Do you have to prebook your parking at Mont St. Michel? I just purchased 3pm tickets to the Abbey and saw that they sell timed parking spots too. However the available options start at 8am with 15 min increments and then a large break between 930am and 330pm.
Do you have to book 1 of these or will there be other places to park? We will have a 9 pax van.
Thanks so much!
I have not been there recently, but the parking lots are vast. There are shuttle busses, or you can walk from the farthest reaches. You pay just before leaving, so as not to jam up the few exit gates. That is, you insert a PAID ticket, not an UNPAID ticket.
The largest part of the lot (leading to the bus spaces, for example) eventually transitions to a wide pedestrian sidewalk, maybe 1/3 or 1/2 mile, leading to the short causeway and the Mont. There are supermarket and snack options, and a number of chain motels, that are "off-island" lodging.
