Travel by ferry to Brittany's most visited town. With the highest concentration of seafood restaurants in Europe, St. Malo and the nearby Cancale are famous for oysters. 

As your ferry from Portsmouth approaches the harbour at St Malo, the view of the impressive ramparts of the ancient walled city confirms this as the most beautiful Channel port in France.

Best of St Malo

• The walled ‘Old Town’ contains a plethora of historic cobbled streets with colourful shops and restaurants. It is the perfect setting for family fun or a romantic getaway.
• St Malo prides itself on being the ‘City of Corsairs’ because it owed its fame to the 18th century privateers and pirates who extracted tribute from passing English ships and plundered the high seas far afield.
• ‘Le Demeure de Corsaire’ is a privateer’s house dating from 1725 with weapons, booty, model ships and pirate gear on display. Shiver me timbers, indeed.
• St Malo abounds with ramparts, fortresses and castles. The pint-sized Fort du Petit Bé, dating from the 1600s, has panoramic seaside views.
• The nearby fishing village of Cancale is renowned as the oyster capital of Brittany and has a Marine Farm sharing the secrets of oyster cultivation, harvesting and despatch to the four corners of the earth.
• Children love Le Grand Aquarium, which unveils the ‘mysteries of the sea’ with 600 different species and a 3D cinema.