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- 6 Jul 2023 12.35
- ☀️ 20 °C
- Ketinggian: 42 mi
- PerancisNormandyLe Mont-Saint-MichelMa Porte du Roi48°38’9” N 1°30’36” W
Mont St Michel
6 Juli 2023, Perancis ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
We have a bit of a drive today across from Honfleur to Mont St Michel.
This is the 2nd most popular tourist spot after the Eiffel Tower.
It is basically an island on a sand bar that was first settled in about 708 AD and as time has passed it has been built into this extraordinary abbey.
You first see it from about 40 kms out and already the tourism factor has kicked in.
We chose the shuttle and after a lengthy queue we were taken on to the island. This is a wow! How did they build this?
Mont-Saint-Michel lies approximately one kilometre off France's north-western coast, at the mouth of the Couesnon River near Avranches and is 7 hectares in size.
Only 33 people are considered permanent residents. While we were here it was packed. The French government is considering limiting the numbers allowed each day on to Mont St Michel. We think this is a good idea.
Today we were lucky enough to see a magical island topped by a gravity-defying abbey, the Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay count among France’s most stunning sights. For centuries one of Europe’s major pilgrimage destinations, this holy island is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as is its breathtaking bay.
Mont-Saint-Michel has been prone to silting up over the last couple of centuries. Man-made activities, including farming and building a causeway to the Mont, have added to this problem. However, a major conservation project back in 2015 has helped restore island status to the Mont-Saint-Michel. The main river into the bay, the Couesnon, has now been left to flow more freely so that sediments are washed out to sea, and a bridge has replaced the former causeway, enabling the sea to once again more fully surround the mont at particularly high tides.
The abbey is quite a climb and then they sting you again to go inside. Quite frankly as an Abbey we thought it was a bit bland. Perhaps we have been spoilt with our previous travels.
The drive back to Honfleur was quick and we arrived safely in time for sunset cocktails from our apartment outlook. We really have been enchanted by Honfleur but tomorrow we head to Cherbourg really early to return the hire car.Baca selengkapnya
Pelancong Wow ,I’ve seen pictures of this place and it looks amazing, can’t believe it was built so long ago .
Pelancong Seen it but never been there, wow, sensational, on the bucket list.!
Pelancong Amazing!