Mont-Saint-Michel is a medieval
abbey approximately 4 hours drive from Paris located in Normandy. With its massive walls, measuring
more than half a mile in circumference surround, it is one of Europe's great
attractions. Connected to the shore by a causeway, it crowns a rocky islet at
the border between Normandy and Brittany. The rock is 78m (256 ft.) high. It
sits atop a large conical outcropping that rises above the surrounding sea and
coastal flatlands. It used to become an island on a twice-daily basis when the
high tide encircled land mass. Though, today it doesn’t happen very often. It
is one of the most important places of pilgrimage in Europe. Pilgrims used to
take a boat or more often, they waited for the region’s high and swift tides to
recede sufficiently to walk across the exposed sands, to go to and from
Mont-St-Michel. Thanks to miscalculated tidal cycles many drowned and some also
where swallowed by the area’s perilous quicksand.
Duration: app. 14 hours Price: 990,- EUR Optionals: transport by luxury car Maserati (for a price please contact
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