If you are looking for original and fun activities to do in Rennes, this article is for you. There is something for everyone. Whether you want some thrill, a DIY activity, quirky cooking, or more, you will find what you are looking for.
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Unusual Visits
United Paper Chase
With your team, roam the streets of Rennes to find the hidden clues that will lead you to victory.
You will have to blend into the crowd and ask bystanders and storekeepers to get important information.
At the end of the game, you will have the opportunity to get together for a drink.
Price: €30/person
Duration: 2h
Information and Booking (in French)
Escape Game Outdoor Braquage à la Casa
Do you know the series, La Casa de Papel? Immerse yourself in the story by becoming a member of the gang.
The Professor has been arrested; your team will have to take over with the clues scattered across the city.
You must find 4 clues that will allow you to open safes, but hurry up, the more time you take, the more money you lose.
Go on a journey and live this experience like an action movie.
Price: from €69/group
Duration: 2h
Information and Booking (in French)
Urban Escape Game The Alchemist
Embody an alchemist and investigate Josyne to discover if she is a witch.
Thanks to an application, you will unlock missions to help you solve the mystery.
At the end of the investigation, you will have a choice: defend Josyne or accuse her.
During this fun visit, you will see everything you have to see in the city while immersing yourself in a fictive universe.
Price: from €39.99/group
Duration: about 2h
Escape Game Outdoor The Headquarters of Rennes
If you are a history lover, this Escape Game is for you.
Go back in time and with the assistance of the I.N.V.I.T (Interface for New Intrepid Time Travelers), meet the Breton to help them protect Rennes from the English.
With the clues that you will find during your adventure and technology, your team has to find a way to protect the city.
Price: from €14
Duration: about 2h
Urban Escape Game Rise of the Dead
Survive the apocalypse and beware of zombies.
You will face several riddles to help you escape the city. But careful, your choices will impact your adventure, so don’t rush them.
We like: Your choices will influence the game; several courses are possible so your experience will be personalized by yourself!
Price: from €39.99/group
Duration: about 2h
Rennes’ Secrets on an Electric Bike
Are you up for a tour of the city on an electric bike? Follow the itinerary to discover the wonders of the city and their history.
You will come across historical monuments and other less known heavenly locations. A resident who knows the city inside and out will accompany you.
During the tour, you will have the opportunity to taste local products and discover some regional specialties.
Price: from €69
Duration: about 3h-4h
Quirky Entertainments
Visit of a Distillery With a Rum Tasting
You are curious and always wondered what happened behind the scenes of a distillery? It is time to visit one with Cédrid, Florian, and Xavier.
They will show you everything, from the different methods used to the different ranges. They will talk about the regulations and explain what an organic certification label is. You will even have the opportunity to taste their products.
We like: At the end of the activity, you will be offered a €10 coupon to use for the purchase of a spirit in the shop!
Price: €20/person
Duration: 1h30
Information and Booking (in French)
Discover the Wild Plants Cuisine
If you enjoy cooking and learning new original recipes, this workshop is for you.
Join Gildas in a park and he will tell you about comestible wild plants, then he will teach you how to cook them or turn them into remedies.
You will leave with delicious dishes recipes, and remedies recipes with different properties (burns, skin detox…)
Price: €45/person
Duration: 2h
Information and Booking (in French)
Vodka Tasting
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Come at the VodkaLab and drink vodka coming from all over the world.
It will begin with a short presentation of the history of vodka, then a tasting , and end on the vision of this alcohol in today’s society.
This is a fun and unique way to gain some knowledge.
Price: from €35/person
Duration: 45 min-1h
Sensas Rennes
If you want some thrill, this is the right place.
Every single one of your senses will be put to the test in the dark. There are 6 ordeals, each one will focus on one sense, and you will have to face them with your team to succeed.
During this unique experience, you will go through all the emotions possible.
Besides, the more you collect amulets, the bigger the donation to an association will be, so give it your best shot.
Price: €28/person
Duration: 2h
Website (in French)
Fun DIY Workshops
Dried Flowers Tapestry Workshop
If you want to add a floral touch to your home, create a tapestry with dried flowers yourself.
You will have everything at your disposal to personalize your tapestry, with colors of your choice.
Besides, your creation made with dried flowers will never wither, so don’t worry about that.
Price: from €20/person
Duration: 1h
Information and Booking (in French)
Creating Your Own Dried Flowers Wreath
Everyone knows the Christmas wreath on the door, or the ones made during recess.
Why not make one yourself, to wear it or put it on the door.
Choose your dried flowers composition and start your creation.
Price: from €25/person
Duration: 1h
Information and Booking (in French)
Casting Your Own Bowl Set In Porcelain
What could be more original than to eat in a bowl made by you?
Meet Sandrine who will pass on her passion: porcelain.
You will learn to cast porcelain and decorate your two bowls to your liking to create your perfect bowl set.
Price: €60/person
Duration: 3h
Information and Booking (in French)
Arranging Your Seasonal Bouquet
Do you love flowers and dream of arranging a bouquet yourself to brighten up your home? Take a dive with this workshop.
Experts will guide you all along the activity to learn the nuances of a bouquet creation.
You will not only leave with a bouquet, but also with more knowledge.
Price: from €30/person
Duration: 1h
Information and Booking (in French)
Creating Silver Earrings
You want to add a personal touch to your outfit? Make earrings yourself.
With Pauline’s -a jeweler’s- advice, you will create earrings from scratch.
Firstly, you will choose the design, then the thread and you will learn different methods: cutting, soldering, hammering, polishing.
Price: €120/person
Duration: 3h
Information and Booking (in French)
Discovering the Cultivation of Microorganisms
If you don’t know about the cultivation of microorganisms, it is time to discover it.
Meet Mathilde and Js who will take you to visit their farm while sharing their knowledge on microorganisms with you.
You will have the opportunity to taste edible flowers and will leave with microorganisms.
Price: €30/person
Duration: 2h
Information and Booking (in French)
Creating a Silver Ring
Do you know how to make a ring? Discover the process in a fun way by creating one.
In this workshop, you will be initiated to the creation and personalization of a silver ring.
You will be taught to measure your ring size, to solder the ring and to shape it.
Price: €95/person
Duration: 2h30
Information and Booking (in French)
Creating a Vase in Stoneware
You can’t find the perfect vase to go with your decoration or to put your flowers? Make it.
Come and learn the basics of ceramic and discover stoneware by Camille’s side, and then create a unique vase with her advice.
The positive point with stoneware is its resistance. Its texture and composition reinforce the solidity and guarantee you a vase of good quality.
Price: €95/person
Duration: 4h
Information and Booking (in French)
Creating Your Own Teapot and Its Accessories
Making your tea in a teapot made by yourself… this is original!
You will not only learn pottery, but also to put together the different pieces of your teapot.
Once your creation is finished, you will make an accessory to go with it: a cup or a filter.
You also will personalize your creations with colors.
Price: €120/person
Duration: 5h
Information and Booking (in French)
Making Your Signet Ring in Silver 925
It can be difficult to find your dream signet ring, but there is a solution: to create it.
Join Mathias and Nicolas in their studio to initiate yourself to sand casting and follow their advice all along the process to make your signet ring.
You will also have to be meticulous while using files, a handsaw, and other tools.
Price: €340/person
Duration: 4h
Information and Booking (in French)
Making a Skirt
You are interested in fashion but don’t know where to begin to learn sewing?
Let Leila and Juliette guide you in the creation of a skirt and learn the basics of sewing.
Before starting this project, you will have the opportunity to test the sewing machine to get the hang of it.
Price: €75/person
Duration: 3h
Information and Booking (in French)
Initiation to Featherwork
Come and discover the meticulous art of featherwork by a professional’s side.
If you are a patient person and you love listening to your creativity, you should initiate yourself to this art.
Once you have learned the basics, you will create a frame in feathers with the selection you made and will receive advice from Mélissa all along the activity.
Price: €95/person
Duration: 3h
Information and Booking (in French)
Making Your Feather Jewelry
Add an original touch to your outfits with feather jewelry.
Choose the feathers and use different methods (cutting, gluing, sewing) to create jewelry like none other.
It is a fun way to discover the occupation while having fun and leaving with a precious reminder.
Price: €65/person
Duration: 2h30
Information and Booking (in French)
Creating a Mirror in Odorico Style
Have you tried mosaic yet? You are in the right place to discover it.
It is the perfect activity to do in Rennes. Odorico’s mosaics are an integral part of the city’s history. Get into the atmosphere of Rennes by trying your hand at this art.
After learning the basics, you will put your creativity in the spotlight during the personalization of a mirror.
We like: You will have books on mosaic at your disposal to give you some ideas.
Price: €60/person
Duration: 3h
Information and Booking (in French)
Making a Kokedama
A kokedama is a Japanese floral art piece.
During this workshop, you will learn more about Japanese culture and will create your own kokedama to hang in your home.
You will choose the plant you want and will make a foam ball around the soil and fix it to hold it all together.
Price: €40/person
Duration: 2h30
Information and Booking (in French)
Original For Couples
Creating Your Wedding Bands
There is nothing more romantic and original than creating the wedding bands from scratch with your lover.
In this workshop, professionals will guide you during every step to teach you the sand cast method.
What are you waiting for? Come and live a magical moment with your lover.
Price: €540/duo
Duration: 4h
Information and Booking (in French)
Private Photoshoot
Everyone loves to have souvenir-photos, why not make this unforgettable with a professional photographer?
Give it a go and discover wonderful places in Rennes.
No worry, if you never did a photoshoot, the photographer will make sure it looks natural, so there is no poses to prepare.
Price: from €70/person
Duration: about 1h
Quirky Restaurants
Le Bretone
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You can’t go in Rennes without eating a Breton crepe.
This building was the house of Isodore Odorico, a mosaic artist, and was turned into a restaurant. You can admire his works during a meal or with coffee.
And don’t forget to go and see the bathroom which is the room with the most incredible mosaic.
This creperie, which is also a tearoom, offers a very varied menu with generous dishes, such as the goat cheese, blue cheese, Emmental and smoked streaky bacon crepe, or the sausage, wholegrain mustard crepe and homemade fries.
For vegetarians, you have the choice! You can enjoy the goat cheese, honey, and walnut crepe, or the mushrooms and fresh herbs cream crepe.
Price: the average price of a dish is €7.50
Le Kôlochô
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Have you already eaten a brioche-sandwich in cone form? It is time to discover this Hungarian recipe.
Le Kôlochô offers a variety of recipes that make your mouth water, whether it is sweet or savory. All of which is at a low-price.
Come and enjoy the turkey breasts, pepper, mushrooms, and courgette kolocho, or the homemade pork sausage kolocho. For dessert, you can try the seasonal fruits kolocho or the salted caramelized apples kolocho.
Price: from €5.80 for sweet dishes, from €9.50 for sour dishes
Website (in French)
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