St. Malo – Tips
Transport
Getting There
| By Train | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | Via | Time | Time |
| Calais | A28 (direction Le Havre) | 5 hours | via Paris 3:30 hours |
| Paris | A11/E50 to Le Mans, A81/E50 to Rennes, then the smaller D137 | 4 hours | TGV direct 3 hours |
| Dieppe | N27 to A151 to A29 to A13 to A84 | 3:40 hours | via Rouen and Paris 6 hours |
| Le Havre | A13 to A84 | 3 hours | via Paris: 6 hours |
| Cherbourg | A13 to A86 to A6 | 7:30 hours | via Lison and dol de Bretagne 4 hours |
| Marseilles | via Le Mans: A7, A47, A72, A71, A85, A28, N176 | 10 hours | via Rennes TGV 7:40 hours |
By Ferry from the UK: Daily ferries from Portsmouth, Jersey, Guernsey, Weymouth and Poole.
Restaurants
One of the many restaurants in and around St. Malo
More than you can handle. Every corner, every part of St. Malo will have restaurants (there are some 300 in the city itself), ranging from excellent to reasonable. You can eat anything there, from traditional French cuisine to English Fish & Chips. Fish is an obvious choice.
There are 2 Michelin starred restaurants inside the city.
Click here to read one of our review of a restaurant with a great view.
Things To See/Things To Do
- Walk the very long beach or promenade
- Walk the walls of St. Malo (one hour without stopping)
- Discover the inside of the walled city
- Time permitting, do a side trip to Jersey by the ferry. It is possible to do a round trip in one day.
Ferry from St. Malo to Jersey
- Visit the St. Vincent Cathedral steeped in history.
Saint-Vincent-de-Saragosse de Saint-Malo cathedral of St. Malo
- When the tide is out, visit the two forts.
- For those interested in spas, there is an excellent Grand Hotel des Thermes, a hotel with a big spa attached to it.
Click here to read the Introduction on Saint-Malo on this site.
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