Saint - Malo, Mont Saint-Michel and Dinan

Come join us in this most stunning walled city in Brittany filled with fabulous sea views, unspoilt landscapes, historic ramparts as well as charming boutiques and cafes !

Lets go with the flow !

We shall be staying as follows :

Saint - Malo

5 nights from Wednesday to Monday

We shall be flying Easyjet from Gatwick to / from Rennes as follows :
Wednesday 12.30pm
Monday 4.15pm

Alternatively you may wish to travel on an overnight ferry from Portsmouth on Wednesday arriving on Thursday morning and possibly returning to Britain in the same fashion.

There is no walk on Wednesday as the flight is in the afternoon.

Flight back is mid afternoon on Monday.

Make your hotel bookings on booking.com in the months to come and leave a comment to that effect on the event page.

You may wish of course to arrive a day or two earlier or return a day or two later.

We shall be taking buses, ferries and trains and maybe the odd taxi as appropriate to or from the walking routes.

There is no obligation to do all the walks.

All walks between 5 and 10 miles in length.

Likely walks :

Thursday morning

Meet 9.45am for 10am train station

Bus 516 at 10.15am

Saint Briac la Houle to Dinard coastal walk - bus then ferry back to St Malo

cafe lunch in Saint - Lunaire

Friday

Keolis Armor bus

Book in advance

9.25am to 10.15am /

5.30pm to 6.20pm

Coastal walk by iconic Mont Saint- Michel a much acclaimed abbey that is a UNESCO site and has a counterpart in Penzance in Cornwall

Low tide is from 9.54am so the causeway will be safe to cross as soon as we arrive

There will be time to visit the abbey

cafe lunch

After lunch we shall walk around 2 hours on Le Couesnon valley

Saturday

Morning

Meet train station 9.15am for 9.25am

bus no 5 at 9.38am

Cancale coastal to Pointe du Grouin
then no 9 bus to Nicet / Le Minihic

cafe lunch

Afternoon

Coastal Plage du Pont to St Malo

Sunday

Meet train station 10am

Trains at 10.31am to 11.40am

River Rance walk and sightseeing in historic medieval city Dinan

cafe lunch

buses back 4.58pm
507 / 516

Monday morning

Meet train station 8.45am for 9am

Old Town coastal walk - Plage du Sillon, Chateau de Saint-Malo, Plage de Bon Secours and Cathedral Saint-Vincent

Meetup fee £40 payable in advance by bank transfer ( season ticket holders : £30 )

You should be able to walk 2.5 miles per hour and have adequate and appropriate insurance for this type of activity.

Walking and hiking in the Great Outdoors presents certain low level risks and by rsvping to this trip you agree to undertake such risks.

We shall eat dinner at local cafes and restaurants but there shall be no group dinners.

If you make arrangements with others for restaurants or taxis you should honour it.

Only post photos of others with their consent.

My no 07714250849