Things to do in Vannes
Around Vannes, Notrebellefrance lists 11 tourist sites within 18 km, including 7 castles. Not to be missed: Golfe du Morbihan, Vannes and Château de l'Hermine.
Golfe du Morbihan
A small inland sea sown with a multitude of islands, the Gulf of Morbihan owes its Breton name, "little sea", to this sheltered stretch of the ocean. Megaliths, oyster farming and fishing villages make up the identity of this territory apart.
Vannes
Prefecture of the Morbihan with intact medieval ramparts, where old wash-houses line the gardens below the half-timbered houses.
Château de l'Hermine
Château-Gaillard (Vannes)
Aquarium de Vannes
In an exceptional site, on the edge of the Gulf of Morbihan, the Vannes Oceanographic and Tropical Aquarium houses several hundred species of the most diverse fish from all the waters of the world.
Château de Meudon (Vannes)
Plessis-Josso
The well-preserved and still inhabited manor rises in a pleasant green setting near a pond. Built around 1330 by Sylvestre Josso, ducal squire, during the troubled period of the Breton War of Succession (14th century), it then passed by marriage into the powerful Rosmadec family…
Château de Largoet
Château de Suscinio
An impressive fortress built and remodelled in the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries on the edge of the ocean, the château de Suscinio was one of the favourite residences of the dukes of Brittany.
Château de Kermadio
Site mégalithique de Locmariaquer
A megalithic site on the Gulf of Morbihan with the Grand Menhir Brisé and the Table des Marchand.