Mont-Saint-Michel – Full day – Private shuttle

  • Pick-up : 8.30 am
  • Drop-off : 4.30 pm

Price : From 480 euros

The Mont saint-Michel is an Island which lies approximately one kilometer (0.6 miles) off the country’s north-western coast, at the mouth of the Couesnon river near Avranches and in 17 acres in area. The mainland part of the commune is 971 acres in area so that the total surface of the commune is 988 acres.

As of 2017, the island has a population of 30.

The commune’s position—on an island just a few hundred meters from land—made it accessible at low tide to the many pilgrims to its abbey, but defensible as an incoming tide stranded, drove off, or drowned would-be assailants. The island remained unconquered during the Hundred Years’ War; a small garrison fended off a full attack by the english in 1433. Louis XI recognised the reverse benefits of its natural defence and turned it into a prison. The abbey was used regularly as a prison during the Ancien Régime.

Mont Saint-Michel and its bay are on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. It is visited by more than 3 million people each year. Over 60 buildings within the commune are protected in France as Monuments Historiques.

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