Normandy & Brittany - Discover France: Experience the Best of France - page 267

BUS Illenoo ( www.illenoo-services.fr ) buses connect Dinard and the train station in
St-Malo (€1.70, 30 minutes, hourly). Several buses travel to Rennes (€3.90, two
hours).

Cancale
POP 5440
The idyllic little fishing port of Cancale, 14km east of St-Malo, is famed for its off-
shore parcs à huîtres (oyster beds).

Sights

FERME MARINE
(Marine Farm; www.ferme-marine.com ; corniche de l'Aurore; adult/child €7/3.60;
mid-Feb-Oct) This small museum dedicated to oyster farming and shellfish runs
guided tours in English at 2pm from July to mid-September.

Oyster Museum

Sleeping & Eating

LA PASTOURELLE €
( 02 99 89 10 09; www.baie-saintmichel.com , in French; Les Nielles, St-Méloir des
Ondes; s €56-64, d €62-74; ) The countryside around Cancale shelters some
really lovely chambres d'hôte (ask the tourist office for a complete list). This vine-
covered traditional Breton longère (long house) looking out to sea is one of the
most delightful.

B&B

LE CONTINENTAL €€
( 02 99 89 60 16; www.hotel-cancale.com , in French; 4 quai Thomas; d €88-148;
mid-Feb-early Jan; ) Above its portside, red-awning-shaded restaurant ( menus
€19 to €42), this hôtel de charme with wheelchair access has beautiful timber-rich
rooms. Sea-facing rooms are at a premium, but the views are worth it.

Hotel

LE COQUILLAGE €€€
( 02 99 89 64 76; www.maisons-de-bricourt.com ; 1 rue Duguesclin; menus €26-90;
closed Jan & Feb) Superchef Olivier Roellinger's latest project is a sumptuous
restaurant-hotel housed in the impressive Château Richeux , 4km south of Can-

Gastronomic, French