Saint-Malo Things to Do

The beaches around St Malo are lovely with golden sand down to the emerald and blue sea but with lots of rocky outcrops to explore. There are also various islands you can walk to. There is one island near the Plage de l’Eventail which has on it the 17th century, Vauban designed, National Fort (1689).

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Lots of personality, in an old town surrounded by strong walls. The walls are perfect (reconstructed after WW2), and you can walk all around the town, with a good perspective of tthe city and its architecture, and all the beaches.

Down there, the town is lively, with all the people escaped from the freezing beach. Beautiful, yes, but... beach+Europe=Iberia. And I'm not chauvinist...

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This is probably not one of the reasons to come to Brittany but it does make for a good afternoon out if you have young kids and in want of something to do with them. Over the years that I have lived in the area the Chateau has built up its game park from virtually nothing to now having even lions and tigers on view. A very pleasant walk through the gardens allow you to see the animals from quite close. During the day there are other activities going on including a terrific falconry show. The chateau itself can be visited and there are gites just outside the main gates.

Although not exactly cheap, 17 euros per adult and 12.50 euros for a child (3-12 yo)it is a good afternoons fun. This price for the Zoo and park does not include the visit of the Chateau. A separate ticket can be bought for the Chateau including the gardens for the same price, 17 euros, or an all-in-1 can also be had, inc. everything for 22 euros (adult) and 15.50 euros (3-12 yo).

Chateau et Parc Zoologique de la Bourbansais

35720 Pleugueneuc

The House of Quebec is intended to have Quebec known and loved in France and to reinforce the friendly relationships the French and Quebecker communities have had.

The House of Quebec is opened from mid-May to the end of October and extends its activities and programmes to enable young artists from Quebec to perform at Chateaubriand Theatre in the evening.

This year celebrates the 14th artistic season organised by the franco-quebecker office for youth, the town of Saint-Malo, Saint-Malo-Quebec Association and the General Delegation of Quebec in Paris.

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St-Malo has a fabulous old city which is surrounded by some very solid looking ramparts (walls). So solid are they that much of them survived the bombings in 1944 when around 80% of the old city was destroyed.

The walls are a few metres wide and were built over several centuries. You can walk around the top of the walls, a full circuit is about 2km. There are several places that you can access the walls, and there is no charge.

From the top of the walls there are not only great views across the old town, but magnificent views across the bay and small islands at the mouth of the River Rance. You can also check out one of St-Malo's beaches, and watch the ferries arrive from the UK.

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The first time I enterd France, I selected my best french to ask someone the way to... I don't know. I do know that the first 9 people I spoke to where... Portuguese.

More than 40 years later I entered Intra-muros in Saint-Malô, wondering why "muros" and not murs?

I made some research to discover how did we get a "Portuguese" name associated with this walled area of Saint-Malô. I got no answer, but I think that it is a coincidence, and the name may have something to do not with us, but with Spanish, that write it exactly the same way.

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No other fortress that I've seen in the world, matched the imposing sensation of this fortress by the harbour - the size of the wall and towers, the tightness of the houses and streets, all transmitted a sensation of protective strength that I couldn't feel anywhere else.

This post-office is housed in a most beautiful stone-made building. It is located in Place des Freres Lamennas next to the the Vencent Cathedral. You can also get small changes from a change machine (€20, 10, 5 notes can be changed to coins).