Saint-Malo, a walled port city, situated on the right bank of the estuary of the Rance River at its mouth, is in Brittany in northwestern France, on the English Channel. The city has 50,000 inhabitants and 50,675, as of the census of 1999. With the suburbs included, the population is about 135,000.

Saint Malo is a very picturesque town on the northern coast of France. The old town is surrounded by walls and this part is called "Intra Muros". Ferry services leaving from St Malo include sailings to Portsmouth, Guernsey, and Jersey. Most of the buildings in the old town are built in this 4 - 5 storey fashion but they don't seem out of place, Saint Malo has a unique character because of them. St Malo center has some great shopping. There are many shops which sell good quality "marine" type clothing and of course there are the usual souvenir shops.

Saint-Malo is the most visited place in Brittany. Sites of interest include the walled city, the château of Saint-Malo, the Solidor Tower in Saint-Servan, many scale models, nautical instruments and objects made by the sailors at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, the tomb of the writer Chateaubriand on the Ile du Grand Bé, the Petit Bé, the Cathedral of St. Vincent, and the Privateer's House.