My daughter and I will be traveling from CDG to various parts of Brittany without a car in late Sept early Oct. We plan to stay for a few nights in about 3 different spots (still working on the itinerary) and take day trips from there. Ideally it would be great to find a train pass and bus pass so we could have a bit of spontaneity as the weather and our interests lead us. I'm doing my best with the SCNF website but am not finding the information I am looking for and my French vocabulary falls short at some point. The buses are particularly confusing: Flixbus, Blabla Bus, SCNF bus, Korrigo... I'm getting a bit blurry and I wonder if anyone here has a handle on it. I'm sorry if this has been asked and answered here already, but I couldn't find anything. Thank you.
Posted by
Germany
9 posts
Dear Betsy,
We have been to Brittany without a car twice so far and it worked really well for us.
On both occasions we used this travel pass for 7 days of unlimited travel on TER regional trains in Brittany: https://www.ter.sncf.com/bretagne/tarifs-cartes/pass-ter-breizhgo/pass-7-jours
Maybe this would be suitable for you.
Posted by
France Southwest
2318 posts
The map of the public transport network (buses and trains) in Brittany is available here:
https://www.breizhgo.bzh/sites/default/files/2022-12/CarteBreizhGo-Region-2022.pdf
The gray/black lines are the train lines, the type of train (TGV, TER) is specified.
The other colored lines are the bus lines (with the line number), those dotted are in service in summer only.
You will find all the information about transport in Brittany on the official BREIZHGO website
Flixbus, Blabla Bus, SNCF buses are interregional buses which are not specific to Brittany, a bit like Greyhound in the USA.
Korrigo is a card for traveling in Brittany by public transport
Posted by
481 posts
We spent 12 nites in Brittany without a car in late April. We focused on Finistere. Quimper was a good hub for us with good bus and train connections. We were able to visit the Crozon Peninsula, Locronon, Pont Avon, Camaret sur Mer all by bus. Earlier we had stopped in Vitre and St Malo by train. Bus and train worked well for us. Learn to read the bus schedules, N.B. holiday and Sunday routes and times. We did not get or need a bus or train pass.
This was helpful https://www.breizhgo.bzh/se-deplacer-en-bretagne.
The SNCF app is also useful it has TER options.
This was our second trip to Brittany I think you'll love it, we did. Brad
Posted by
OP
Sugar Land, TX, United States
21 posts
Thank you so much for the helpful suggestions!