Place of the conference
The conference will take place in Rennes on Campus Insa:
• Amphithéâtre GCU, INSA Rennes (see INSA Map)
See also the above INSA Map to locate the restaurant.
To reach Rennes
- By direct flights from Paris, Lyon, etc. to Rennes Airport (RNS). From the Airport you can join the center of Rennes by taxi (about 35 euros) or by regular bus (working hours).
- From Paris, the speed train TGV takes about 2 hours from Paris-Montparnasse train station or 3 hours from Charles-de-Gaulle TGV train station to Rennes train station.
Travel Downtown ↔ Conference place
The most convenient way is to take the regular bus, line C4 or 40:
• Bus stops downtown: République or Musée des Beaux Arts, take Direction: ZA Saint-Sulpice or Beaulieu Atalante
• Bus stops on the campus: Beaulieu INSA or Beaulieu Restau U, take Direction: Grand Quartier or République.
Suggestions of restaurants
© Destination_Rennes/Benoit_GENDRON
We give some areas/streets Downtown Rennes where you can find a lot of restaurants and bars.
For each areas, we make some suggestions;
The center of the city is not big and everything can be reached on foot.
• Specialties of Rennes are Crêpes and Seafood/Fish.
Area ''Avenue Janvier'' (between Railway station and bus stop Musée des Beaux Arts)
Le coup de pinceau (29 Boulevard Beaumont) French Cuisine
Ebulli'Sens (15 Boulevard Beaumont) Modern cuisine
Le Galopin (21 avenue janvier) Meat, fish and seafood
Les pêcheurs (47 avenue janvier) fish and seafood
Le March'had (4, rue Descartes) French cuisine
Café Hibou Grand Duc (10, rue Dupont Des Loges) Bar, some food
Shamrock (14 rue saint-Hélier) Irish pub
Area ''Place du Parlement''
Rue Saint-Melaine: several good crêperies ( Crêperie Ouzh-Taol, Crêperie Saint-Melaine, La maison de Joséphine, etc.)
Rue Saint-Georges: crêperies, pizzeria, Indian food
Le Fuji (4, rue Derval) Japonese food
O'Connell's Irish Pub (Place du parlement)
Le chemin de table (15 rue Saint-Melaine) French cuisine
La réserve (36, Rue de la Visitation) French cuisine
Area ''Rue du chapitre''
Le baron rouge (15 rue du chapitre) French cuisine
Le tire-bouchon (2 Rue du Chapitre) French cuisine
Le café du port (3, rue le Bouteiller) Bar & restaurant, nice terrace
La Taverne Grecque (1, rue des Dames) Greek & Lebanese food
Le 2 rue des dames (2, rue des Dames) French cuisine
Area ''Rue Vasselot''
La Cité d'Ys (31 rue Vasselot) Pub
Le bocal (6, rue d'Argentré) French cuisine
Area ''Place des Lices''
plenty of bars full of students
Le cours des lices (18 Place des Lices) gastronomic restaurant
Au marché des lices(3, place du Bas-des-Lices) crêperie
Accommodation
We recommend to choose a hotel downtown Rennes where restaurants, shops, etc. are located.
- Suggestion of hotels:
- Other accommodation:
Destination Rennes - Tourist office: accommodation
