Saint-Malo Things to Do

The cathedral in St Malo is dedicated to St Vincent de Saragosse and is a roman catholic church. The building was started in the 12th century. but destroyed in...

Walk the wall. Within the wall are narrow cobbled streets ,with Cafes, Restaurants, Art galleries, Craft shops, Boutiques etc. The top of the wall is wide.and...

The first time I entered 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......

The Rance Tidal Power Station is the second largest tidal power station of the world and located at the mouth of the Rance river. The power station was built in...

Grand Bé and Petit Bé are two small islands west of the town. At low tide they are accessible by foot, but while the other island with the Fort National is...

Saint-Malo has a very long beach north of the town (Plage de L'Éventail), which stretches from the island with the Fort National to the east. West of the town...

The Fort National was built on a small rocky island by Vauban in 1689 to defend against English attacks. It's accessible on foot only at low tide, therefore the...

The town centre is surrounded by ramparts, and you can take a walk on them which is almost 2 km long. The first ramparts were built in the 12th century but...

The cathedral was built in the 12th century and lies at a hill in the town centre. It had to be largely rebuilt after WWII and is a mixture of old and modern....

The centre of Saint-Malo is called "intra muros" and is surrounded by water, with the sea to the north and west and the harbour to the east and south. Sounds...

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...

Although it was not the best of weather for a beach visit it was a good way of seeing Saint-Malo from a different angle.Grand Plage is the main sandy beach of...

On the day we visited it was cloudy with some rain.However, this did not stop us from enjoying this magnificent channel port.After parking our car in the car...

Created in 1994 by the town of St Malo this museum is hidden away on top of the Cité d'Aleth in one of the German bunkers that overlook the town and the...

I noticed that some people include Mount St Michel as a "thing to do" in Saint-Malô. Well, I think that St Michel is a thing to do wherever you are - only a...

It was cold, in August, when we were there. The temperature of the Atlantic didn't convince us, so we didn't swim. There were several rocky and sandy beaches,...

It is possible to walk around all the historic city, along its strong and large walls. It's an easy and interesting walk, with several entry and exit points and...

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...

Well, they have what is called a "Fest-Noz", roughly translated as "night-festival". Dancing and traditionnal Breton music is played while all around there is...

An exhilarating experience to be had with ULM-St Malo. Flying in an ultra-lite aircraft at 600 metres above the waves around the bays of St Malo and the Mont St...

Lead photo Rock Pool PaintingWe walked along the esplanade and then down on to the beach where some young people were playing football.Went past the old tree...

MSM is not far from the historic port city of Saint-MaloWe arrived too late on our train from Paris to go to MSM by the tourist bus...(I believe there are more...

(work in progress)Given its impressive fortifications built to repel would-be intruders, it's no surprise that St Malo also equipped withself with the weaponry...

(work in progress)The walled citadel of St Malo is a visually stunning place in an austere sort of way: if it were a woman, it would be described as being...