Is Rennes Safe for Solo Female Travelers?

Solo travel

I studied in Rennes for a year, I love socialising but since I couldn't speak a lot of French, there was always a language barrier. It's a really friendly and affordable student city. I made friends from Central America, Canada, Germany, Taiwan!

Solo travel

It’s a very quiet and safe city, people are very open and welcoming to strangers, there is a lot of different restaurants to dry different cuisines. You can also meet people from different nationalities and explore the unique architecture of the coty

Solo travel

I loved this city! My trip was charming and full of joy. I can say I found a part of myself in Rennes. Plus, the food was really awesome. If you have the chance to visit this city, I highly recommend Bretané; it's a restaurant decorated with beautiful mosaics.

Solo travel

Lived in Rennes for a year. Very safe area as a solo woman. Not as many expats in this area. I would recommend learning some French to make communication easier when needed. Close to tourist areas like Saint Malo or Mont Saint Michel (both 1 hour distance).

Rennes is in my opinion a pretty safe city as long as you don’t wander alone at night around places where people get wasted like Place Saint Anne or even the train station for exemple. I walk alone at night avoiding these places and never encountered any problem. They’re many people asking for money, some might be extremely rude if you say no but it mainly happens during daytime.

I've lived here for a couple of years, I find it quite safe, but as always, you can always find people fighting, shouting, agitated and angry. It's quite safe during the day. At night, I imagine there are places that aren't so safe.

Rennes feels overall really safe, but at night remain careful as drug dealing is very common and sometimes things get ugly. Up until around 10pm consider yourself safe, but afterward remain careful of the zones you explore (avoid Gros Chêne, Villejean, Colombier, Le Blosne, these are the least safe areas)

Rennes is a wonderful city with many activities to do and a very cultural scene. If you don't go looking for trouble all is dandy and you'll have a great time. At night it may be more dangerous so girlies please be safe, public places are mostly safe but like everywhere the night life can be chaotic, the students mostly drink on Thursdays at Sainte Anne.