Read more about Paris and Saint-Malo.
Tourist Office of Saint-Malo
Place General de Gaulle
Tel.: 00 33 (0) 2 99 75 04 46
Website
Located on the north coast of Brittany, Saint-Malo is a charming resort and fishing village. Brittany Ferries arrive easily from the UK, making it popular with Brits who use the old port as a starting point for traveling further into Normandy and the coastal towns and delights of the interior of Brittany. Saint-Malo also makes a nice round trip through France if you start or end in Santander in Spain, then drive up (or down) from Saint-Malo, taking Bordeaux, the Dordogne, and the Loire Valley. It was originally a fortified island and still has a magnificent citadel and beautiful beaches nearby.
It is also the place for some of the best seafood in France.
- Information on ferry services from the UK to France
- Information on the best beaches in Brittany
Paris to Saint-Malo by train
TGV trains to Saint-Malo depart from Paris Gare Montparnasse (17 Boulevard de Vaugirard, Paris, 14th arrondissement) throughout the day. The trip lasts 3 hrs 01 min.
Metro lines to and from Gare Montparnasse
- Line 4 – Porte de Clignancourt to Porte d’Orleans
- Line 6 – Charles de Gaulle Etoile a la nación
- Line 12 – Porte de la Chapelle to Mairie d’Issey
- Line 13 – Saint Denis / Universite and Gabriel Peri-Asnieres Gennevillers to Chatillon-Montrouge.
- Para los autobuses, vea el mapa de autobuses de París
Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport to Saint-Malo
TGV trains run from Charles de Gaulle Airport to Rennes in Brittany and take between 3 hours and 10 minutes. In Rennes, change to a TER train to Saint-Malo, taking 52 minutes. The total travel time is 4 h 12 min.
From Lille Flandres station, there is a regular TGV service to Saint-Malo.
TER trains to Saint-Malo
There are regular TER trains between Saint-Malo and Rennes and Granville in Normandy.
Saint-Malo station is in place de la nouvelle Gare, at the southern end of the city center.
- Check out the main TER services on the TER website .
Book your train ticket
- From the USA, Book Your Tickets on Rail Europe
- From the UK, book your tickets at voyages-sncf (formerly Rail Europe UK)
How to get to Saint-Malo by air
Dinard / Pleurtuit / Saint Malo Airport is located 4 kms (2.8 miles) south of Dinard on D168 in Pleurtuit. It is 15 minutes from Saint-Malo and 45 minutes from Rennes by road.
- Ryanair operates between Dinard and London Stansted, East Midlands and Leeds airports.
- Aurigny Air operates flights between Guernsey and Dinard.
Paris to Saint-Malo by car
The distance from Paris to Tours is 416 kms (259 miles), and the journey takes around 4 hours depending on your speed. There are tolls on the Autoroutes.
Car rental
For information on how to rent a car under the return lease scheme, which is the cheapest way to rent a car if you are in France for more than 17 days, try Renault Eurodrive’s buyback lease.
Short-term car rental:
Getting from London to Paris
- By train (Eurostar)
Eurostar between London, Paris and Lille - By bus / coach Eurolines offers a cheap service from London, Gillingham, Canterbury, Folkestone and Dover to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport and Paris Gallieni. Six coaches a day; 2 all night; Travel time is 7 hours. The Eurolines stop is located at the Paris Gallieni bus station, 28 ave du General de Gaulle, right next to the Gallieni metro station, near Porte de Bagnolet (metro line 3, final stop).
Eurolines website for French travel - IDBus also operates between London and Lille and London and Paris. IDBus also runs from Lille to Amsterdam and Brussels.
IDBus website
