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SENTIER DES
DOUANIERS POINTE
DU GROUIN
Rothéneuf
CANCALE
DINARD ST-MALO BAIE DU MONT- LE MONT-
ST-MICHEL
ST-LUNAIRE RANCE ST-MICHEL
ST-BRIAC VALLEY Le Vivier-
sur-Mer
Cherrueix
Châteauneuf d’Ille MONT-DOL
et Vilaine Caen
DOL-DE-BRETAGNE Pontorson
Agricultural land near Bain-de-Bretagne
MENHIR DU Caen
Dinan CHAMP-DOLENT
Getting Around
Château de Landal Antrain Louvigné-
du-Désert
Dinan Rennes is linked to Paris by rail (1 hour
Le Châtellier 30 minutes) and by the A11 motorway to
COMBOURG Saint-Brice- Le Mans, then the A81 to Laval, then the
Château de la en-Coglès
Bourbansais N157-E50. Two major roads – the N137 and
N24 – run through the Ille-et-Vilaine. The
FOUGÈRES D137 links St-Malo and Rennes, continuing
southwards to Nantes. From Rennes, the
TINTÉNIAC Sens-de-
St-Brieuc BÉCHEREL Bretagne N24 runs west to Lorient, passing through
HÉDÉ Canal d’Ille Couesnon Mayenne Ploërmel. Also from Rennes, the N12-E50 runs
Château de
Caradeuc Les Iffs Saint-Aubin- to St-Brieuc. The marches of Brittany can be
d'Aubigné Saint-Aubin-
du-Cormier reached by following any of the minor roads
Loudéac Montauban-de- ILLE-ET - VILAINE leading to the region’s eastern border: these
Bretagne are the D177 from Redon to Pipriac, the D772
Saint-Méen- Liffré from Pipriac to Bain-de-Bretagne, the D777
le-Grand from Bain-de-Bretagne to Vitré, and the D178
from Châteaubriant to Fougères. The Ille-et-
Champeaux
Cesson-Sévigné Vilaine’s major towns are served by rail and
Montfort-sur-Meu RENNES Châteaubourg VITRÉ CHÂTEAU DES bus links from Rennes.
ROCHERS-SÉVIGNÉ
Villaine
FORÊT DE PAIMPONT Mordelles Châteaugiron Argentré- Laval Key Motorway
Comper
du-Plessis

sur-Seiche
Secondary road
Tréhorenteuc PAIMPONT Châtillon- Major road
Plélan-le-Grand
Forges-de- Guichen
Paimpont Minor road
Coëtquidan Janzé Seiche Main railway
La Roche- LA GUERCHE-
aux-Fées Minor railway
Ploërmel DE-BRETAGNE
Guer Retiers Regional border
Lohéac Bain-de-
Bretagne
Martigné- Étang de la
Semnon
Vilaine
Pipriac Ferchaud Forge
Châteaubriant
Landes de St Just GRAND-
Coujoux FOUGERAY
LANGON
Nantes
REDON
St Nazaire
Traditional farmhouse and mill on the polders of Mont-Dol
For keys to symbols see back flap
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