Hi:
I%26#39;m planning to do a one day trip to Mont Saint Michel via train and bus on my own ( I like to do things at my leisure and not be rushed throught things by tour companies ) around Tuesday, November 25th, 2008. I want to spend as much time as possible during one day exploring the place and taking pictures. I would like to know how late can I stay until late in the evening/late afternoon and still being able to make it back to Paris late at night. I only want to do Saint Michel. Please advise if this is doable via public transportation ( trains and buses ) or if you recommend a tour company that would give me more that just a couple of hours at the place. I would greatly appreciate your feedback on this.
Jhon
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Hi Jhon !!
It could be done, and it would be a long day with high speed TGV to Rennes, and local bus transportation to the Mont.
The TGV is about 2 1/2 hours each way, there are morning trains at 7 30 am, possibly earlier. This could leave you with a few hours there to be spent at your own pace.
Check out TGV from Paris to Rennes, and then google Rennes to Mont St Michel transportation.
Have agreat day !! Hope this pans out for you !!
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There have been any number of posts here (and on the Fodorforums site) about doing MWM as a day trip. It will be difficult but not impossible--I%26#39;d advise doing a search on both sites and seeing the pros and cons.
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lets try westcapades.com, they might help you for a great tour. this is so easy using tgv from paris to rennes and they pick up you just out of the train and lets go for 3 stops dinan mt st michel st malo, you will never forget that, plus you v got enough time for being comfortable good luck ! janies
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Hey thanks guys for the info.
I decided to do it this coming Tuesday via the train. It looks easy enough and it will give me at least 5 hrs to see the site. The only drawback is that it takes about 4 hrs each way to get there from Paris.
Jhon
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Jhon
What are you going to do with the other 3 hours when you%26#39;re there? It%26#39;s a very small site, with a so/so church and appalling restaurants.
Seeings you have all that spare time, you could use it (weather permitting) to walk back along the causeway to see the Mont from the best viewpoit, i.e across the bay. Check with the bus comapny, they may even be a busstop at the mainland end of the cuaseway. I can%26#39;t remember.
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it is a long trip from paris to mont st michel it takes at least 4 hours one way , check that with cityrama or paris vision! with this tour cie westcapades, they arrange for you high speed train to rennes city and pick up you from there , then you save time with that option
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I wish to the same sort of thing with my family in August of %26#39;09. Anything special we will need to do given it is HIGH tourist season?
kkikawa
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