Mont Saint Michel bay
walking holidays on the coastal path in Mont St Michel bay from Granville to Cancale

 

Difficulty : grade 2

Self-guided walking tour in Normandy in the Mont Saint Michel bay. Independent walking holidays on the coastal path of Mont Saint Michel bay from Granville to Cancale via Avranches and Mont St Michel abbey.

Tucked between Granville and Cancale lies the Bay of Mont Saint Michel, home to one of the greatest gems of western Christian art.  Resolutely flat, at first glance the bay is nothing more than a sandy marsh covered by the sea at high tide.  But what a marvelous playground for those who take the time to wander through it and look around!  From the top of the granite cliffs of Champeaux you will have a magnificent view of the bay.  At the Collines de Saint Jean le Thomas you will walk in the footsteps of ancient and modern pilgrims, whose journey to the Mount begins here at low tide.  Originally, Mont Saint Michel was nothing more than a huge rock of granite.  But it was here that great imagination and boldness helped in the construction of the abbey, which was to become so recognized as a masterpiece that it would find itself on the UNESCO’s list of the 10 monuments of the world to be protected.  Turning your back to the abbey, you will follow the shoreline to the seawall of the Duchesse Anne.  This embankment allowed men to conquer the surrounding land to the cliffs of Roz.  You will arrive in the oyster port of Cancale where you will be awed and charmed by the tranquil beauty, the wild vegetation unique to the region and by the thousands of birds nesting and gliding across the bay.

C002-ST Mont Saint Michel bay
Standard walking tour
accommodation in 2-star hotels with en suite facilities and regional specialities dinners
as written in the walking tour description

Day 1 - Arrival at Granville
Day 2 - Granville – St Jean le Thomas (20 km)
Day 3 - St Jean le Thomas – Avranches (18 km)
Day 4 - Pontaubault – Le Mont Saint Michel (20 km)
              transfer by taxi from Avranches to Pontaubault
Day 5 - Visit of Mont Saint Michel in the morning
              transfer by taxi from Mont St Michel to Ste Anne chapel
           Ste Anne chapel - Le Vivier sur Mer (10 km)
Day 6 - Le Vivier sur Mer – Cancale (18 km)
Day 7 - Walk around Cancale via the Groin headland (20 km)
Day 8 - Cancale – end of the tour

Price per person double occupancy : 780 euros 
Single supplement : 185 euros
2010 Prices based on 2 people walking together
Price for solo walker, please contact us                                                    walking tour description