How do you combine Nantes and Rennes?
Yes. Nantes and Rennes combine well on one trip. As a rough guide, allow a full day in Nantes and a full day in Rennes, around 2 days in total.
How the two connect
Nantes and Rennes are only about 100 km apart, close enough to combine on the same trip without long transfers, and easy to do as a day trip in either direction. The nearest airport to Nantes is Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE), about 8 km away; for Rennes it is Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport (RNS), about 7 km away, so you can fly into one and out of the other.
Suggested days
- Nantes
- a full day
- Rennes
- a full day
- Together
- 2 days · about 100 km apart
These are starting points, not fixed rules. Add a day to whichever place matches your interests, and build in the travel time between them.
Explore both places
Tours and day trips from Nantes
- Visit to Saline - Guérande Salt Marshes
- Nantes Must-see Attractions Walking Tour With A Guide
- Nantes City Self-Guided Walking Tour with an APP
- Führung in den Salzgärten von Guérande
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Day suggestions are a planning guide based on each place's size and profile, not fixed itineraries. Distances are great-circle figures derived from place coordinates; airport data from OurAirports. How Head Your Way compiles its data.