Mont Saint-Michel, Mont-Saint-Michel

If you enjoy viewing old architecture like this, then you should definitely plan a trip. Parking cost us $10 in October. Then you should save your energy and ride the shuttle bus to the Abby. Once at the entrance, it is a long hike uphill and up stairs. We greatly enjoyed the tour. Well worth the price in our opinion. Signage was well placed to keep everyone moving along the same direction. Once done with the self guided tour, we explored the rest of the fortress, island. The remparts were also fun to hike. The main street has some extremely touristy shops that kind of diminish the experience. Some of the public toilets really stink.

What to write about such a famous and well-visited place such as this one?! We bought entrance tickets online before we came here and included an audio guide. The entrance is all the way to the top of the island which can be a bit steep but beautiful. If you have online tickets you can skip the queue at the ticket counter and go straight to the desk for the audio guides. The abbey itself is nice to see but interior-wise nothing special. The USP for us was the terrace on the very top with amazing views over the ocean, bay and land. The audio guides make you press numbers to listen to the history of a specific area but the numbers on the walls were often not there so you had to guess when and what number to press for listening. Go here if you have time (approx. 3 hours) and curious to see an abbey from the inside. Other than not much added value in my opinion.