It's the excitement in Saint-Malo. The village of Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe opens tomorrow, Wednesday, October 24, 2018, at 14h. Exhibitors are in full swing.

It is a splendid weather in Saint-Malo. The onlookers are numerous to walk at the foot of the city walls where the village of the 11th edition of the transatlantic race is located.

The Guadeloupe pavilion and its facades of Creole houses. | Isabelle Lê

But beware, it is not yet possible to enter the facilities of the village, unless you show paw. It opens to visitors only this Wednesday, October 24 at 14h.

The village in the last stretch! | Isabelle Lê

Under the lobby of Quai St-Malo, it nails, it screws, it sticks. The pavilion of Guadeloupe with its Creole house facades takes shape.

In short, at D-1 of the opening of the village, it is already the race!

The village of the Route du Rhum -Destination Guadeloupe on the quays of Saint-Malo. | Isabelle Lê

The race village will be inaugurated Wednesday, October 24 at 18h. The basins of the city of Saint-Malo will be highlighted, in stride, at 19:15.

The village of exhibitors at the foot of the ramparts of Saint-Malo. | Isabelle Lê