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Most of the properties for rental and the Morbihan/Brittany properties for sale are in the area around Josselin/La Trinite Porhoet/Ploermel/Malestroit area. All are within 30-60 minutes of Vannes and within the same distance of Rennes, depending on the property. Ploermel is almost central between these two cities.
More about the general area 
Josselin boast its stunning medieval Chateau overlooking the picturesque Nantes/Brest canal still inhabited by the descendants of the Duke of Rohan and its cobbled Town and Square has a variety of restaurants, creperies, bars and smaller shops and banks. It also has a superb market on Saturday mornings selling not only vegetables but locally made clothes and wares and hot locally made cuisine.There are two very good supermarkets on the outskirts of Josselin both with petrol stations.Canoes and Kayaks can be hired from the car park below the castle and the tow path provides a safe cycling and walking route to nearby towns, for those with the stamina!
Ploermel is a growing town on the crossroads of Brittany. It has many shops, restaurants, small hotels and a market on Fridays. Two new Shopping Centres have been built within the last year and a Bowling Alley and cinema complex is currently under construction. The nearby Lac au Duc is a man made lake made in medieval times by the flooding of a small valley by the Dukes of Brittany – the village is supposed to still be underneath the lake. The lake has a gently shelving sandy beach ideal for young children, with plenty of room for sand castles, and grassed areas under the trees to picnic and watch the children play on the sand and in  the water. This now has a watersports centre with sailing and windsurfing and pedalos [for the not so adventurous – all for hire at reasonable rates] and fishing.Across the other side of the lake is a 9 hole golf course [soon to be extended to 18 holes] and is based at the Golf Hotel Club - Le Roi Arthur [website www.hotelroiarthur.com.] Ploermel is about an hour’s drive from the west coast of Brittany where the town of Carnac features megalithic monuments which predate Stonehenge as well as wonderful beaches, and the Cote Sauvage on the Quiberon peninsula which is also the place to hire a boat out to the many islands in the Golfe of Morbihan.
Vannes is a half an hour’s drive from Ploermel and is an old walled town famous for its medieval 'wash houses'. At the centre of the Golfe du Morbihan and a splendid yachting marina on the sea inlet, the harbourside is flanked with many seafood restaurants. Through the medieval archway is the old town where the large market is held on Wednesday and Saturday mornings. There is also a large indoor fishmarket and a separate indoor cheese and meat market to browse and buy some of the local delicacies.
Malestroit. another old market town, market held on Thursday mornings. It has some of the oldest medieval houses in the area and the remains of the church where the treaty ending the 100 years war was signed. Set on the Nantes to Brest Canal, in the Summer months it holds open air live music outside the medieval church on Friday nights. The music is international for all tastes. A very entertaining evening can be had by sitting at one of the outside tables of the pizza or creperie restaurants. 
St Marcel nearby is the home of the very interesting Museum of Resistance from the 2nd World War which is open all year round.. Set in woodland with original tanks and cars from the era provide the atmosphere of the difficult times experienced by the people in the area. .
La Trinite Porhoet is on the borders of Morbihan and Cote d’Amour. It is a quite a small village which is famous locally for its wonderful disproportionately large old church. It has a friendly tourist office where you can find all the information needed to make the most of the area. Local restaurants are mostly very Breton in character with excellent plentiful and reasonable food. Children love La Trinite's own small lake with bathing area and lakeside walks.
Other places of interest are:
Rochfort-en Terre, medieval floral town with niche shops, pottery, restaurants and Chateau rebuilt in the 1920s by a Hockney-style American artist.
La Baule's famous long sandy beach is an easy 2 hour drive from Ploermel.
Redon, another ancient town, with its interesting canal side town and yacht basin.
Paimpont – Forest of Broceliande. Merlin’s Tomb, forest walks.
St Malo – walled town just outside the ferry port. Casino in the new town opposite the beach. Interesting alley ways and restaurants and cafes. Nearby Butterfly house and Aquarium.
Mont St Michel – on the borders of Normandy and Brittany. Medieval town built on an island approached by a causeway over some of the fastest tides in the world. The Abbey with magnificent golden statue of St Michel resembles a fairy-tale castle from
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