![]() ![]() ![]() (The town even hosts the Festival of British Cinema in fall.) The winds surge and turn chilly as the boat heads into open water, where a scattering of tiny dark stone islands poke through the waves like crumbs spit up by the sea. Canadians will recognize the statuary form of the 16th-century navigator Jacques Cartier (the first European to reach Quebec) atop a mound of sea-ringed rock, while Brits (and others) can marvel at the gabled mansions and grand seaside hotels of nearby Dinard, once a popular resort for English royalty and celebrities. View from the seaįamous for its maritime explorers and privateers, St.-Malo is even more stunning from the sea, and a sightseeing cruise by Compagnie Corsaire provides a 90-minute tour (21.50 euros) of the dramatic bay and coastline. ![]() One side offers a shifting perspective from the elevated walkway of the town’s Gothic-style buildings and narrow cobbled streets, below, while the other side serves up a succession of expansive landscapes and seascapes: the marina, the long jetty, rocky outcroppings, tidal pools, golden beaches and the battlements of the Fort National, built under Louis XIV in 1689. ![]() Vincent gate (next to Lion d’Or restaurant) and stroll clockwise. Multiple daily trains make the 45-to-60 minute journey to St.-Malo, a fairy-tale town whose crenelated stone ramparts double as an elevated scenic walkway. ![]()
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