I am taking you back to beautiful wonderful Saint-Malo in Ille et Vilaine dept 35 of my lovely Bretagne and in my belle France. I have written several posts on this corsair city by but was surprise nothing on transports ! Therefore, here is my take on getting around Saint Malo !!! Hope you enjoy it as I.
Saint Malo has a whopping 83 historical monuments and 169 buildings on the inventory of national heritage. The best known are located in the old town or intra-muros (enclosed city). The city is divided into several districts but the interesting ones from a touristic point of view , me think are Paramé, IntraMalo, Château-Malo and la Gare.
Saint Malo can be reach by car from Paris on the A13/A84 or A11/A81 to Rennes and then the D137 (voie de la liberté) to Saint Malo. We do it now up the D768 to the D700/N164 to D792/D44 to N176 and finally D137 to Saint Malo, lots of roads but most on straight line for 160 km and about 2h4m from my house. Rennes is at 69 km and Paris at 405 km, Some estimated times by the city tell you that Rennes 1h, Paris: 4h, Caen: 1h45 Nantes: 2h ,and Brest: 2h30.
When I go try to park on street parking first by Place Rocabey near Rue Abbé Huchet, not far from rue du calvaire ,and the waterfront by plage du Sillon (see post), There are other spots with patience in town for on street parking ,many are regulated to 30 minutes free for half a day,and 1h30 by Naye. We have tried the nice underground parking Quai Saint Vincent handle by EFFIA who does all in town ,with extra services like baby rollers and umbrellas. You have a parking relay Paul Féval, rue Paul Féval located at the entrance to the city, near the Saint Malo racecourse. Keep your day ticket which allows 5 passengers to access L’Express Féval, the shuttle for the intramural via the station in service until November 5, or on line 2 of the Keolis network (MAT see below), diverted to pass near of P+R. Access to the urban bus is at the Bois Herveau stop, 100 meters from the parking lot. Any questions go in town to the parking office or Maison du stationnement located at 7 quai Duguay-Trouin.
The rest is for information only as never taken them,,,, There is a train station on the Paris – Saint-Malo high speed line: the closest beach to Paris.Direct TGV links: Paris – Dol-de-Bretagne – Saint-Malo , A little more than 5h from Lille and Lyon, less than 7h from Marseille , Gare – TGV SNCF is located at Avenue Anita Conti, The official SNCF Gare Saint Malo: https://www.garesetconnexions.sncf/fr/gares-services/saint-malo
There is ,also, ferry boat service especially between Great Britain: direct and regular links to Portsmouth from Saint-Malo, Channel Islands: direct and regular connections to Jersey and Guernsey from Saint-Malo , The Gare Maritime de la Bourse ferry station is located at Chaussée Eric Tabarly, and the Terminal Ferry du Naye is located at Terre-Plein du Naye, The official Ferry terminal du Naye : https://www.saintmalo-cancale.port.bzh/
The airport taken at Rennes (see post) but of course, not to come here are the Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport at about 70 km : The official Rennes airport : https://www.rennes.aeroport.fr/en
The closer one by Dinard at about 13 km, not taken but business friends from Jersey came by here to see me and told was fine good airport, This is the official Dinard-Pleurtuit airport : https://www.dinard.aeroport.fr/en
The MAT bus network is made up of 8 urban lines, 7 peri-urban lines, and school services to serve Saint-Malo and Cancale establishments, The official bus network MAT : https://www.reseau-mat.fr/se-deplacer/presentation-du-reseau
Several taxi firms which are Allo Taxis Saint Malo , ABC Taxi , Taxis Côte d’Emeraude, Taxi Jordan, and Allo Les Taxis Bleus, You can get their contact on the internet, Never use them fyi.
The city of Saint Malo is developing their cycle paths every year. The one located on avenue de Triquerville between the Paul Féval car park (see above) ,and the entrance to the racetrack, made in 2023, will be continued in 2024 to the carrefour de l’Hôpital. Ultimately, cyclists can reach Saint-Servan then intramural from the Paul Féval car park via a greenway (pedestrians + cycles) which will run along the racetrack, the avenue Coubertin and then take the direction of the quai du Val to at the ferries terminal. The cycle arrangements on Boulevard Douville will be delivered in June 2024. As part of the urban renovation project of the Parc de la Découverte (around the supermarket Intermarché), a greenway will be set up on rue de la Bardelière in the 2nd semester 2024. Some of the firms to rent bikes in town are the Association à Vélo Malo, Les Vélos Bleus, and Loc Malouine,again fyi.
The Saint Malo tourist office on getting there: https://www.saint-malo-tourisme.co.uk/putting-down-your-suitcases/how-to-get-there/
The city of Saint Malo on public transports: https://www.saint-malo.fr/accueil/sortir/se-deplacer/
There you go folks, a wonderful beautiful city to visit and revisit ,this is Saint Malo. Gladly, been there several times and will be back,eventually. For now, get the bearing on the city and fully see it all. Again, hope you enjoy the post on getting around Saint Malo as I.
And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!
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