Winter holidays
What to do in Rennes during the February holidays
The last weeks of the “Fourmis” exhibition, museums, the Lices market and spring tides an hour away: our ideas for the February 2027 holidays in Rennes.
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The 2027 winter holidays run from 6 to 22 February in zone C, from 13 February to 1 March in zone A, and from 20 February to 8 March in zone B, the zone of Rennes and Nantes. Rennes is the Breton city for grey days: its great museums are grouped near the station, and the sea is an hour away.
February 2027 events in Rennes
| When | What | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Until 7 March | “Fourmis” exhibition, from age 5 | Champs Libres, Rennes |
| Every Saturday morning | Lices market | Place des Lices |
| 21 to 24 February | Spring tides, coefficient 110 on the 22nd | The whole coast |
Rainy days
The “Fourmis” exhibition at Les Champs Libres ends on 7 March: the zone B holidays are the last chance to see it. The Musée de Bretagne and the Musée des Beaux-Arts complete the day.
Under cover
MuseumMusée de BretagneRennes · 2 to 3 hours for the permanent exhibition, longer with the Dreyfus routeAt the Champs Libres in Rennes, a large free museum tracing the history of Brittany from prehistory to today, with nearly a million objects and documents held together with the Écomusée de la Bintinais.
MuseumRennes Museum of Fine ArtsRennes · 1 h 30 to 2 h 30On Quai Zola, a free museum mixing a cabinet of curiosities, antiquities, European masters, Georges de La Tour, drawings and modern art. The permanent collections are free all year.
MuseumÉcomusée de la BintinaisRennes · 2 h 30 to 3 hours, half a day with the familyThe former Écomusée du Pays de Rennes: a large 19-hectare historic farm on the edge of the city, with a museum, 21 old breeds, nearly 120 apple varieties and bocage. Free entry.
The spring tides an hour away
On Monday 22 February, the sea goes out very far in Cancale and in the Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel. At high tide, the waves break over the Sillon sea wall in Saint-Malo in a westerly wind.
February walks
Heritage siteSaint-Malo Intra-MurosSaint-Malo · A dayA walled city entirely encircled by 1,754 metres of granite ramparts, facing the Channel, to the rhythm of the highest tides in Europe.
VillageCancaleCancale · 2 hours minimum, ideally half a day. A full day with the Pointe du GrouinFacing the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel, Cancale brings together the Port de la Houle, an oyster market open all year round, fishermen’s houses, oyster beds and a coastal path to the Pointe du Grouin.
ViewpointPointe du GrouinCancale · 1 to 2 hours.An iconic headland near Cancale with a panorama from the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel to the Emerald Coast, with views of Chausey, Cap Fréhel and the Île des Landes.
Natural siteForêt de BrocéliandePaimpont · 1 day minimum, ideally 2 or 3 daysNearly 12,000 hectares around Paimpont, with forests, heathland, lakes and purple schist: the Val sans Retour, the Fontaine de Barenton, Merlin’s Tomb. A mostly private forest, with waymarked trails.
Where to stay in Rennes
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Going further
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