Treguier (marina) by public transport.

[celandine]

I'm looking for the best, quickest, cheapest way to travel to and from Treguier (Northern Brittany) by public transport. Anyone any direct experience of this?

Mick

 

[tome]

Sailed in there but not sure where to put my land-pin. Night arrival trickyish, and tide runs across the pontoons.

 

[Gunfleet]

Aeroplane to Lannion. Or on a budget you could take the train to Rennes and walk. Would take abt 2 days

 

[sphero]

we found getting crew back from Treguier to St Malo for the ferry virtually impossible using public transport. We ended up hiring a car for the day and taking them ourselves!

 

[john_morris_uk]

We had a similar problem in L'Aberach last year. Coming home we used bus to Brest and when we arrived there we found there were no trains of buses to Roscoff (despite it being major city to the nearest cross channel port) after 6 in the evening. We then used a taxi which cost about £70, but divided by four for an hour or more's journey was actually not a bad deal. (Was probably cheaper than the train fares for the four of us.)

On the way back we just got a taxi from the ferry terminal in Roscoff. It was about £50 and once again between three of us door to door, I though it was a bargain.

 

[doug748]

There is a rail link to Roscoff, but I must admit I have never seen a trian on it. The Paris train to Morlaix is met with a bus for the final few miles, not sure if this is the same for the "up" train from Brest. Sorry, either way this will not help you Mick. Looks like the taxi option. Brian.

 

[jamesjermain]

When we investigated this a few years ago the cheapest option was a hire car. But we were delivering one lot and collecting another. There are no practical bus/train options.

 

[Moonfish]

Keep my boat there and its almost cheaper to go over on the chunnel and drive there than to get transport to and from local ferry ports.

Last taxi to roscoff cost 160 euros and local buses are near on useless.

Flying to Lannion is a pain as you have to go via paris and no cheapo flights, even though Britair list it on their schedules.

 

[Moonfish]

Watching visitors coping with the tide through the pontoons is one of the local pastimes.

Capt du port now tries to hold visiters out in the river until the tide has reduced in its flow, so many boats have got caught cross tide.

Best is to watch the Glenan school boats coming in under sail, either sublime or hilarious.

 

[tome]

Lovely spot, and friendly HM. There was lots going on up in the town also including open air concerts and a good market. The chandlery across the bridge is awesome!

We noticed the locals time arrival/departure to coincide with slack water.

 

[Moonfish]

Details of the marina can be found here http://www.port-treguier.com/

Also has links to the Tourist office which can help with local schedules.

Hope some help, is the enquiry for now or later in the summer ?

 

[celandine]

Many thanks to all who have offered information here. As I suspected there are no easy options for this journey. Maybe some enterprising type should run a weekly minibus from Blighty to the Brittany marinas.

Mick

 

[BrendanS]

If someone set this up, how many interested, and at what time of year?

 

[rwoofer]

I was there during the biggest tide of the year last year and recorded 5 knots on the log when firmly tied to the very end of the pontoon. It was like going to sleep whilst sailing......

 

[mikesharp]

We parked our 30 tonnes of honduras mahogony there a few years ago on a hammerhead which was less than half the length of the boat. When the tide bit we lifted most of the pontoon clear of the water and put a pretty little bend in the whole length of the walkway.