Hotel Hints

Smart planning to plan your stay is to use the on-site restaurant in the hotel for a convenient meal upon your arrival night. After a long day of traveling, good traveling through a traditional French restaurant right downstairs with terrace seating would be a huge, stress-free advantage for a great, traveling experience to have. This will let you ease into it and get the vacation rolling, rather than scurrying around trying to find someplace to have dinner.

For a great way to see that place, one may step out onto the “Promenade du Val,” a nice path that wraps around the exterior of the ramparts along the Vilaine river. This walking experience gives somebody some of the finest photo views representing the castle as a whole, therefore allowing one to enjoy its vast dimensions and fairy-tale setting. This is very striking with the light at late afternoon. Later, you can look through the interior of the castle and museum.

Take advantage of the great location of the hotel by making a very pleasant, very convenient day trip with just a 20-minute TGV ride to Rennes, the lively capital of Brittany. Spend a day exploring its large historic center, renowned market (on Saturdays at Place des Lices), and fine shops and museums. You can have all this in Vitré, medieval calm, without needing to drive to or from town.

Grab lunch in the old town of Vitré at a great ‘crêperie’ to enjoy authentic Brittany flavors. These casual dining venues focus on buckwheat galettes topped with various savory ingredients and sweet crêpes – that’s the classic way to go. Order a ‘bolée’ of dry cider along with the meal for super-taste; this is normally how it’s done. It’s tasty and inexpensive to get a clue into the local gastronomy.