Alamarra Crêpe Resources

Brittany, France

Saint Malo

There are more than fifty crêperies in the area!

Saint Malo is located on the English Channel in the Brittany region of northern France. Brittany has a strong Celtic heritage and is considered by many people to be the crêpe capital of the world. There are more than fifty crêperies within the St. Malo - St. Servan area shown in the photograph above. You can click on the map above for a link to information on Saint Malo. Our goal in visiting Saint Malo was to determine what the best buckwheat crêpes tasted like and to duplicate this taste with a new crêpe mix upon our return to Alamarra. We achieved our goal and Alamarra now offers a "World Class" buckwheat (Galettes De Sarrasin) crêpe mix.

Several of the many crêperies that we visited are listed on the web page Crêpes Served In Europe.

The Old Town, which is part of Saint Malo, is a fortress city with a high wall completely surrounding it. The ancient history of this area is filled with colorful figures such as Saint Malo who was a Welshman. In the photograph above, which looks north, the walled Old Town is in the background and the area of Saint Servan is in the foreground. Because of the tidal flows through the English Channel, the tides at Saint Malo can vary as much as 30 feet which makes this coastline highly unusual. Saint Servan is also part of Saint Malo and has a World War II German fortification on the promontory overlooking the Old Town. Normandy is to the East of Brittany. During the D Day Invasion in the summer of 1944, the Allies bombed Saint Malo heavily to dislodge the Germans. Much of the Old Town had to be rebuilt after World War II. Today, Saint Malo is a major tourist destination in France. The photograph below shows the rebuilt Old Town which is an absolutely fascinating place to walk around and explore. Every street and park is photogenic. The Old Town is full of hotels, shops, and restaurants, of which many are crêperies.

Here is a link to the Saint Malo website. You can find out what is going on in this fascinating part of the world. Click on the little English flag in the upper right to translate the website into English. Most of the websites that link to this one also have the English flag in the upper right corner. If that does not work, you can paste the URL into the website translator and read a somewhat broken English translation. Unfortunately, some of the text is embedded into graphics and will not translate. Enjoy!!!

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