? about our arrival time at Mont St. Michel
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 1,412
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
? about our arrival time at Mont St. Michel
We will have to go to Mont St. Michel in the afternoon.(we have reservations to stay on the Mont). Is there a particular time we should arrive to avoid the tourist crush?
According to the hotel we have to be there by 6 but I know we want to get there earlier. Any suggestions?..And does the tide affect our arrival time at all?
Thanks
According to the hotel we have to be there by 6 but I know we want to get there earlier. Any suggestions?..And does the tide affect our arrival time at all?
Thanks
#5
Join Date: Nov 2003
Posts: 5,641
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
When are you going? Crowds are awful in summer and on some weekends but not nearly so suffocating during other periods. I was there one August day arriving about 11am and the main street was elbow-elbow by that time and things didn't thin out until late afternoon. At night there is often a sound-and-light show The Marvels of Mont-Saint-Michel that takes place in the abbey with eerie special effects.
#7
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 49,560
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
It stays light in France in September until relatively late (9 pm or so,I should think in that part of France), and it's still tourist season, but I should think if you got there by 5 pm, people would be clearing out. Most people I've observed on le MSM walk through the gates, huff and puff up about halfway to the abbey, meander around the shops, get something light to eat, and leave.