← Back to itinerariesThe Wonder of the West and its great-tide bay. 
Mont-Saint-Michel
An escape to southern Normandy: a thousand-year-old abbey, ramparts, a bay crossing and the Avranches manuscripts.
Mont-Saint-Michel →01 — The abbey, the ramparts and the village.
Essential Mont-Saint-Michel
A day at the heart of the Wonder: climbing to the abbey along the Grande Rue, walking the ramparts and gazing over the bay.
2 stops•1 day•5 km
02 — Crossing the bay and the treasures of Avranches.
The Bay & the Manuscripts
Two days around the Mont: a guided crossing of the great-tide bay, then the medieval manuscripts of the Avranches Scriptorial.
3 stops•2 days•40 km
03 — On the road to the Mont, via Pirou, Gratot and Granville.
Castles & Sea of the Manche
The western Cotentin coast on the way down to the bay: the fortress of Pirou with its Norman embroidery, the romantic ruins of Gratot, then Granville's privateer Upper Town and the Christian Dior garden.
3 stops•1 day•75 km
04 — The Mont, its bay, its manuscripts and the nearby coast.
Bay & Wonder in Three Days
A complete stay: a bay crossing, the abbey and ramparts, the manuscripts of the Avranches Scriptorial, then a seaside escape to Granville facing the Chausey islands.
5 stops•3 days•95 km