For some time I was waiting to make this visit to one of the most visited places in France.
They had seen it thousands of times in photographs and it had always seemed like a fantastic place.
When you see it, you realize how you thought it was unique, a magical place that has well-deserved fame.
This small mountain located in the Region of Normandy takes its name from the rocky island dedicated to Saint Michael where the Mont Saint Michel Abbey stands out as a place of pilgrimage.
At the foot of the Abbey a small town was built with beautiful houses mostly made of wood and used to house pilgrims.
There you can see the largest tides in Europe, so when you make the visit you should see the calendar and time of the tides. To be able to observe that phenomenon that I advise you not to miss you must be two hours before.
So impressive is the visit to the island and its abbey as to witness this spectacle of nature that I have only seen there.
Strong tides that, like the gallop of the horse, gain ground to the mainland, surrounding the entire island with water in just over an hour. You know you'll have to wait for the tide to come down before you can leave the island.
An incredible experience that I will repeat since it is a place that once you have visited, it hooks you to come back.
I've been to Mont Saint Michel last easter. It was really crowded but definitely worth it !!
It is a site so visited that it is always too crowded, but I think it should not be missed.
i never been but a lovely post and photos
Thank you
@achy when you have been there? They made few changes since you have been there... You can't access by car now, you have to take a shuttle.
They want to make this place more "natural" again to preserve the island.
I was this summer. The car must be left at 2.5 km in a parking lot for it, then can be accessed by horse carriage, shuttles (buses) and on foot.
He he that's nice... what is the cost of horse carriage? Does they still use shuttles (a strange bus with two sides driving way...) ?
If the ferries are what they call shuttles. The cost I do not tell you, we did it on foot
Yeah shuttes... I still wonder if their real reason is to preserve the place or make money... it also mean it my mind that they improve structure to make the place more attactive...
If I remember last time I was there, less than two year... shuttles were free.
And why there was only on shuttle at the time they have to pay a fortune it's because architect made a mistake on calculation and they couldn't cross :))))
It kind of the same when SNCF made trains larger than the docks... :) Welcome to "administrative" France...