I am debating if this trek is worthwhile, or if we should save a visit to Mont St Michel for another time. It seems like a long way to go for a place that is nice to look at for an hour, have lunch and then avoid crowds and shops... I dunno. 4 hours of travel for 1 hour of sights??? Sounds like I have already made up my mind doesn't it!!! What do you think?
Posted by
victoria, Canada
11507 posts
Simone if you talking about as daytrip,, then yes, your correct,, better to leave it when you can do an overnight.
Posted by
San Diego, CA, United States
864 posts
Leave it for another time. If you are taking a tour from Paris you will arrive with the thundering hoards....just awful. Don't shoot me anybody but personally I think seeing it from the shoreline is best unless you can actually be there when the tides change or before 10 a.m. or 3 p.m.
Posted by
Nederland, CO
1521 posts
I would never do Mont St. Michel as a day trip. It is a pretty awesome place however. We've been there twice, but stayed on the Mont over night both times.
Posted by
Fontainebleau, France
893 posts
IMO it is worth it if you are staying in the Normandy area. Not as a day trip from Paris.
Posted by
OP
St-Laurent, Montreal, Canada
77 posts
Thanks everyone! Sounds pretty unanimous, I think I made the right decision to nix that plan for this trip.
Posted by
san mateo, ca, usa
53 posts
You simply must stay nearby and allot more time. Plus the new causeway is now complete and some months might be needed to work out all the kinks in the new tourist plan. But please make certain that you include it in another trip - it is a marvel that defies imagination. Don't let the little commercial center at the bottom deter you from your climb. And climb you will! Combine it with a visit to the Normandy invasion memorial/cemetaries. Makes you wonder how man can be so constructive and destructive........
Posted by
Mission Viejo, Calif., USA
1010 posts
I agree with you. My husband and I took a day trip out there in 2010. It was so unbelievably hot in June. We had to walk up that steep ramp into the Mont, in the sun. We thought the photos look beter than the actual Mont and its surroundings. We thought it was a true waste of money and time.
Posted by
Brea, CA, USA
24 posts
If you're planning to spending more than a day going to Mont St. Michel, then by all means stop by Giverny (Monet's home and the site of many of his paintings, complete with lilly pond and Japanese bridge) and the charming seaside village of Honfleur.
Posted by
Merced, Cw, Usa
2 posts
Does anyone have a recommendation for a place to stay nearby Mont St. Michel?