Mont Saint Michel is a sight that stops you in your tracks and makes you wonder if you've stumbled into a fairy tale. Find out everything you need to know before your first visit.

Mont Saint-Michel is a nearly 1,000-year-old church that towers above a French village | Journey to Paris. The site, ... like it used to be in the past," said the tour guide. It is the place known as ...

This aerial photo shows Mont-Saint-Michel surrounded by the sea, during the highest tide of the year. Roughly three million people annually visit this island abbey off France’s Normandy coast.

Sebastien Daligault, a guide at the Bay Saint-Michel, stands knee-deep in water with a group of visitors during a walking tour around the Mont Saint-Michel off France's Normandy coast March 21, 2015.

The actual abbey of Mont St-Michel is the reason to visit. It’s been an important pilgrimage center since AD 708, when (according to legend) the Archangel Michael told the local bishop to ...

Mont-Saint-Michel in France tops the list of travelers' favorite fairy-tale destinations. ... I Went on a Self-guided Tour of Corsica — and It Was an Adventure Lover's Dream.

One of the most popular French destinations outside Paris, Mont-Saint-Michel island attracted 2.8 million visitors last year, including 1.3 million for the abbey.

Built off the French coast, Mont Saint-Michel — dedicated to St. Michael the Archangel, a patron of France and protector against demons — is accessible at low tide, and has attracted millions ...

1,000 years have passed since the first stone was laid at Mont-Saint-Michel, an abbey in Normandy whose construction, according to legend, was ordered by St. Michael himself.

France’s beloved abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel has reached a ripe old age. It’s been 1,000 years since the laying of its first stone. The millennial of the UNESCO World Heritage site and key ...