Bristol-Union 4 place de la Poissonnerie tel 02.99.40.83.36, www.hotel-bristol-union.com. Unenthralling but acceptable rooms, some of them very small, in a relatively quiet square facing the former fish market, just off the Grande Rue. Closed 3 wks in Jan. €30–40Le Croiseur 2 place de la Poissonnerie tel 02.99.40.80.40, www.saint-malo-gallery.com. Clean and relatively modern place, near the Grande Porte. All rooms have TV plus bath or shower. €30–40 Du Louvre 2 rue des Marins tel 02.99.40.86.62. Pleasant family-run place just off Grande Rue, between the Grande Porte and Cathédrale St-Vincent, that serves good €7 buffet breakfasts. €30–40 Le Nautilus 9 rue de la Corne de Cerf tel 02.99.40.42.27, www.lenautilus.com. Smartly refitted youth-oriented hotel not far from the Porte St-Vincent, offering small but good-value rooms above a lively bar that's busy at weekends. €30–40 Hôtel Port-Malo 15 rue Ste-Barbe tel 02.99.20.52.99, fax 02.23.18.48.93. Small but clean and comfortable en-suite rooms – above a nice old-fashioned bar, so go for the higher floors – with friendly and helpful management. No restaurant. €30–40 Hôtel-Restaurant Porte St-Pierre 2 place du Guet tel 02.99.40.91.27, fax 02.99.56.09.94. Comfortable logis de France, peeping out to sea over the walls of the citadelle, near the small Porte St-Pierre. Dinner menus, in the separate restaurant across the alley, start at €24. Closed Dec & Jan. €40–55 Aux Vieilles Pierres 9 rue Thévenard tel 02.99.56.46.80. Six-room hotel, near place aux Herbes, which remains one of the better bargains within the walls, even if a room with a shower costs €15.20 extra. Good menus at €16.15 and €25.30. Open all year. Under €30.
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