Taxi Rennes → Brest

Brest is the great city at Brittany's western tip, a maritime city par excellence dominated by its roadstead — one of the world's finest natural bays, 15 km long and protected by the Goulet strait, where tidal currents create a permanent spectacle. A naval arsenal since Richelieu and Colbert (17th century), Brest was almost entirely destroyed during World War II and rebuilt in a modernist style. Its maritime identity remains omnipresent: the naval base (France's largest, home to the nuclear submarine fleet), Océanopolis (one of Europe's largest aquariums with tropical, polar and Breton pavilions), the commercial port, and the International Maritime Festivals gathering hundreds of tall ships every 4 years. Brest Castle, a medieval fortress overlooking the Penfeld, houses the National Maritime Museum. Brest is also a dynamic university city (UBO, 23,000 students) and technology hub (Ifremer, Brest-Iroise technopole). Taxis from Rennes are used by sailors, scientists, tourists and Brestois connecting with TGV trains at Rennes.