Rhuys peninsula

Back in 1373, Duke John IV ordered stronger walls at Suscinio to safeguard his marshland residence; the surviving curtain walls still trace a frontier between ducal power and saltworks country. Twenty-five minutes from Vannes, Rhuys strings together a castle, oyster beds, and snug fishing harbors. Sarzeau, Saint-Armel, Port-Navalo—each stop opens a chapter of the Gulf, from 19th‑century flat-oyster dredging to channels best ridden on a rising tide. Pines give way to mudflats, and yellow markers pinpoint working farms on the water.

Your Vannes-based private chauffeur collects you at the hotel and handles the driving while you wander, taste, and explore. A Mercedes on standby, timing kept flexible, and coastal detours when they’re worth it. Mornings at the castle and Landrezac’s sea wall, lunch in an oyster shack at Suscinio or the Logeo point, then a run to Port-Navalo’s lighthouse. Between stops, parking and waiting are covered—so you simply enjoy. Expect about 80 km all told, with village crossings that mirror the peninsula’s tide-bound rhythm.