Mont-Saint-Michel
A rocky tidal island off the coast of Normandy, crowned by a Benedictine abbey. At high tide the sea surrounds it, at low tide the bay empties into sand flats, and a single narrow street climbs between old houses to the abbey church.
- Where
- Normandy, France
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 48.6358, -1.5103
Get the Mont-Saint-Michel stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Mont-Saint-Michel. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Normandy volume with your photos and a note.
Near Mont-Saint-Michel
Bayeux Tapestry 92 km
An embroidered cloth nearly 70 metres long and 50 centimetres tall, telling the story of the Norman conquest of England and the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Probably made in England in the decades after, it has its own museum in Bayeux.
Pointe du Hoc 93 km
A promontory with a 35-metre cliff overlooking the English Channel on the Normandy coast. Its grassy headland is still pitted with craters and broken concrete from the Second World War, and a granite memorial stands at the tip.
Normandy American Cemetery 94 km
A Second World War cemetery on the bluff above Omaha Beach, honouring the American troops who died in the Normandy landings and the battle that followed. Rows of white marble headstones mark its 9,389 graves across 69.8 hectares.
Omaha Beach 94 km
One of the five Allied landing beaches of 6 June 1944, a long sweep of sand below green bluffs on the Normandy coast. Today it is a quiet beach again, with memorials along the shore and the American cemetery on the bluff above.
Mémorial de Caen 103 km
A museum and memorial devoted to the Second World War, the Battle for Caen and, more broadly, the history of the 20th century. Its theme is the fragility of peace, told in a spirit of reconciliation.
Juno Beach 110 km
The landing beach of 6 June 1944 assigned to the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, stretching from Courseulles to Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer. A museum by the dunes at Courseulles tells the Canadian story of the landings.
Château d'Angers 148 km
A castle above the river Maine, founded in the 9th century by the Counts of Anjou and enlarged in the 13th, with seventeen striped towers of dark schist and pale stone. Inside hangs the Apocalypse, a vast medieval wall hanging woven in the 14th century.
Pink Granite Coast 151 km
More than thirty kilometres of the north Brittany coast where the rocks are a warm pink granite, worn by sea and wind into strange shapes. The coastal path around Ploumanac'h and Trégastel winds between great boulders and small sandy coves.
More UNESCO World Heritage sites in Normandy
Questions
Where is Mont-Saint-Michel?
Mont-Saint-Michel is in Normandy, France. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Bayeux Tapestry (92 km), Pointe du Hoc (93 km), Normandy American Cemetery (94 km).
How do I get the Mont-Saint-Michel stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Mont-Saint-Michel and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Normandy volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Mont-Saint-Michel before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Normandy volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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