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Location
Saint-Malo
is located on
the north coast of Brittany, western part of France. Its outstanding
landscapes and rich historical heritage make Saint Malo
a unique destination. With its 52,000 inhabitants, this city offers a
varied and healthy economic activity. Its international trade port,
travelers port, fishing port and sailing port add up to an economic
activity definitely open to the world.
The official site of the town provides
a number of informations and panoramic views. The area offers a number
of places
for tourism. The website of the tourism
board collects useful brochures and addresses for building up the
program of a unique summer stay.
More generally, Brittany offers a variety of amazing landscapes, each
part of the coastline having its own identity. The official website for
tourism in
Brittany provides numerous informations, brochures, photos and maps.
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Venue
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The Palais
du Grand Large,
Saint-Malo convention center, is located
in its heart, facing the sea.
It welcomes about 150 meetings a year and provides meeting organisers
and
participants with all modern congress facilities and services.
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Travel Information
- By train: The TGV is the high speed
train. All the timetables on this
page provide the schedules
from and to the place of departure.
- From
Paris-Charles-De-Gaulle (Paris-CDG) airport:
There are direct
TGVs to
Rennes where you easily get connecting trains or
shuttles to Saint-Malo (maximum waiting time 0:30).
Timetables:
Paris-CDG
- Rennes, and then Rennes
- Saint-Malo.
Please check with SNCF
and book your ticket.
If this does not fit with your own flight schedule, you may consider
taking a TGV at Paris-Montparnasse railway station. See below.
Within Paris-CDG
airport, you find:
- the TGV station;
- the RER subway station to reach
Paris-Montparnasse
railway station. Instructions.
Subway map
and
schedules;
- Air France bus shuttles to reach
Paris-Montparnasse
railway station.
- From
Paris-Orly airport:
Find the RER subway station to reach
Paris-Montparnasse
railway station. Instructions.
Subway map
and
schedules;
- From
Paris-Montparnasse
railway station:
There are direct TGVs to Saint-Malo in 2:56.
Timetables:
Paris-Montparnasse
- Saint-Malo.
Please check with SNCF
and book your ticket.
Depending upon your travel
schedule, you may prefer using a direct TGV to Rennes where you easily
get connecting
trains or
shuttles to Saint-Malo (maximum waiting time 0:30).
Timetables:
Paris-Montparnasse
- Rennes, and then Rennes
- Saint-Malo.
Please check with SNCF
and book your ticket.
- There are direct TGVs from
Lille,
Lyon,
Marseille, and Strasbourg to Rennes where you easily get connecting
trains or
shuttles to Saint-Malo (maximum waiting time 0:30).
Please check with SNCF and
book your ticket.
- From
London
to Paris, you may wish to use the Eurostar to Paris, and then one of
the solutions above.
Timetables:
London
- Paris-Nord.
Please check with SNCF
and book your ticket.
- By car: From Paris: 370 km (3:30) by
motorways A11/A13 (through Rennes) or A13/A84 (through
Caen).
- By plane:
- Rennes-St-Jacques Airport (70km from
Saint-Malo): Direct, daily
routes from major French and European cities, including 5
daily round-trip flights from Paris. Low-cost flights from the United
Kingdom, Ireland, and Spain. More information.
- By boat: From
Great Britain (Portsmouth), Ireland and channel islands.
Information is also available from this
page.
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Climate
The climate in Brittany is
typically oceanic: the vicinity of the Atlantic Ocean and its warm
currents guarantees a general mildness of the weather in all seasons.
Summer is warm with a few rare storms.
Average temperatures range from 18 to 25 degrees Celsius in summer.
Weather forecast: here or there.
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