The Hotel du Palais is perfectly situated in St. Malo. It is maybe a 2 minute walk from the ramparts (on the ocean side), and about the same to the cathedral and center of activity, but still enough away that it was quiet at night. The rooms are very small, but clean as can be, and the breakfast was just right (fresh croissant, french bread, jam, yogurt, fruit compote, hot drink of your choice), and all this for a very reasonable price. If you need a bigger room, you'll probably have to look outside the walls of St. Malo; but if you're ok with a small place, this is a great spot. I'd definitely stay there again.

We stayed at the Hôtel du Palais in September and had a lovely time. We arrived very early, exhausted from a ferry crossing, and they had a room for us that had been unused the night before, so we were able to get in right away. The day we left, we left our luggage in their lobby until ferry time, and roamed the city unburdened. They answered questions about the language, and were friendly and helpful in every way we could wish. Very upbeat and people-oriented.

And the town was such fun to explore. The hotel is inside the old walls (okay, rebuilt after WWII, but still...), and there are interesting wiggly streets, a church, the walls to walk along, the beach--and a place to eat about every eighteen inches (and the is good in all of them, it seems!) There's a bus to Mont Saint-Michel--buses to everywhere, in fact.

Room and linens clean, bed comfy, bathroom ensuite. Continental breakfast--coffee, croissants so good that butter was superfluous, and what I thougt was the best yogurt I had ever tasted, but turned out to be fromage frais. Cereal, too, if you wanted it.

If we went back, I'd want to settle right in there again.

I stayed at the Palais in December 2003 with my daughter.

Although the hotel was undergoing redecoration (something endemic to St Malo hotels apprently) we were found a room at short notice. This was necessary as the hotel I had booked was being completely rebuilt!

We received a warm welcome by the English speaking host and his family, the room warm, clean and adequately sized.

Best of all - the whole hotel is non smoking! A REAL oasis for non smokers in France!!