Visit Mont Saint-Michel during your camping holiday
This 92-metre-high rock stands in the middle of a bay, the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel, with the highest tides in Europe (with up to 15 metres difference between low and high tide!). At high tide, the one that was called "Mont Saint-Michel at the risk of the sea" in the Middle Ages, becomes an island.
A place of natural beauty, the Mont is consecrated to the Archangel Saint Michael and has many architectural treasures. In particular, the abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel, built between the 11th and the 15th century, and combining Romanesque and Gothic styles.
The architecture of Mont-Saint-Michel and its bay make it the most visited tourist site in Normandy, with almost 2.5 million visitors in 2019. Mont Saint-Michel is the fourth most visited cultural tourist site in France, after the Louvre, the Eiffel Tower and the Château de Versailles.
Where to stay?
In order to organise your camping holidays in the Manche, in Normandy, discover around fifty campsites near Mont Saint-Michel, and in particular some destinations to remember when visiting the site.
Practical information:
Abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel
The abbey is open all the year round and every day, except on 01/01, 01/05 and 25/12.
Access to Mont-Saint-Michel 24 hours a day, paid parking. Free shuttle bus from the car parks (about 45 minutes / 1 hour between the car parks and the entrance to the abbey). The site is very difficult to access for PRMs.
Opening hours: 1 May to 31 August: 9 am to 7 pm. From 1 September to 30 April: 9.30 a.m. to 6 p.m. (last entry at 5 p.m.).
Prices 2022 - admission to the abbey: adults 11€, free for under 18s, 18-25s (under certain conditions), disabled persons and their companions, job seekers and students.
Contact details:
Tel. (+33) 2 33 89 80 00
Website: abbaye-mont-saint-michel.fr