Brittany Places

Quimper

Getting Here

The twice-daily direct TGV travels 560 km (350 mi) from Paris's Gare Montparnasse to reach Quimper's train station, on the Avenue de la Gare, in 4 hours, 45 minutes (€85.80). Four trains each day make the 70-minute trip from Quimper to Brest (€16.20) and the 2-hour, 30-minute trip to Nantes (€32.60). Buses from the Gare Routière on Place Louis-Armand make infrequent connections to such destinations as Concarneau and Pont-Aven.

Visitor Information

Quimper Tourist Office. 7 rue Déesse, Quimper, 29000. 02-98-53-04-05. www.quimper-tourisme.com.