Stays in Vannes

Vannes rewards travellers who want a Breton port town without a long drive to the coast, since the marina, the medieval ramparts and the Gulf of Morbihan sit within the same easy walk of each other. Hotels and aparthotels here split roughly into three pockets: half-timbered streets inside the old walls near the Cathédrale Saint-Pierre, the working harbour around Vannes Marina where ferries leave for Île-aux-Moines, and the Conleau peninsula a short drive south where sea-view rooms look out over the gulf itself. Families tend to base themselves near the ramparts for the pedestrian streets, couples lean toward the marina or Conleau, and anyone touring the wider Morbihan coast will find Vannes a practical hub for day trips to Carnac and the Quiberon peninsula.