Pass RailU27Coastal3 Days
Rennes to Quimper with the Pass Rail: route, stops & what it costs
Ramparts, oyster ports and walled towns on the granite shore — the TER network threads Rennes to Finistère without a TGV.
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Pass vs. single tickets
🎫 Pass Rail (u27)
€49
TER unlimited · 3h 30m total
🎟️ TER singles
€71
Rennes · Saint-Malo · Quimper
Route timeline
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Rennes
Stay 1 dayHighlights- Place des Lices Market — Saturday market under half-timbered gables since the Middle Ages. Free to visit
- Parlement de Bretagne — Gilded 17th-century courtroom rebuilt after the 1994 fire. Free to visit
- Cathédrale Saint-Pierre — A neoclassical cathedral hidden behind a plain facade in the timbered old town. Free to visit
- Parc du Thabor — A formal French garden of rose beds, a bandstand and a songbird aviary. Free to visit
- 🚆 TER · 1h 00m2
Saint-Malo
Stay 1 nightHighlights- Intra-Muros Ramparts — Full circuit of the corsair city walls above the tide. Free to visit
- Grand Bé at Low Tide — Walk the sandbar to Chateaubriand’s island grave. Free to visit
- Cathédrale Saint-Vincent — A Romanesque-and-Gothic cathedral rebuilt stone by stone after the 1944 bombing. Free to visit
- Fort National — A Vauban sea fort on a rock you can walk out to when the tide pulls back. Book tour / ticket ↗
- 🚆 TER · 1h 15m3
Vannes
Stay half dayHighlights- Old Town & Gardens — Timbered lanes and washhouses below the medieval ramparts. Free to visit
- Cathédrale Saint-Pierre — A Gothic cathedral holding the tomb of the town’s preacher-saint Vincent Ferrer. Free to visit
- Golfe du Morbihan Cruise — A boat weaves among the scattered islands of the sheltered inland sea. Book tour / ticket ↗
- Marché de Vannes — Wednesday and Saturday stalls of oysters and Breton butter under the ramparts. Free to visit
- 🚆 TER · 1h 15m4
Quimper
Stay half dayHighlights- Cathédrale Saint-Corentin — Twin Gothic spires over the Odet river footbridges. Free to visit
- Faïence Workshop Tour — Hand-painted Breton pottery in the Locmaria quarter. Book tour / ticket ↗
- Musée des Beaux-Arts — A rich collection of Breton and Pont-Aven painting steps from the cathedral. Book tour / ticket ↗
- Halles Saint-François — A covered market of Breton oysters, cider and buttery kouign-amann. Free to visit
Frequently asked questions
- Is the Pass Rail worth it from Rennes to Quimper?
- 🎫 Pass Rail (u27) costs €49, versus 🎟️ TER singles at €71. You save about €22 with the pass.
- How many stops are on the Rennes–Quimper route?
- 4 stops: Rennes, Saint-Malo, Vannes, Quimper.