Is It Possible to Visit the Mont Saint Michel as a Day Trip from Paris? Episode 186
Join Us in France Travel Podcast
Annie Sargent
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 28 February 2018
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Join Us in France Travel Podcast Episode 186
The question of today is how to visit the Mont Saint Michel by train from Paris? Lots of people want to know about this because if visiting the Mont Saint Michel is on your bucket list, it's a priority for you!
The whole idea of this episode is how to visit the Mont Saint Michel from Paris on your own, so I won't go into booking a tour, but there are lots of companies that offer such day-trips between Paris and the Mont Saint Michel.
The Mont Saint Michel isn't that far from Paris, but it's far enough that doing it as a day trip with a rental car can be tricky. We explore that option and I bring up all the things a visitor may not consider that are important.
What other options do you have? Are there good train options? Yes, indeed! That's my favorite option. But there are good trains and bad trains. I tell you about both so you don't waste your time.
Overall, getting to the Mont Saint Michel from Paris isn't so hard to do, but you definitely need to plan this out so it is a long wonderful day instead of a long painful day!
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| 0:00.0 | This is This is Join us in France episode 186. |
| 0:05.0 | Bourgeois, I'm Annie. |
| 0:06.0 | And join us in France is the podcast where we talk about France. |
| 0:10.0 | It's many quirks, it's history, it's language and of course destinations in France you |
| 0:16.8 | want to learn about because hopefully you'll be visiting soon. |
| 0:22.0 | In today's episode I answer this question. Is it possible to visit the |
| 0:27.1 | Mon Saint-Michel in Normandy as a day trip from Paris on your own without joining a tour. Lots of people wonder |
| 0:37.0 | about this but is it possible or even advisable? Let's talk about it in today's episode. |
| 0:45.0 | Join us in France is brought to you by Patreon supporters and addicted to France, |
| 0:51.0 | the small group tour company for people who want to enjoy France to the fullest |
| 0:56.4 | with zero stress. Check out our upcoming tours on addicted to France.com. the way. The Today's episode is going to be short, I think because I am simply answering this one question. |
| 1:38.4 | Is it possible to visit the Mont Saint-Michel as a day trip from Paris on your own without joining a tour. |
| 1:45.0 | Well of course, we'll also talk about how to go about that and will end on is it a good idea? Lots of people wonder about this because once you're in |
| 1:56.3 | Paris you're thinking the mons amichell isn't that far is it and visiting the |
| 2:01.6 | mons am Michelle is on a lot of people's bucket list. So let's get into the nitty gritty of this plan. |
| 2:10.0 | There are 360 kilometers between Paris and the Monsamechell by car. So that's 224 miles. |
| 2:20.8 | Average drive time is around four hours each way unless you get stuck in traffic. |
| 2:26.4 | So this is the kind of distance where it's far enough away that doing it as a day trip by car might be a bit much. |
| 2:35.0 | I don't know about you, but when I drive for four hours and then walk around a medieval |
| 2:41.0 | city for six hours, which is about how long it'll take you to do the |
| 2:46.3 | Monsieur justice, I wouldn't be up to driving back for four hours again. But some people wouldn't mind doing that, so of course it is an option. |
| 3:00.0 | Now let's talk about renting a car for one day in Paris. |
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