Corsair town looking onto the sea, Saint-Malo is a renowned seaside resort today. Surrounded by ramparts, the fortified city of Saint-Malo was superbly rebuilt to its original style after 80% of it was destroyed in August 1944. The town of Saint-Malo forms a magnificent whole with its ramparts, castle and beautiful buildings. A walk around the ramparts is essential and offers stunning views of the sea, the sandy beaches below, the National Fort (built by Vauban), the port and the buildings inside the fortified city.
To acquaint with the history of Saint-Malo, one can head towards the big keep of the castle, which is home to the Malouin City and Countryside History museum.
Visitors can also go to the Big Aquarium of Saint-Malo, a place entirely devoted to the marine world.
Every four years, the town of Saint-Malo is the starting point of the famous Route du Rhum solo transatlantic yacht race to Pointe-à-Pitre in Guadeloupe.
Cité Corsaire, capital of the sea, jewel of the Côte d'Emeraude... whatever the qualifications attributed to it, Saint-Malo has always been, in the course of its history, the rendezvous of all adventures, all dreams...
The city occupies a privileged place in Brittany. Located at the northern tip of Ille-et-Vilaine, on the edge of Normandy and a short distance from Mont Saint-Michel, Saint-Malo is also a springboard to the Channel Islands and England.
Place of history and legends, cradle of illustrious personages, the city knew, in spite of dark hours, preserve an authenticity conferred by its ramparts, its paving stones and its old stones.
Proud of a rich past, the renowned seaside city remains a modern city always looking to the future...
Some numbers :
Geographical location: 48 ° 38 '44' 'North - 2 ° 01' 3392 '' West.
Population: approximately 52,700 Malouins throughout the year, up to 200,000 residents in the summer.
Area: 4000 hectares (17 hectares for the intramural, 400 hectares for the zones of economic activities).
Saint-Malo is also: 29 kilometers of coastline, 11 beaches over 8 kilometers, 222 kilometers of road.
- Literary Festival Astonishing Travellers in May.
- World Folklore Festival in July.
- Fireworks on July 14th.
- Festival La Route du Rock in August.
- Quai des Bulles Festival (comics) in October.
- Christmas Market in December.
The Rallies of the Corsairs' Festival
- From 2 april to 25 june 2022
- Quartier de Chateau-Malo, et autres quartiers malouins
- From Saturday, April 2, 2022, the Fête des Corsaires will offer 11 rallies in 11 districts of Saint-Malo. Each rally will allow you to discover, in disorder, one of the eleven letters with which you can form an important clue (in 3 words) to find the name of the port to which the corsair frigate will sail, at the end of the famous Corsair Festival in 2022. - The rallies are to be collected at the relay points, or can be downloaded. Then everyone is free to do their rally whenever they want, before the Corsairs Festival in 2022, in order to win Gold Malos and have more chances to win one of the magnificent treasures. - The calendar of these rallies and their logbooks are available on the website of the Association des Corsaires Malouins.
Alain Lacoste - Colors and Nudities
- From 2 april to 2 july 2022
- 9 Boulevard de la Tour d'Auvergne, Centre Cristel Editeur d'Art, Rocabey
- Exhibition by Alain Lacoste.
Sous Vitrines, Spring Collection
- From 9 april to 19 june 2022
- 2 rue Nicolas Bouvier, La gare, Médiathèque La Grande Passerelle
- The three showcases of the Espaces Patrimoine / Mer Marine present each season documents kept in the reserves of the Media Library. This spring, we are offering three eclectic showcases around the Press, Ex-Libris and Maritime Literature. - Three themes that reflect the diversity of the heritage of the Grande Passerelle media library. - Free access to the opening hours of the media library.
Sous-Vitrines Exhibition, Spring Collection
- From 9 april to 19 june 2022
- 2 rue Nicolas Bouvier, La Gare, La Grande Passerelle
- The three showcases of the Espaces Patrimoine / Mer Marine present each season documents preserved in the heritage reserves of the Media Library. - This spring, we are offering three eclectic showcases around the Press, Ex-Libris and Maritime Literature. - Espace Patrimoine showcase: "A century and images: Illustration (1843-1944)" - From copies kept in the collections, learn about the treatment of - the news of the years 1915 and 1926 by the weekly L'Illustration. This exhibition - Evokes, in addition to the history of the newspaper and its time, the capabilities and limitations of - the image as a source of documentation and information. - Heritage Space Showcase: "The ex-libris" - The ex-libris is a mark worn inside a book by its possessor to signify - That it belongs to him. The ex-libris can take very varied forms, more or less - Stylized: handwritten name, drawing, emblem, motto or engraved coat of arms... Some make - Even the object of collections. Discover an anthology of ex-libris through time, having - All belonged to book lovers. - Showcase Espace Mer Marine: "A little history of maritime literature" - This showcase presents a brief history of maritime literature. Take advantage of this - Exhibition to rediscover some founding texts of the Greek, Roman and - Celtic of the Middle Ages. Then immerse yourself in the travel relationships of the great - Discoveries of the 18th century precursors of the fictional narrative that develops from the - 19th century.
ALY Landmarks
- From 22 april to 22 july 2022
- Hôtel du Grand Bé, Intra-Muros, Place des Frères Lamennais
- Exhibition of sculptures by ALY.
Seaside notebook
- From 3 may to 4 june 2022
- La Découverte, Pôle Jeunesse, Rue Salvador Allende
- Exhibition of the Space of Sciences. - This exhibition presents the tidal swing zone and its specific constraints. It allows you to discover, thanks to magnificent photographs, the main species that can be encountered while walking at low tide on rocky or sandy coasts (gray shrimp, sea lettuce, fucus...) A final part is devoted to the protection of the environment and species subjected in particular to the constraints of fishing on foot.
Martin Jarrie, the Fabulous Inventory
- From 18 may to 8 june 2022
- 2 rue Nicolas Bouvier, 4ème Lieu - La Grande Passerelle, La Gare
- Exhibition.
John Butler + Elena Stone
- On 24 may 2022
- La Découverte, La Nouvelle Vague, Rue des Acadiens
- Concert originally scheduled for May 20, 2020 and then May 4, 2021. Tickets purchased for this date remain valid. - John Butler, Australia's most awarded independent musician, releases his seventh studio album HOME in 2018. He explores a new sonic territory, expands the instrumentation and experiments with new genres while retaining most of his own sound. After numerous concerts and festivals around the world, Butler will be back on stage in 2020 in a more intimate setting, solo, performing intense and frank versions of the songs from his latest record as well as fan favorites. - Ticketing is available at the Saint-Malo Tourist Office and the Cancale Tourist Information Office (excluding possible rental fees).
Festival La Route des Orgues - Lumière
- On 26 may 2022
- 12 Rue Saint-Benoist, Cathédrale Saint-Vincent, Intra-Muros
- Chamber choir Melisme (s), conducted by Gildas Pungier - Florence Rousseau, grand organ & Loïc Georgeault, choir organ - Works by Bach, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Schubert … - Since the Middle Ages, master glassmakers have been able to play admirably with the light that gives life to the shimmering colors of their most sublime stained glass windows. - In this musical program, Gildas Pungier and the chamber choir Mélisme (s), like glass masters of music, transform themselves into real light transmitters. - Florence Rousseau and Loïc Georgeault, on the keyboards of the Cathedral organs, will weave a subtle counterpoint around these masterpieces of the sacred repertoire.
Festival La Route des Orgues - La Ronde des Claviers, Act 1
- On 27 may 2022
- Ruelle de la Place, Église de Saint-Ideuc
- Gaëlle Coulon, harpsichord & organetto - Mickaël Durand, organ - Works by Bach, Byrd, Handel, Sweelinck … - Gaëlle Coulon and Mickaël Durand, organists at the Nantes Cathedral, take us on a round around keyboard instruments! - They offer a particularly original program : - The beautiful organ of Saint-Ideuc will give the replica to the harpsichord but also to the organetto, a small medieval portable organ. - Curious music lovers, lovers of Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque music, this concert is for you! - - As part of the Conservatory's Music Season -
Visit the Breton capital Rennes and its Parliament, its garden of Tabor, the town of Rennes, its markets, its old streets and many shops.
