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Top 6 Best Activities in Rennes
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Is your stay in Rennes about to begin? Are you on site, looking for last-minute inspiration, or on the contrary, are you planning ahead to leave nothing to chance? No matter, our carefully crafted selection is here to cover your back!
If you're in Rennes for a long weekend, you should never be short of choices. However, if your stay is set to last longer, don't hesitate to check out scheduled events to make your visit even more exciting.
Hooray! No need to break your savings to have fun in Rennes. Even manual, unusual or group activities remain financially accessible. Activities are also an opportunity to discover the many preserved skills of Rennes locals, as well as the hidden side of their customs and specialties that have become cult favorites.
If your budget allows, you can also opt for slightly more expensive and popular activities, such as wine and spirits tastings.
To soak all this up, quickly fall back on culinary workshops or improvise a food tour in Old Rennes. With such a gastronomic heritage, tasting the best specialties of Rennes – and moreover, of Brittany – also constitutes a very appealing activity!
What to do in Rennes? 6 activity ideas
Rennes doesn't give wings, it gives muscles! At least, that's what the string of sports activities offered by the city suggests. Bike trips, team courses 'Koh Lanta' style, canoe-kayak or football in giant bubbles... If you like to sweat, you'll definitely find your happiness alongside the Rennes locals!
Here you are at the starting line, jump without delay on our selection of the best activities in Rennes.
1. Learning to cook a kouign-amann in a pastry shop
Category: €€ / Gastronomic
Description: In downtown Rennes, a Breton pastry chef will share his recipe for the famous kouign-amann, mainly made of butter and salted butter caramel. You'll make your own kouign-amann, which you can proudly take with you after the workshop! Once home, you'll be able to reproduce the recipe of this Breton pastry that will hold no more secrets for you!
2. Challenge your loved ones in a quiz room
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Category: €€ / Unusual / Cultural
Description: Having fun differently in Rennes is possible! Gather your loved ones in a life-size game room, to face them 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire' style. The TV set decor will immediately put you in the mood. It's the perfect activity to laugh while stimulating your neurons! A must-do, especially when the weather is also playing tricks on you.
3. Discover the behind-the-scenes of a craft brewery
Category: € / €€ / Gastronomic / Cultural
Description: In the former Hôtel-Dieu hospital, a brewer opens the doors of his workshops to share the secrets of making his craft beer! A moment of learning, exchange and taste discovery with a beer tasting at the end of the visit! An ideal activity to share a convivial and instructive moment with friends!
4. Solve a police investigation in the secret places of Rennes
Category: € / Cultural
Description: Immerse yourself in an investigation riddled with puzzles and make Rennes your playground by participating in a treasure hunt in the city center! Solving a crime, searching for a stolen object, all this will allow you to explore Rennes heritage through incredible scenarios!
5. Create a pair of porcelain bowls from scratch
Category: €€ / Cultural
Description: It's time to roll up your sleeves in the company of a professional ceramicist and interior design expert. During an initiation appointment of about 3 hours, you'll learn the porcelain casting technique. Discover your painting talents when decorating your new favorite bowls. It will also be an opportunity to share a privileged moment as a duo or with a small group of loved ones. You'll leave delighted with this benevolent break where creativity is expressed in joy and good humor!
6. Explore Rennes with a local on electric bike
Category: €€€ / Cultural
Description: Far from tourist spots, discover the Rennes of locals by bike in the company of a resident. Meet just next to the SNCF train station for an off-the-beaten-path ride discovering Rennes' lesser-known neighborhoods and surrounding countryside. An original way to explore the Breton capital, to know it like a local!