanes. For tourists, bikes known as the LE vélo STAR can be borrowed from stations all over Rennes. These bikes are not particularly good, but they work, so it is worth checking them out.