Situated in the far west of France, Brittany is easily accessible from the Channel ports or from elsewhere in France. There are two main motorway routes that head towards Brittany and as soon as you reach the region, road transport is made up of a network of dual carriageways which is free to travel on.
A relaxed journey
- Find out what’s happening on the roads: Bison Futé
- Get the latest travel news: Info trafic
- Prepare for motorway journeys: Cofiroute
- Consult the list of speed cameras
Take a well-earned break
- Aire d’Erbrée: near Erbrée-Mondevert on the RN 157
- Aire de la Vallée de la Vire: near Gouvets on the A84
- Aire d’Armor et d’Argoat: near St Gilles on the RN 12
- Aire de Brocéliande: Ploërmel on the RN 24
Table of distances between Brittany and France’s main towns
| PARIS | LYON | MARSEILLE | BORDEAUX | LILLE | STRASBOURG |
CLERMONT-FERRAND |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BREST | 591 | 971 | 1280 | 650 | 759 | 1072 | 822 |
| NANTES | 385 | 684 | 985 | 349 | 600 | 865 | 536 |
| QUIMPER | 564 | 905 | 1215 | 581 | 779 | 1044 | 757 |
| RENNES | 354 | 742 | 1052 | 468 | 571 | 835 | 594 |
| SAINT-BRIEUC | 448 | 836 | 1145 | 559 | 616 | 929 | 687 |
| VANNES | 463 | 788 | 1098 | 464 | 679 | 944 | 640 |
