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Mont Saint-Michel Tour: Abbey Visit & Calvados Tasting
4.2
35 Ratings
Paris
Experience a full-day trip from Paris to Mont Saint-Michel with a small group. Visit the Benedictine Abbey, taste Calvados, and enjoy the comfort of a Mercedes minivan. Hotel pick-up available.
Experience a full-day trip from Paris to Mont Saint-Michel with a small group. Visit the Benedictine Abbey, taste Calvados, and enjoy the comfort of a Mercedes minivan. Hotel pick-up available.
Duration:
14 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Paris - 07:30 Meeting at Opera Garnier, Metro Opera, or hotel pick-up if booked. Depart for Mont Saint-Michel, a 360 km drive on the highway, taking 4 to 4.5 hours. A rest area stop will be made after 1.5 hours. The next stop is at the Calvados distillery.
- Calvados Christian Drouin - 10:15 - 11:00 Visit the Calvados distillery with a tasting…
- Paris - 07:30 Meeting at Opera Garnier, Metro Opera, or hotel pick-up if booked. Depart for Mont Saint-Michel, a 360 km drive on the highway, taking 4 to 4.5 hours. A rest area stop will be made after 1.5 hours. The next stop is at the Calvados distillery.
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Calvados Christian Drouin - 10:15 - 11:00 Visit the Calvados distillery with a tasting session. Learn about the centuries-old process of making Calvados and taste authentic Normandy Calvados. Discover the secrets of Calvados production.
11:00 Depart for Mont Saint-Michel. - Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel - 13:00 Arrive at Mont Saint-Michel. Typically, we join the guided visit organized by the Abbey. If not possible, we provide audio guides. Our guide-driver will lead you through the medieval village’s narrow streets to the Abbey at the top. Enjoy panoramic views of the Atlantic Ocean and bay from the top of the Island. Settled in 709, it features a medieval village and a beautiful Abbey fortress dedicated to Saint Michael the Archangel. The Benedictine Abbey’s construction began in the 700s and continued through the 1200s. It remains largely unchanged since the Middle Ages and has been a pilgrimage site for centuries. Mont Saint Michel is the most visited site in France. After the Abbey visit, you’ll have free time to explore Mont Saint-Michel and have lunch.
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Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel - 13:00 - 17:00 Arrive at Mont Saint-Michel. Typically, we join the guided visit organized by the Abbey. If not possible, we provide audio guides. Our guide-driver will lead you through the narrow streets to the Abbey at the top. Enjoy panoramic views of the Atlantic Ocean and bay from the top of the Island. Settled in 709, it features a medieval village and a beautiful Abbey fortress dedicated to Saint Michael the Archangel. The Benedictine Abbey’s construction began in the 700s and continued through the 1200s. It remains largely unchanged since the Middle Ages and has been a pilgrimage site for centuries. Mont Saint Michel is the most visited site in France. After the Abbey visit, you’ll have free time to explore Mont Saint-Michel and have lunch.
17:00 Depart from Mont Saint-Michel for Paris, a 360 km drive on the highway, taking 4 to 4.5 hours. A rest area stop will be made. - Paris - 21:00 to 21:30 Return to Paris. Drop-off at Opera Garnier steps or your hotel if booked.
What's Included
- Bottled water
- All Fees and Taxes
- Mercedes minivan, max. 7 Persons, air-conditioned with adjustable seats
- Mont Saint-Michel Abbey tickets & guided tour by Abbey’s guide
- Calvados tasting at Pere local Calvados producer
- Bottled water
- All Fees and Taxes
- Mercedes minivan, max. 7 Persons, air-conditioned with adjustable seats
- Mont Saint-Michel Abbey tickets & guided tour by Abbey’s guide
- Calvados tasting at Pere local Calvados producer
What's Not Included
- Gratuites and Souvenirs
- Meals and drinks
- Gratuites and Souvenirs
- Meals and drinks
Additional Information
Small-group Full-day Trip from Paris for 4 to 7 persons to Mont Saint-Michel island including Benedictine Abbey visit and Calvados tasting by Mercedes. Entrance tickets & English Guided tour in the Abbey by the local Guide. Duration of 14 hours. Hotel Pick up offered.
During the visit to a local Calvados producer You can get explanations how it is being…
Small-group Full-day Trip from Paris for 4 to 7 persons to Mont Saint-Michel island including Benedictine Abbey visit and Calvados tasting by Mercedes. Entrance tickets & English Guided tour in the Abbey by the local Guide. Duration of 14 hours. Hotel Pick up offered.
During the visit to a local Calvados producer You can get explanations how it is being made for centuries and taste the genuine Calvados of Normandy. Mercedes E220 business-class car if only 2 people or Mercedes minivan from 3 people. This tour is also offered as Customised Private Experience.
15 other day trips from Paris by Clewel Travel in Small-groups and as Private Experiences offered.
Location
Opéra
Place de l'Opéra
Our main Meeting point Opera Garnier Steps (Metro Opera) If pick up service not booked. By Pick up service we wait our clients at the entrance door of Your hotel.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.2
(35 Ratings)
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Susan_r
May 19, 2025
Our driver and guide were... - Our driver and guide were great. Our driver was very accommodating for our comfort breaks. Our guide was very friendly and informative.
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Hideaki_e
Aug 17, 2024
Fine solo tour with no consciousness, less time schedules. - Fine the calvados region, Christian Drouin experience with some tastings from 2 years to 25yers and Mont Saint-Michel and its Bay.
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Jude_f
Oct 10, 2023
Our driver was wonderful!... - Our driver was wonderful! Very good tour!
Be sure you are able to do quite a lot of steps. Not easy but worth the effort
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Steve_g
Sep 22, 2023
Great trip! Worth the time. - We enjoyed this tour very much. We were thankful for the option of hotel pick up and drop off. It was a long day but we were glad we made the trip. It’s certainly worth seeing! Rusty, our driver and guide, was thoughtful, punctual and informative. He was very communicative and made sure we understood where to meet, where to go, and all the info that we needed for our trip. We stopped for Calvados tasting at a beautiful farm and it helped to break up the trip there. Rusty also made sure we had breaks for the restroom there and back. The van was clean and Rusty had water for each of us. We definitely recommend this day trip from Paris!!
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Carrie_k
Sep 7, 2023
Rustam (RustI)... - Rustam (RustI)
We had a trip to Mont Saint Michel planned. We did not care to do the tastings so he suggested a difference route. He made are day exceptional.
Thank you so much,
Carrie Keefe
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Shawn_l
Jul 5, 2023
Amazing - Rusty was awesome! The drive was long but we stopped regularly for bathroom breaks, and the vehicle was very comfortable with plenty of room for my husband’s 6 foot height. There was water provided and the mini van was air conditioned. The cider tour was a lot of fun.
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Antoinette_c
Aug 19, 2025
Transportation not a tour - August is a very busy tourist month, so as we expect it was very crowded. It was difficult to walk along the narrow streets. Also since it’s a medieval city, there are many steps with no handrails. Young people had no difficulties, but we are seniors, so we brought our hiking sticks which were helpful. None of this is a reflection on the tour company.
The day before our trip we received a message from the tour company notifying us that we were the only people signed up for the “tour” and we had options to continue for an additional 85 euros each, go on a different tour or cancel with a full refund. Reluctantly we opted to pay the extra euros with the expectation that this would mean we would have a more individual experience. Our guide Roman was courteous and efficiently transported us to and from our destination safely. However, I would not in any way consider him a tour guide. He was a driver. He gave us no information along the way of our 4 hour each way drive. There were no explanations of what we were seeing along the way or what to expect when we arrived. We tried to make conversation with him, but he often didn’t understand us and didn’t really communicate. After about an hour we just settled in and traveled in relative silence.
To be fair he did make sure we arrived at our tour for the Abby on time and he helped us navigate the crowds along the way. His English was only fair (but much better than my French) so we didn’t always understand what was happening when he indicated we should follow him.
Again in fairness to Roman, it was a very long day of driving and he was always pleasant good spirited. Maybe I misunderstood what this “tour” encompassed. We hoped for an informative experience which we got once we arrive at the guided tour of the Abby. If you are looking for transport to Mont Saint-Michel with a prepay ticket to a tour of the Abby, this is for you.
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Savonna_k
May 28, 2024
Exhausting but amazing! - It was a much longer ride to Mont Saint Michel than I expected. We didn’t stop for meals and getting back after 10 PM with no substance is not good for anyone.
The actual Mont Saint Michel is definitely worth going to see once in a life time activity.
Please make your customers understand that there are NO accommodations for anyone with knee, hips and feet and balance issues- over 609 steep steps. Then your walking up and down steep steps throughout the inside of the Abbey on uneven stone floors and the stairs with absolutely no handrails.
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Robert_c
Oct 1, 2023
Amazing - What an amazing place to visit The tour was fast. Needed more time to enjoy the place. The electricity in the city went out. The restaurant could not cook.
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Peter_l
Sep 7, 2024
Disappointed in how we chose to spend our day. - This trip was too long by car for one day. I would rather have spent my time closer to Paris on a different tour. Mt. Saint. Michele felt very touristy and overcrowded. It was beautiful from a distance. There was no farm in the village. It felt like an amusement park. We did not enjoy this tour.
Our driver was very nice and pleasant.
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