Saint-Malo – Tips – Travel Information and Tips for France

The Deauville American Film Festival is one of the most prestigious American movies festival, and Deauville is the ideal location for this star-studded festival.

With Deauville’s version of the Hollywood Walk of Fame, changing rooms on the beach named after the famous stars, the festival attracts many stargazers.

Click here to access the Festival’s web site

Lille Street Market

Start date: September 2, 2023 - End date: September 3, 2023

Location: Lille

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Food | Music | Street Markets

Lille Street Market © 20Minutes

The street market (flea market) of Lille, called Braderie de Lille, has been going on since the 12th century. It is one of Europe’s biggest street markets.

10,000 exhibitors offering goods throughout the city, kilometre after kilometre. It gets very busy and it’s recommended to book hotels well in advance.

Click here to access the Lille Street Market web site.

Fete Du Ventre (Festival of the Stomach)

Start date: October 14, 2023 - End date: October 15, 2023

Location: Rouen

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Festivals | Food | Street Markets

Rouen Annual "Fete du Ventre" Festival

Once a year, the city of Rouen celebrates the stomach. All sorts of foods are displayed throughout the city centre, where they can be bought and eaten on the spot.

Many of the stalls and people are dressed up in medieval ways.

Click here to read our description of the festival.
Click here to access the organiser’s program and introduction (in French only).

Transat Jacques Vabre – Trans-Atlantic Yacht Race

Start date: October 25, 2023 - End date: November 10, 2023

Location: Le Havre

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Races | Sail

Transat Jacques Vabre all 4 types of sailboats and village

Every two years, some 40 sail yachts in 4 different categories, each manned by 2 skippers set off on a timed race taking the old coffee routes between Le Havre and South America.

One week before the race, all the boats are in the docks for all to admire. It’s a big event, and the race village is full of people.

Click here to read more about this epic sail event on our site.

Transport

Getting There

	By Car		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	2:30 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

Ferry: from the UK: Daily ferries from Portsmouth, Jersey, Guernsey, Weymouth and Poole.

Air: The airport, close to Dinard, is shared with Saint-Malo and offers international flights, particularly those of Ryanair. Other international destinations will require changing in London.

Click here to access the airport’s website.

Bus: There are several long distance bus operators going to this city from different cities in France (and Europe). Click on one of the links below to see which departure city is covered.

Flixbus
Ouibus

Restaurants

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.

Hotels

Saint-Malo is popular (and expensive), so it has a good selection of accommodations, ranging from high-class to moderately expensive.

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.
Visit the St. Vincent Cathedral steeped in history.
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.

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Saint-Malo – Tips

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Getting There

Restaurants

Hotels

Things To See/Things To Do

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