Mont Saint-Michel Private Tour with Abbey Tickets
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Experience Highlights
Explore Mont Saint-Michel in a unique way with a 3-hour private tour that combines history, myth and skip-the-line access to the imposing Benedictine abbey. From the walkway across the marshes to the cloister suspended over the sea, your official guide (English, French or Spanish) tailors each explanation to your interests, sets the pace and points out the best angles for your photographs.
- Tailor-made itinerary: choose your timetable and stop wherever you like
- Priority access to the abbey with entrance tickets included.
- Privileged views over the bay and free time in the cloister
What’s included
- Private official guide (ES/FR/EN) for 3 hours
- Priority entrance to the Benedictine Abbey
- Individual audio system in groups of more than 6 persons
- Fully customisable itinerary and post-tour recommendations
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Step by Step
Welcome and medieval ascent
Meet your guide on the esplanade of the footbridge and hear how an "island of granite" became a symbol of faith and architectural feat. After crossing the King's Gate, you climb the Grand-Rue flanked by half-timbered taverns and butter biscuit shops.
Between panoramic viewpoints and cobbled alleyways, you will learn about the incredible dance of the tides - the fastest in Europe - and the medieval engineering that made it possible to build walls and buttresses on an 80-metre promontory.
Your guide will lead you to the main entrance of Saint-Michel abbey. Once you have passed through the Gothic nave, you will pass through:
- Abbey church: 24 m vaults that resounded with Gregorian chants for centuries.
- Hanging cloister: 220 slender arches that seem to float above the sea.
- Refectory and monks' hall: Benedictine austerity and a giant hearth that still shows the soot of yesteryear.
In each room, you will discover how the spaces were designed to reflect the spiritual ascent of the pilgrim: from rock to heaven.
The tour concludes on the west terrace, with a postcard-perfect view of the ocean and the marshes dotted with white sheep (pré-salé). Your guide will suggest walking routes around the bay at low tide, taverns where you can try the traditional omelette soufflée and sablé biscuit shops if you want to take a little piece of Normandy with you.
