Brittany Tour

Terry is an excellent guide with a wealth of information and he has a pleasant manner for dealing with folk. The hotel breakfast was excellent, there was something for everyone. The hotel was in a quiet city location but close to cafes, bars and bistros so finding an evening meal was interesting. We enjoyed our trip immensely.

We were meant to be a party of three, but one, very sadly, had to drop out. Superb trip with the most excellent tour guide. Helene went out of her way to be helpful. Such a lovely personality. Perfect hotel in just the right place for finding evening meals and supermarkets nearby. My only problem was with the oat milk I had requested. Despite asking for 'lait d'avoine', I was actually given almond milk. I felt pretty ill for two days and nights until the weekend staff realised the mistake. Luckily I do not have a bad nut allergy, but other people do and this could have been fatal. The only other very slight issue was toilets when we were out and about. I always like to know where they are before I get off the coach. Not a problem in Carnac and Mont St Michel, though. The driver was really accommodating, and the toilet on the coach was really clean and well looked after. Thank you for another superb holiday, (despite the heat!). I look forward to Zundert in September!

Enjoyed my trip. Very kind helpful tour manager. Great hotel. Excellent (very safe and calm ) driver. Only suggestion is need to rethink the (pre-ordained, not down to tour manager control ) itinerary for final day…Pamplon,a charming market town fine. But the long drive along the ‘ pink coast’ not practicable or productive..entailed a long drive to no great avail…

Very happy with the whole experience.The only negative comment is ragrding timing of final day tour when timing of lunch was much too late. Would have been better to have had lunch at Paimpol and then on to the final destiation. Very happy with the Hotel Mercure, probably the best hotel we've stayed at with Travel Editions.

Well organised tour with an excellent tour manager. Varied itinerary. Nice to be able to eat out and experience the ambience of the city. Plenty of restaurants within easy reach of the hotel, many of them recommended by Terry.

A really enjoyable tour. Comfortable hotel, had tea & coffee making facilities! Tour guide Terry very informative, and very helpful in finding places for evening meals. Comfortable coach for trips.

This was another successful holiday with Travel Editions, and we enjoyed it. However, there were a few issues. We realised that this would be a different type of holiday, i.e.a city chain hotel rather than a family run establishment in a smaller town or village, and we had adjusted our expectations accordingly. Our main concern arises from the timing of the trip over a bank holiday weekend. Rennes is not particularly a tourist town. This is not necessarily a bad thing, as you do feel you are seeing the real France, and it was not an issue on the days we had trips out, but the choice of Sunday for the free day was unfortunate as basically everything was closed. It was difficult even to find a café open. We were given no suggestions as to what we could do and, although we were able to occupy ourselves with museums and a walking tour from the tourist information office, we would have liked an opportunity to take relaxing breaks and refreshment. The hotel also seemed to be geared more towards business guests than tourists. It was conveniently located, the room was comfortable and the breakfasts good, but there were no facilities for relaxation and no pool or garden. There was basically no opportunity to relax at the hotel or in the town. One suggestion might be to make the Saturday the free day, when Rennes holds its famous markets, and shops and cafes are open. Secondly we don’t understand what the Cote de Granit Rose added to the holiday. We spent practically the whole afternoon in the coach and barely even saw the coast. We certainly never saw the pink rock formations which a quick search of google had led us to expect, and which was surprising as your tour information suggests this might be one of the highlights of the holiday. We expected one or two quick stops at viewing points and then a longer stop for a more detailed view and a drink. In fact we spent 45 minutes at a small resort without even a direct view of the sea, where the only bar was shut for lunch, and the one cafe already full. We spent over 4 hours in the coach that afternoon. It was not an impressive end to the holiday and (having consulted maps, guidebooks etc since our return) we really have to wonder whether we were even taken to the right place. If it was the right place, then perhaps we should have been given some information as to where to go to see the rock formations, because they certainly weren’t immediately visible. Steve was an affable and helpful tour guide and clearly very experienced, but seemed to put in less effort than we might have expected. He was good, but your previous guides have been excellent.

With hindsight, probably not a good selection of tour by me. Too much travel there and back and on the coach on day-trips relative to the being there and in nice places. Terry the tour manager was brilliant. The son-et-lumiere at Rennes was an unexpected bonus highlight.

Group ticket on SNCF made things difficult Lovely place to visit