We’ll have an afternoon, an overnight and then a morning on Mont Saint-Michel next month.
We’d like to wander the ramparts, see the abbey and then have dinner.
Without rushing ourselves.
If we arrive in MSM at around 2 p.m., would we have time to do all those things? If so, what time should we plan on entering the abbey?
Or would we be better off saving the abbey for the following morning?
Thanks - Alan from Virginia
Posted by
Indiana
42 posts
We stayed overnight on MSM on the Rick Steves Heart of France tour, and dinner was arranged for us. We toured the Abbey first thing in the morning. So…I cannot tell you timing exactly, BUT I do remember that the bars/restaurants shut down much earlier than we thought they would. There was ONE place to get a pre-dinner drink, and I felt like we only got a late dinner because the tour had arranged it on a private room, but the main dining room was closed. Hopefully someone who has done this recently will have a detailed timeline, but this is for sure a valid question!
Posted by
OP
Arlington, VA, USA
70 posts
Merci jannypanny.
Posted by
Wyckoff, NJ, USA
8279 posts
Check the Abbey tour-only (?) entry times carefully.
Posted by
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, USA
15514 posts
You'll have to get your Abbey entries ahead of time so this advice might be of little use BUT it's better to do the ramparts if it's not raining! Those stairs (and there are many) are slick when wet. If you can you may want to do the rampart views twice...if you can catch low tide and high tide. Amazingly different!