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. Hôtel d’Asfeld VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
This mansion, once the residence of
Auguste Magon de La Lande, head of Practical Information
the French East India Company in Road map E1.* 49,100.
1715, is fronted by a courtyard and a n Esplanade St-Vincent; 0825
gateway. It was used as a prison during 135 200. ( Tue & Fri in the old
the Revolution. Chateaubriand’s town. _ Étonnants Voyageurs
mother was incarcerated here. (Book Fair, Whitsun); Folklore du
Monde (Jul); Festival de Musique
Sacrée (Jul–mid-Aug); Route du
Rock (mid-Aug), Quai des Bulles
(Oct/Nov); Route du Rhum (trans-
atlantic race; Nov, every four years
LO U I S C H A R T R E S R U E Hôtel André-Désilles from 2018). ∑ saint-malo-
tourisme.com
Q U A I D E D I N A N
S A I N T D E R U E D ’A S F E L D FEYDEAU D ’O R L É A N S Porte de Dinan Transport
R U E
k Dinard-Pleurtuit-St-Malo.
g Brittany ferries: 08 25 82 88 28.
D E
R U E £ Avenue Anita Conti
RUE R U E F O S S E TO U LU S E
CO R D I E R S D E S R U E D I N A N RUE SAINT PHILIPPE
D E S R U E D E S L A V I E U X D E B O R E L
R U E R E M PA R T S D E
R U E D E F O RGUERS TO U LO U S E Bastion St-Philippe
R U E R . VAU R U E G U Y LO U V E L
P L A C E R U E D ’ E S T É E S
B R E V E T
R . D E L’ O R M E
PORCON DE RUE BROUSSAIS R U E S A I N T S AU V E U R P L AG E D U M Ô L E
LA BARBINAIS RUE DE LA PIE QUI BOIT

P L AC E
J. D E
CHÂTILLON Église St-Sauveur
Completed in 1743 by the
PLACE DES RUE DU BOYER RUE DE LA CROSSE architect Michel Marion to plans
FRÉRES
by Garangeau, the church is now
LAMENNAIS
used as a venue for temporary
exhibitions. The west front, which
faces the street, is plain to the point
P L A C E D U B O N S E C O U R S
of being austere.
Statue of Jacques Cartier
RUE TOUILLER RUE DES CHAMPS

. Ramparts
Many stages of the city’s 0 metres 100
history can be seen from the 0 yards 100
rampart walk. Among the
oldest parts are the Cavalier
des Champs-Vauverts and Key
the Tour Bidouane, built
around the late 16th-century Suggested route
arsenal that predates the
17th-century fortified town.

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