Mont Saint-Michel
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Sightseeing Guide
If you come to Paris, the sightseeing spot you want to visit is Mont Saint Michel.
Mont Saint Michel is about 4 hours west of Paris by car and it is common to go by sightseeing bus tour from Li. If you are a train, you can take a French high-speed train ยท TGV or French National Rail and go from Rennes station or Dor de do Brittany station by bus to Mont Saint Michel.
Mont Saint Michel is a magnificent scenery called 'wonder of the West', a monastery located in a small island about 1 km from the coastline. Connect and disconnect from the land with the tides of tide.
It is said that in 708 the archbishop of Obert built a monastery in this area by the archangel Michael's speech. After that, it increased and remodeled several times, and it settled in its present shape around the 13th century.
Mont-Saint-Michel is a world tourist destination, and among them there are also outstanding people and there is no one who does not know. After being registered as a World Heritage site in 1979, it has become the existence of the synonym of the World Heritage, and many people think of the world heritage as Mont Saint Michel.
To the monastery of Mont-Saint-Michel, there is a connection bus from the parking lot on the coastline, so people who want to easily go to the monastery are convenient.
The only way to go is to walk to the monastery. You can enjoy it carefully while photographing the scenery that will pass by instant if it is a communication bus. The distance from the coastline is as short as about 1 Km, so even if you walk while enjoying the scenery it will not be a pain at all.
Although you can enter inside Mont Saint Michel, it is always crowded as tourists from all over the world visit the narrow path of stone pavement.
On both sides of the path are many shops such as a souvenir shop and restaurants, and you will never get tired of walking.
Also, if you have plenty of time you can do sightseeing tideland. You can walk the tideland at low tide and you can see another face monastery from the tideland.
For those who want to have more fun, staying is recommended.
If you stay, it can be an impressive scenery such as Mont Saint-Michel which overlooks the sunset as well as the landscape of the day's tide.


Traffic Access
Optional tour from Paris in general


Nearby attractions

Mont Saint-Michel







You can also take a bus from the parking lot


Near the entrance of the monastery. It's quite big.


Flat tourism. I can meet various creatures.


A trail in Mont-Saint-Michel.
Always crowded with many people.


Superb view from near the parking lot


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