mont saint michel tour from bayeux

Mont Saint-Michel Day Trip from Bayeux (Shared tour)

• Guided walking tour of Mont Saint-Michel monastery
• Magnificent views along the coast from the ramparts
• Hassle-free pickup and drop-off from your Bayeux hotel
• Comfortable round-trip transport by air-conditioned minivan
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• Driver/guide
• Transport by air-conditioned minivan
• Hotel pickup and drop-off (selected hotels only) from Bayeux
• Abbey entrance fees
• Entry/Admission - Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel
• Food and drinks, unless specified
• Place du Québec, Pl. du Québec, 14400 Bayeux, France
• Gare De Bayeux, 26 Pl. de la Gare, 14400 Bayeux, France
• Not wheelchair accessible
• Service animals allowed
• Near public transportation
• Infant seats available
• Confirmation will be received at time of booking
• No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
• Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
• A large amount of walking is involved; please wear appropriate shoes
• Please note that this tour departs from Bayeux - Normandy. There is no hotel pickup from Paris.
• This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
• This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
• This tour/activity will have a maximum of 8 travelers
• If you cancel at least 7 days in advance of the scheduled departure, there is no cancellation fee.
• If you cancel within 2 days of the scheduled departure, there is a 100 percent cancellation fee.
• If you cancel between 3 and 6 day(s) in advance of the scheduled departure, there is a 50 percent cancellation fee.
• Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel

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Mont Saint-Michel Full-Day Tour From Bayeux

• Mobile voucher
• Instant confirmation
• Pick up at a centrally located meeting point in Bayeux
• Admire & visit a remarkable Gothic Jewel - Mont Saint-Michel
• Local expert tour guide
• Enjoy some free time for personal discovery
• Small-group size insures a more personalized experience

Activity location

• 14400, Bayeux, Normandy, France

Meeting/Redemption Point

• Place de Québec
• 14400, Bayeux, Normandie, France

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What's included, what's not.

• What's included What's included Visit of the Abbey of Mont Saint-Michel
• What's included What's included English speaking qualified guide/driver
• What's included What's included Travel in recent, comfortable & fully equipped Mercedes minivans
• What's included What's included Small group option – maximum 8 passengers per group
• What's included What's included Roundtrip transportation from Bayeux city center
• What's excluded What's excluded Gratuities for the guide
• What's excluded What's excluded Meals and drinks
• What's excluded What's excluded Personal insurance and expenses

Know before you book

• At least 2 people are required for this activity to take place, Ophorus may reserve the right to cancel a customer’s booking for a full refund in case of not enough travelers
• English speaking tour
• Maximum group size is 8 people
• This activity is not wheelchair accessible
• Children under 4 years old are not allowed on this tour

What you can expect

Embark on a Mont Saint-Michel day trip and take a trip with us to one of France’s most iconic monuments!

The Mont Saint Michel is an island off the coast of Normandy, in the English Channel, and is one of the best Normandy tours you can choose. It is located about 1 kilometer from the shore and sits in a bay that sees some of the biggest tides in Europe. A few years ago, it got linked to the mainland by a bridge that gets flooded during high tides a few times a year only.

The first church was built on the mount in 709 at the request of Archange Michael. A couple of hundred years later, a small group of Benedictines settled there permanently and the church was enlarged. The first monastery was carved in the rock in the 11th century and gradually got bigger and bigger over the following centuries. In the medieval time, it quickly became an important destination for pilgrims, just like Santiago de Compostela in Spain.

The construction of the abbey as we know it nowadays was finished in the 13th and 14th centuries, and the grand chancel was replaced in the 15th century. Those hundreds of years of architectural prowesses have left us with a magnificent monument, now referred as the “Wonder of the Western World”. It is also a UNESCO world heritage site.

During your day trip to Mont Saint Michel, our friendly driver and our English-speaking guide will take you from Bayeux to the Mont Saint Michel, that you will access via a shuttle and the bridge in accordance with local requirements.

Our Mont Saint Michel tour will then take you to the abbey itself, at the very top of the mount. The history of its construction will be explained in detail and while you are there, make sure to snap some pictures of the amazing views on the surrounding bay!

After the visit of the abbey, our guide will set you free to explore the town at your own pace and bring back some souvenirs for friends and family. Your guide will also suggest some great restaurants for lunch, suitable for all budgets.

If you want to indulge, the Mère Poulard restaurant is probably the most famous on the mount. It gained its reputation thanks to its unique omelette soufflée recipe. It is well worth a visit and a must-try when on a Mont Saint Michel day tour.

At the end of this Mont Saint-Michel tour, your chauffeur will take you back to your original meeting point in Bayeux.

Tour #11 Mont-Saint-Michel Tour

(Entrance to the Abbey included)

Your group leader is not only your driver but also your guide! You will have the privilege of taking a fully guided tour to the unmissable World Heritage site of Mont Saint Michel. Entrance to the Abbey as well as an audio guided tour is included in the cost of the tour. Our guides will accompany you within the Mont ST Michel but not in the Abbey itself We advise you to have a quick lunch in order to make the most of your visiting time (Lunch not included in the cost of the tour).

Come and Discover

The Mont-Saint-Michel and its abbey on the border between Normandy and Brittany, one of the first sites to obtain UNESCO World Heritage listing. Be amazed by the prodigious accomplishments of medieval architecture, by the forces of nature, and the ever-changing light.

Some History

Mont Saint Michel (often written Mont St Michel, with other variations) is a small UNESCO World Heritage site located on an island just off the coast of the region of Lower Normandy in northern France. The island is best known as the site of the spectacular and well-preserved Norman Benedictine Abbey of St Michel at the peak of the rocky island, surrounded by the winding streets and convoluted architecture of the medieval town.

Until it was ransacked by the Franks, thus ending the trans-channel culture that had stood since the departure of the Romans in AD 460.

SAINT AUBERT

Before the construction of the first monastic establishment in the 8th century, the island was called “mons tumba”.

According to legend, the Archangel Michael appeared to St. Aubert, bishop of Avranches, in 708 and instructed him to build a church on the rocky islet. Aubert repeatedly ignored the angel’s instruction, until Michael burned a hole in the bishop’s skull with his finger. The saint’s skull, with hole, can be seen in St Gervais churche in Avranches. »

William The Conqueror

The mount gained strategic significance in 933 when William “Long Sword”, William I, Duke of Normandy, annexed the Cotentin Peninsula, definitively placing the mount in Normandy.

It appears on the Bayeux Tapestry which depicts the 1066 Norman conquest of England: Harold saves Norman knights from the quicksands in the tidal flats during a battle with Conan II, Duke of Brittany. Norman Ducal then French royal patronage financed the spectacular Norman architecture of the abbey in subsequent centuries.

In 1065, the monastery of Mont-Saint-Michel gave its support to duke William of Normandy in his claim to the throne of England. It was rewarded with properties and grounds on the English side of the Channel, including a small island located to the west of Cornwall, which was modeled after the Mount, and became a Norman priory named St Michael’s Mount of Penzance.

During the Hundred Years’ War, the English made repeated assaults on the island, but were unable to seize it due to the abbey’s improved fortifications. Les Michelettes – two wrought-iron bombards left by the English in their failed 1423–24 siege of Mont-Saint-Michel – are still displayed near the outer defense wall.

The Order of Saint-Michel

When Louis XI of France founded the Order of Saint Michael in 1469, he intended that the abbey church of Mont Saint-Michel be the chapel for the Order, but because of its great distance from Paris, his intention could never be realized.

The wealth and influence of the abbey extended to many daughter foundations, including St Michael’s Mount in Cornwall. However, its popularity and prestige as a centre of pilgrimage waned with the Reformation, and by the time of the French Revolution there were scarcely any monks in residence. The abbey was closed and converted into a prison, initially to hold clerical opponents of the republican régime. High-profile political prisoners followed, but by 1836, influential figures – including Victor Hugo – had launched a campaign to restore what was seen as a national architectural treasure. The prison was finally closed in 1863, and the mount was declared a historic monument in 1874. The Mont-Saint-Michel and its bay were added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1979, and it was listed with criteria such as cultural, historical, and architectural significance, as well as human-created and natural beauty .

Then, after the visit of the Mont-Saint-Michel, we will take you to the  Brittany American Cemetery . This is a different cemetery to the one included in our Tour 2 Omaha/Utah.

We will discuss the story of two soldiers with great emotion and contemplation. Overlordtour offers you the advantage of visiting the cemetery as part of the tour of the Mont Saint-Michel. This is a plus compared to other companies!

Sweeping The German Nazis out of France

In sweeping the German Nazis out of France, during the summer of 1944, Allied troops pushed the fight south into St. Lô and Avranches. Other offensives were launched on the Brittany peninsula to the west, and thousands more U.S. soldiers died. The storming of Normandy’s beaches was just the start.

Initially intended as a temporary cemetery during the Avranches thrust in the first days of August 1944, the Brittany American Cemetery was officially opened in 1956. Covering an area of some twelve hectares granted to the United States by the French Government, the 4,410 crosses or stars of David mark the graves of men who fell during the fighting to liberate not only Normandy but Brittany, too.

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