Saint-Malo travel guide
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Visit Saint-Malo: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Malo is situated in the Ille-et-Vilaine department (Brittany region) in the north-west of France at 65 km from Rennes, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Malo is 321 km from Paris and 378 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Saint-Malo (page also includes a photo gallery for Saint-Malo)
Popular places to visit near Saint-Malo: these include Emerald Coast at 1 km and Saint-Malo at 1 km.
Dinard is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 3km and Jardins de Montmarin is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 8km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Saint-Malo: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 4*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Saint-Malo, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Malo
See France This Way travel guides for Ille-et-Vilaine and Brittany (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Malo.
Note that all distances from Saint-Malo shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Malo holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Malo (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Brittany and Ille-et-Vilaine gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Saint-Malo and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de Montmarin (8km) : Jardins du château de la Bourbansais (30km) : Parc du château de Caradeuc (40km) : Jardin du château de La Ballue (42km) : Parc du château de Bonnefontaine (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel (Mont-Saint-Michel) (38km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Dinard (3km) : Saint-Juvat (33km) :
- Heritage Sites: Mont-Saint-Michel (38km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Dinan (22km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Granville (37km) :
- Grand Site of France: Cap d'Erquy / Cap Frehel (32km) : Baie du Mont Saint-Michel (38km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Malo & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Malo
Canton: Saint-Malo
Arrondissement: Saint-Malo
Department: Ille-et-Vilaine
Region: Brittany
Postcode: 35400
Distance to Saint-Malo
from Rennes: 65 km
from Paris: 321 km
from Calais: 378 km
from Nice: 901 km
from Bordeaux: 438 km
from Strasbourg: 718 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Malo): Dinard, Emerald Coast, La Richardais and Saint-Jouan-Des-Guerets.
Getting here
Ille-et-Vilaine is in the north-west of France. Most visitors Most UK visitors arrive by car with the cross-channel ferry port at Saint Malo keeping driving time to a minimum. For driving distances to Saint-Malo from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Malo