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In 2026, the Belle-Ile-Bus service will run from Saturday 4 April to Sunday 1 November. Based at the coach station in Le Palais, its timetable is organised according to the tourist seasons: mid-season, summer and autumn.

All tickets are available at the Les Cars Bleus office on Rue Jules Simon (a stone’s throw from the ferry landing stage), at the coach station during the information desk’s opening hours, or on board the bus (payment by card, cheque or cash). New for 2026, e-tickets will be available for purchase from this summer onwards.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

All buses are non-smoking.
For groups, access to the network is limited to groups of up to 10 people;
With the exception of guide dogs, only small dogs carried in a basket or bag are permitted on board the bus;
Prams must be placed in the luggage compartment of the bus, subject to space availability;
Bicycles and bulky luggage are not permitted inside the bus;
Bus timetables may vary depending on traffic conditions.

Outside these times, an on-demand transport service is available. In winter, operating for half a day per municipality, it allows for a short trip, with approximately two hours spent in the centre of Palais. To use this service, a booking is required. Bookings can be made by telephone on +332 97 31 56 64

Belle-Ile Bus network fares

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The 4 seasons of the island

It's spring

Blue, white, pink, spring on Belle-île

An impression of transparency, a sudden softness of the air, the polyphony of birds, the cliffs coming to life: it is spring. Suddenly, the desire is great to see again, at the end of the winter, the known places. We would like to be everywhere at once to savor this emotion, this wonder of the awakening nature of Belliloise…

It's summertime

Finally summer in Belle-île-en-Mer

From mid-June onwards, we feel the rise of an effervescence: everyone is busy. In the villages, people put the finishing touches to the organization of the shop windows, they hurry up for the final works, the markets become denser, the harbors and the creeks fill up with pleasure boats, numerous also in the harbor of Palais…

It's autumn

Fall or Indian summer in Belle-île-en-Mer

On the wild coast, as towards Port Kerlédan, at the Aiguilles de Port Coton, at Baluden, at the Pointe du Skeul, the clumps of foliage of the oval-leafed Statices take on red tones awakening the gray of the rocky plateau. Often mixed with the Statices, its umbels becoming red, the Sea Fennel also takes its autumn colors…

It's winter

Belle-Île en Hiver……jours tranquil

Some people prefer to discover it in winter. They are not wrong in wanting to appreciate the island in its true appearance, stripped of all artifice. This is the best season to share the reality of island life with serenity, taking time. The beaches, coasts and almost deserted paths form larger landscapes and are all the more impressive that, on certain days, storms come to transform them into black and white…