Updated: Jun 16, It's been a long time since we felt so well looked after. So Thalasso, truly Saint-Malo! I had never visited Brittany before and was so excited to see the sea and enjoy this wonderful hotel with it's Thalasso treatments. Elio has been quite unsettled recently so we decided to leave him with Jean's parents for this trip. Saint-Malo is quite a long way from our home in Vaud so we broke the journey with a night at Jean's family in Burgundy to drop off Elio. With Elio happily installed, we set off early on Monday morning for the 5 hour drive to the North of France.
The journey was well worth the trip and we were immediately impressed when we arrived at the hotel which is literally on the beach! We unpacked and went off to explore the beach. The Thermes Marins de Saint-Malo offers several accommodation options according to your preferences and your budget, a charming 2-star hotel, a luxury five star hotel and residences.
We arrived on a wonderfully blustery day, and the low tide meant that we had a huge expanse of beach to roam around on. The children loved looking for shells and we really enjoyed being buffeted around by the wind. We walked quite a long way and came back feeling invigorated if a bit wet and windswept We stopped at the hotel bar for a hot chocolate before going back to our room to get tidied up for dinner. We were staying at the hotel on a full board basis and there are two restaurants to choose from.
We could pick from two menus, one traditional and one healthy menu. I really liked the healthy menu which gave you information about how many calories were in each dish and it felt really nice to have someone else preparing healthy, balanced meals for me for a change. Jean stuck mostly to the traditional menu and the children had a great choice of options too including fish and meatβ¦no chips, no burgers and no nuggets hurrah!
The sea air and the travelling made us all sleepy so we opted to eat quite early before getting an early night. The following morning, after a quick breakfast with wonderful sea view, Jean and I were beginning our first thalassotherapy sessions. Our first stop was the kids club where we were leaving Jude and Alba for the morning. We were impressed by how many staff members there were and were reassured that the children would be in very capable hands.
