Mont-Saint-Michel tourism and travel guide

Visit Mont-Saint-Michel: highlights and tourist information
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Mont-Saint-Michel is situated in the Manche department and Normandy region.
Important note
This page features a summary of highlights that you might like to explore near Mont-Saint-Michel. For detailed visitor information see the Mont-Saint-Michel travel guide.
Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy.
Popular places to visit nearby include Dol-de-Bretagne at 20 km and Granville at 23 km.
Mont-Saint-Michel, France: places to visit and attractions
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

Mont-Dol
at 20 km (direction west-south-west), in the Ille-et-Vilaine departmentMont Dol is a small village with a hill top on which...
See Mont-Dol guide

Dol-de-Bretagne
at 20 km (direction west-south-west), in the Ille-et-Vilaine departmentThe lovely old town in Dol-de-Bretagne ensure it remains one of the...
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Granville
Seaside resort at 23 km (direction north-north-west)Granville is best known for its long sandy beach, and the 19th...
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Cancale
at 24 km (direction west), in the Ille-et-Vilaine departmentCancale is the perfect place to try the famous Brittany oysters, fresh...
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Saint-Brice-en-Cogles
at 27 km (direction south-south-east), in the Ille-et-Vilaine departmentMost visitors to Saint-Brice-en-Cogles also enjoy the tour of the local castles...
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Combourg
at 31 km (direction south-west), in the Ille-et-Vilaine departmentCombourg is best known for the Chateau de Combourg, once home to...
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Saint-Suliac
Most Beautiful Village at 35 km (direction west), in the Ille-et-Vilaine departmentSaint Suliac is a beautiful village on the estuary of the River...
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Emerald Coast
at 37 km (direction west), in the Ille-et-Vilaine departmentThe Emerald Coast in northern Brittany is extremely popular with visitors and...
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Saint-Malo
at 37 km (direction west), in the Ille-et-Vilaine departmentWe were pleased to discover that Saint-Malo, often considered a ferry port,...
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Fougeres
at 39 km (direction south-east), in the Ille-et-Vilaine departmentThe castle and historic lower town are the main attraction, but be...
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Dinard Pointe du Moulinet
at 39 km (direction west), in the Ille-et-Vilaine departmentThe Pointe du Moulinet in Dinard is visited for the imposing neo-gothic...
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Dinard Pointe de la Malouine
at 40 km (direction west), in the Ille-et-Vilaine departmentThe Pointe de la Malouine in Dinard is a promontory west of...
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Dinard
at 40 km (direction west), in the Ille-et-Vilaine departmentDinard, estblished as a fashionable resort in the 19th century, is still...
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Dinan Rue du Jerzual
at 44 km (direction west-south-west), in the Cotes-d'Armor departmentThe Rue du Jerzual and the port are two of the most...
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Markets in and near Mont-Saint-Michel
- Pontorson: market Wednesday (9km)
- Avranches: market Saturday (12km)
- Carolles: market Thursday (13km)
- Jullouville: market Friday & Tuesday - seasonal market only (16km)
- Ducey: market Tuesday (17km)
- Saint-James: market Monday (19km)
- La Haye-Pesnel: market Wednesday (20km)
- Dol-de-Bretagne: market Saturday (20km)
- Saint-Pair-sur-Mer: market Thursday (20km)
- Granville: market Wednesday & Saturday all day (23km)
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Tourist attractions near Mont-Saint-Michel, France
What to do at Mont-Saint-Michel? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Mont-Saint-Michel.
Grand sites of France
Heritage sites
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
Remarkable gardens
- Parc du château de Bonnefontaine (20km)
- Jardin du château de La Ballue (22km)
- Parc floral de Haute-Bretagne (31km)
- Jardins du château de la Bourbansais (39km)
- Jardins de Montmarin (41km)
- Argences (42km)
- Jardins de la Pellerine (49km)
- Parc du château de Caradeuc (49km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Couesnon (2km)
- Embouchure - Couesnon (2km)
- Réserve naturelle régionale du Marais de Sougeal (14km)
- Île des Rimains (24km)
- Île des Landes (25km)
- Pointe du Grouin (26km)
- Île du Guesclin (29km)
- Côte de Cancale à Paramé (29km)
- Chausey (31km)
- Havre de Rothéneuf (33km)
- Île Besnard (33km)
- Étangs du canal d'Ille-et-Rance (34km)
- Estuaire de la Rance (35km)
- Pointe de la Varde (36km)
- Îlots Notre-Dame et Chevret (37km)
- Forêt de Fougères (37km)
- Rance (fleuve) (39km)
- Embouchure - Rance (39km)
- Forêt de Saint-Sever (40km)
- Cézembre (41km)
- Source - Couesnon (49km)
- Étang de Châtillon-en-Vendelais (51km)
- Roches de Ham (55km)
Towns of Art and history
Villages d'etape
(recommended place to break a long journey)
- Ducey (17km)
- Dol-de-Bretagne (20km)
- Saint-Brice-en-Cogles (27km)
- Villedieu-les-Poeles (31km)
- Torigni-sur-Vire (59km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Saint-Malo (38km)
- Saint-Juvat (50km)
- Domjean (52km)
Zoo and/or wildlife park
- Parc zoologique de Champrepus (26km)
Geography and distances
Mont-Saint-Michel is in the north of France at 62 kilometres from Saint-Lo, the department capital (general information: Mont-Saint-Michel is 284 kilometres from Paris).
Distance to Mont-Saint-Michel
from Saint-Lo (prefecture): 62 km
from Paris: 284 km
from Calais: 353 km
from Nice: 870 km
from Bordeaux: 428 km
from Strasbourg: 680 km
Getting here
Most visitors arrive by car, often from the ferries at Saint-Malo, Cherbourg or Caen on the coast here which are very convenient. For driving distances to Mont-Saint-Michel from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 5 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Beauvoir, Genets, Huisnes-sur-Mer, Roz-sur-Couesnon and Tanis.
This page in French: Visiter Mont-Saint-Michel
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