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Tips on Visiting and Buying Tickets for Le Mont St Michel in Normandy, France

August 23, 2025January 2, 2025 by Henk Bekker

The island abbey on Le Mont St Michel is one of the top sights to see when visiting Normandy and Brittany in France.

Top tips when visiting Le Mont St Michel: buy tickets online, visit early morning or late afternoon, and travel light

Transportation to Le Mont St Michel in Normandy, France

January 27, 2025January 2, 2025 by Henk Bekker

Bus transportation and walking from Mont St Michel to the Parking Area

Getting to Mont St Michel is possible on public transportation but driving and day-trip tours from Paris are easier.

Visit the German Ossuary War Cemetery at Huisnes-sur-Mer Normandy

February 2, 2025March 7, 2024 by Henk Bekker

The German war cemetery near Mont St Michel has the graves of 12,000 German soldiers who died during the Battle of Normandy in the Second World War.

A large German war cemetery near Mont St Michel — the ossuary at Huisnes-sur-mer — has the graves of 12,000 German soldiers who died during the Battle of Normandy in the Second World War. The German Ossuary at Huisnes-sur-Mer near the hugely popular UNESCO World Cultural Heritage listed site of Mont St Michel in Normandy, … Read more