Private driver in Auray, Carnac and Quiberon

Auray station is the gateway to Quiberon Bay. Direct high-speed trains from Paris stop here, which makes it the simplest arrival point for Carnac, La Trinité-sur-Mer and the Quiberon peninsula. Your driver waits for you at the train exit, with your name, and takes care of your luggage all the way to the car.

If you are flying, Lorient South Brittany airport is about three quarters of an hour from Carnac, and Nantes Atlantique a little under two hours. Your flight or train is tracked: if it is delayed, waiting time is unlimited.

A quarter of an hour from Auray, Carnac is known worldwide for its alignments: nearly three thousand standing stones raised about six thousand years ago. They are best seen early in the morning or late in the day, when the light is low. Carnac-Plage, with its long sheltered beaches and its thalassotherapy centre, has a loyal following.

Next door, La Trinité-sur-Mer is one of the great sailing harbours of the Atlantic coast. Your driver drops you as close as possible to the pontoons, then meets you again for dinner, so you never have to look for a parking space in a harbour that is very busy in season.

Joined to the mainland by a narrow strip of land, the Quiberon peninsula has two faces: the Côte Sauvage to the west, with its cliffs and coves battered by the ocean, and the sheltered bay to the east. Its thalassotherapy hotels welcome guests from far away all year round. In summer, the single access road fills up quickly: your driver picks the right times.

The boats to Belle-Île-en-Mer also leave from Quiberon. Your driver drops you at the ferry terminal and meets you there on your return, at the time of the boat you have chosen.

• Transfers between Auray station, the airport and your spa hotel
• Drop-off and pick-up at the Quiberon ferry terminal for Belle-Île
• A drive along the Côte Sauvage, with a stop at Port-Maria or Port-Haliguen

Auray itself deserves a stop: the harbour of Saint-Goustan, with its half-timbered houses and its terraces on the river Loc’h, has some of the prettiest quays in Brittany. A few minutes away, the basilica of Sainte-Anne-d’Auray is the leading place of pilgrimage in the region.

Locmariaquer, with its dolmens and its great broken menhir, and the Saint-Laurent and Baden golf courses are less than half an hour away. Vannes and the Gulf of Morbihan are about twenty minutes away, Lorient around half an hour.

A couple arrive from Paris by high-speed train for five days of thalassotherapy in Quiberon: a welcome at Auray station, check-in at the hotel, then an outing to see the alignments of Carnac at sunset. A group of friends spend a week in a villa in Carnac and want to go to a different restaurant every evening, from La Trinité-sur-Mer to Locmariaquer.

Sailing enthusiasts come to follow a regatta in La Trinité-sur-Mer: shuttles between the hotel and the harbour, with an open return time. A family leave for Belle-Île with their luggage: drop-off at the Quiberon ferry terminal in the morning, pick-up on their return a week later.