History :
The term or the origin of this road, the "Mont Saint-Michel" defies the description by its celebrity. Since the formation of its first college of canons, in 709, by Aubert, bishop of Avranches, and its Benedictine abbey, in 966, by Richard 1st, Duke of Normandy, the rock passed by the primitive forest with the danger of the sea was at the same time impregnable fortress, headlight of the occident, sentinel in extreme cases of the province. He remains the most famous site of Normandy and fact part of the world inheritance.

Practical Information :
The visit: from 9h30 to 18h (16h15from September 16, to May14,)
Visit-Conference: from July first, to September 30, and at request, a Walk-Spectacle in the night from June 3, to October 1st, every day except Sunday.
Tel: +33 2 33 60 14 14

Tourism Office.
Pontorson :02.33.60.20.65 www.mont-saint-michel-baie.com
The Mt St Michel: 02.33.60.14.30 www.ot-montsaintmichel.com