Recommended cities between Mont-Saint-Michel and Amboise

First of all, to ease your travel worries, I recommend that you use the Keolis Armor bus from Le Mont Saint-Michel (La Caserne) to Rennes. This removes 1 transfer.

Then, to break the journey, I suggest Le Mans! Often overlooked, yet with a wonderful late-medieval old town complete with a beautiful cathedral and some Roman remains. I had a great stay at the then-new Le Prince hotel a few years ago.

Balso, that is an excellent recommendation!! I checked the Keolis Armor bus website, and I'm happy to know it will be a lot easier to reach Rennes and it doesn't take too much time. I saw pictures of Le Mans and it really does look like a splendid city. I knew I asked at the right place. :D Thanks so much!

I second Le Mans! We did not spend the night there but I wish we had. A few times, while walking in the old centre, it felt like I was transported back in time….it was breath-taking! Wandering around at night would be even better! Just a heads up though, the walk from the train station to the historical centre was less than lovely, with a few unsavoury characters around. Nothing to feel unsafe about, just the usual street life that is more and more common these days, but as it sounds like you will be on your own, it might help to be prepared and to know that you will be rewarded upon reaching the old town. Have a wonderful trip!…….we stayed in Amboise last year as a home base and loved it!

Both Rennes and Le Mans have a pleasant medieval area, both would be good for the stop-over !

I second Le Mans and I'd add Laval. Laval has its own medieval area. as well as plenty of good restaurants, a free art museum with the work of Le Douanier Rousseau among others, a beautiful public garden, and several cafes right along the river. Our favorite boulangerie-patisserie in France is at Place de la Tremoille.

While not on the path, you could instead drive to Angers which isn't far at all from Amboise (both Le Mans and Angers are about 2.5 hours from MSM). To me Angers much more interesting than Le Mans. Angers has a really cool chateau, some lovely museums, and just a good overall vibe - for years they've said it's the city where in France where you live the best. The highlight to me is sculptor museum if David d'Angers. There's also some fabulous restaurants.