Le Mont-Saint-Michel en Camping-Car : location, advice, area, routes

Are you looking for a destination that goes beyond the real? So, come and discover Mont-Saint-Michel in camping-car!

Visiting Mont-Saint-Michel on motorhome, it is true, is technically not possible. Indeed, it will be necessary to get out of the vehicle to access this exceptional monument of French heritage. Nevertheless, everything is planned so that campers from here and elsewhere can park, sleep and visit this legendary place.

Are you planning to come to the "Bastille des mers" with your travelling vehicle? GV has compiled the useful information to prepare your coming!

How to park at Mont-Saint-Michel with a motorhome?

That is: It is unfortunately forbidden to stay on the parking lot during your visit to Mont-Saint-Michel on a motorhome. Parking is allowed at night, but the park cannot provide accommodation for campers. Indeed, no water or electricity resupply space is provided. However, you can still park for the day, then find a camper or a campsite.

To spend a day at Mont-Saint-Michel : parking

Camping-cars, 8 meters long, have an area dedicated to them. It is located within the new parking lot and is named the Poche P8. To access the site, shuttles are waiting near your parking lot. You'll find them thanks to the panels that match the pedestrian paths.

The parking rate for 24h is 12,80€ in low season versus 18,60€ High season. Beyond the 24 hours of parking, you will need to land on the surrounding areas or book your campsite. So you can enjoy a maximum of comfort for your stay at Mont-Saint-Michel on a camping-car.

To spend several days on site : campsites

• Camping Aux Pommiers : 4-star campsite, it welcomes you in its 2-hectare park, in the heart of the small village of Beauvoir. This one is only 4 kilometres from Mont-Saint-Michel. It has aquatic spaces, games for children and adults, sports space and many more. What to spend an excellent stay for all. You had to wash your clothes? Washing machines are available. For a week of parking, count about 150€ for two with water and electricity;
• Campsite Les Haliotis : 3 star campsite, this one welcomes you the time ofone week for € 159. You want to swim? A pool is also available. Only 9 kilometers from the Mont, allow you a bike ride to its summit;
• Camping Saint-Michel : Why is this campsite? Because it will lead you to a much less known view of the Mont ! Similarly, scattered on plots of about 80 m2, you will find an electrical connection (6 or 10 amperes) and a close access to the sanitary block. Facilities: laundry and sanitary. Plus touch? Hot showers at will and in music! Finally, be aware that a camper area is located at the entrance of the campsite, you will be able to carry out the clean water supply as well as the draining of waste water and chemical toilets. Count between 150 and 200€ Week in high season.
• Camping Le Balcon de la Baie du Mont-Saint-Michel : This 2-star campsite allows, among other things, campers to reside the time of a stay. By choosing it, you will be near the splendid Baie du Mont-Saint-Michel. All for about 175€ per week in high season.

The campsites of Camping-Car around Mont-Saint-Michel

Apart from the campsite Saint-Michel, as seen before, here are other areas available for you and your camping-car around Mont-Saint-Michel.

Bidonnière area

This private area offers a quiet place and away from the tourist influence for your visit to Mont-Saint-Michel on a camping-car. You will be welcomed personally and will have on site all the amenities you need. Grey water drain, chemical w.c. and water loading. Also, you will have electrical connections, from a view of Mont-Saint-Michel, from pastries and bread (to be ordered before 19h the day before).

Good news: Your four-legged companions are welcome! Find the area and its Route de la Rive team in Ardevon. Rate side, count 12,50€ 24 hours.

Sains area

It is a municipal area including water, electrical connection, draining chemical cassette and draining water for 5€ 2 hours . On the other hand, parking is free for your visit to Mont-Saint-Michel on a motorhome.

Ideas of routes around Mont-Saint-Michel

A day on site: hiking around the bay

For a day's visit to Mont-Saint-Michel by camping-car, hike around the bay. The “ Chemins de la Baie” team offers walks and hikes accompanied in the Baie du Mont-Saint-Michel, its surroundings and the Chausey Islands. These professionals will share their knowledge and passion for the Bay.

Prepare to walk in a fascinating world of nature and great spaces! Have you ever been through? Did you try the night or the morning? What if you're doing a torch retreat? Or an exit " Great Tides »? What to change tourist routes and get out of the beaten paths during your visit to Mont-Saint-Michel on a motorhome!

Visit and night in abbey

L’ « 詩Abbaye beénédictine Mont-Saint-Michel is a remarkable place of the religious architecture of the medieval era. Indeed, a high place of pilgrimage from the 8th to the 18th century, it has a religious and military architecture. The visits allow you to discover about 20 rooms.

You will visit, for example, the abbey church, the cloister, the refectory and the walk of the monks. In summer, walk the Mont at nightfall thanks to a night walk all in light. Thus, you will discover the illuminated Abbey. The latter opens its doors for free on the 1st Sunday of November to March included. Outside these days, rates vary between 11 and 18€ .

We promised you an unusual trip? Discover a well-kept secret: you can spend the night in the Abbey! You will be welcomed and well packed by the monks. The most? An unknown sight in the eyes of tourists from their garden. What to experience an unusual experience during your visit to Mont-Saint-Michel on a motorhome.

Weekend time

The guided tour is ideal for your visit to Mont-Saint-Michel on a motorhome. At low tide, come and hike through the sands and rivers of the bay. Combining past pilgrims, experience an unforgettable experience in the heart of a landscape with surprising colours.

To satisfy all the desires, four crossings allow you to choose a longer or less long distance. Likewise, you can choose to deepen your knowledge (reviewed section) or to hike in any tranquility (returned without comment). The most important being the presence of an approved guide. Indeed, it is extremely dangerous to venture alone in the bay, the water going back at high speed.

In both summer and winter, these walks make it possible to discover the rock as the pilgrims once, taking advantage of the extraordinary environment of the bay. Different starting points are possible: Bas Courtils, Vains – Saint-Léonard, the Bec d’Andaine and the Grouin du Sud.

Visiting the Museum of the Sea and Ecology could be an interesting idea to finish your visit to Mont-Saint-Michel on a motorhome. And yes, enjoying a place, it is also better to know it. In fact, in order to better understand the phenomenon of tides and the desolate that threatens Mont Saint-Michel, this address is recommended to you. Are you a fan of old boat models? So this place is for you!

Finally, you will find 250 models showing the main economic activities of the inhabitants of the bay from the Middle Ages.

Other weekend idea

• The Hameau Bas-Courtils would be the first stage of this weekend at Mont-Saint-Michel in camping-car. Remember? We discussed the campsite of the Courtils above. His particularity? It's beautifully placed. Indeed, it is from the Hameau Bas courtils that you can observe Mont-Saint-Michel outside the beaten paths. Huge horizon of salty meadows, walk through the moutons of the mountain and natural salicorne tasting. A wonderful moment in peace, away from any tourist storm and in a gentler silence. Finally, if you like painting or drawing, know that this is the ideal place.

• Then why not visit theBay ? From April to September, the Baie Ecomusée offers exhibitions and demonstrations on the production of salt in the Baie du Mont Saint-Michel in the 19th century. Another way to address its history and activity! The program? Discover the production of salt, preparation of brine and initiation to local history and local landscapes. Free visit of the museum, animations, workshops for children and on-site restoration. The latter is organized by the Vains Party Committee, as part of the Bay Day.

• Want to finish your visit to Mont-Saint-Michel by camping-car with an unusual experience? Then why not try it**ULM above Mont-Saint-Michel** ? Indeed, it is 900 meters above sea level that you will admire the immenseness of the site. A real pleasure to offer for a price 100€ 20 minutes about, depending on the different providers.