Bonjour, Monsieur.
St. Malo is very famous with her local oysters from small village of Cancale.
But I did not have time to enjoy the food due to limited resources.
Maybe will try some other time.
I have my good friend who is living in this castle.
His name is Mr. Loic. He is very rich guy for sure as
I did jokingly told him. If not how can he afford such
a grandy place here inside the ancient castle.
You can come here by TGV train from Paris.As it is a most
visited place in Brittany, you better come during weekdays
to avoid the crowd.
You can go to England from here by cruise.
Make sure you have the International passport with you.
Here is some historic data taken from France's tourist website for
your quick glance of St. Malo:-
Walled and built with the same grey granite stone as Mont St-Michel, ST-MALO was originally in the Middle Ages a fortified island at the mouth of the Rance, controlling not only the estuary but the open sea beyond. The promontory fort of Alet, south of the modern centre in what's now the St-Servan district, commanded approaches to the Rance even before the Romans, but modern St-Malo traces its origins to a monastic settlement founded by saints Aaron and Brendan early in the sixth century. In later centuries it became notorious as the home of a fierce breed of pirate-mariners, who were never quite under anybody's control but their own; for four years from 1590, St-Malo even declared itself to be an independent republic. The corsaires of St-Malo not only forced English ships passing up the Channel to pay tribute, but also brought wealth from further afield. Jacques Cartier, who colonized Canada, lived in and sailed from St-Malo, as did the first colonists to settle the Falklands – hence the islands' Argentinian name, Las Malvinas, from the French Malouins.
Here is some of beautiful photos which was taken by me.
My friend, Loic.
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