Le Mont St. Michel, Lower Normandy Map loading, please wait   Visit: Yes a MUST  Rating:

72 People Upd: 2006/07/26 Island Fortress and Abbey Most South West Point of Normandy N48 38.165 W1 30.648 Michelin # 303: 8C Michelin Green: p:295 Everything Tourist Info: link   Airport: No Railroad: No   Ferry: Ferry: No

Mont-Saint-Michel is during several hours of the day an island, constituting a massive rock with an incredible defensive wall around it. When the tide is out, you can walk to the island. The place has not changed much since building started in the 11th century.

Since cars can not drive there, the cobblestone roads, the houses & buildings and all shops are what they used to be for centuries.

On the other side of the dike that gets you to the island, are all the hotels, restaurants and shopping centers.

Access to the island is free, the abbey/castle tour requries payment.

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Le Mont St. Michel	The island is a rock with a defensive wall around it. At the very top is the abbey church.
Fortress walls	The fortress wall is all along the perimeter of the island.
Steep	Both the rock and the walls are omnipresent.
Entrance	All roads are cobblestone, and often steep.	Steep roads
Tourist shops	At the beginning of the island there are several restaurants and souvenir shops. But then the roads are too narrow...	On the way to the Abbey
The Castle		Castle tour
	Roads and Steps have not changed for centuries.	View of the sea
	Walking tours are organized outside, with guides (important since tides move in fast).