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Having so much wonderful places around, will just not do justice. Therefore,off we went in our road warrior tours of my belle France, This time we did went again to the Mont Saint Michel  with new found older pictures that should be in my blog. Let me tell you again on the sublime Mont-Saint-Michel , You know is in the département 50 of the Manche ,and in the region of Normandie. Do see my many post on MSM in my blog. Hope you enjoy this post as I.

No other words are needed when we speak of this marvel of our world, the Mont Saint Michel  And ,yes is overloaded, small space too many people and away from it all the prices are higher but the sights, the feeling, the architecture,the history of it all, makes you forget the rest. Indeed,

The compensation is that you have a long navette bus that makes the run to the foot of the front entrance to the mount for free. they go instantly almost like every 4 -5 minutes intervals. There is another service that you pay almost like a bus type but drawn by horses, the Maringote. We took the bus navette faster and easier and free.

We climb the Abbey Church . It is huge , inmense ,with a great feeling of peace. All stone, not much decoration but the simplicity of the place in such a marvel of Human monument over imposed any doubts on its beauty, a must to see here by all on Earth.  There are several masses done here all week and on special religious dates. It has about 20 rooms open for visitors to see with one of the most remarkable examples of religious and military architecture of medieval times.  See the wonderful cloister, the refectory, the monk’s promenade, the gardens of la Merveille,and western terrace overlooking the bay. A wonderful big wheel or grande roué; the guest’s hall or salledes hôtes, chapel Sainte Madeleine (with its black Madonna), the Crypt of Saint Martin, chapel of Sainte Etienne (St Stephen), the north south stair or escalier nord-sud, Gentlemen room or salle des chevaliers.

The Mont Saint Michel tourist office: https://www.ot-montsaintmichel.com/en/discover/visit-the-mont-saint-michel/

The Normandy tourist office on the Mont Saint Michel : https://en.normandie-tourisme.fr/unmissable-sites/the-mont-saint-michel/

The National Monuments Center of France on the Abbey of Mont Saint Michel: https://www.abbaye-mont-saint-michel.fr/en/

There you go folks, this wonder is only about 1h50 from my house by car !!! Even if crowded and a bit overprice is still well worth it. Again, hope you enjoy the post on the sublime Mont Saint Michel as I.

And remember, happy travels, good health,and many cheers to all !!!