Michel, one of France’s most iconic landmarks. This virtual tour showcases the island’s medieval abbey, winding streets, and ...

It was exactly a millennium ago that the first stone of the abbey church of Mont Saint-Michel, in French Normandy, was laid. The monument that the poet Victor Hugo called the “Khéops of the West” has ...

On the wide expanse of France's northern coast, a vast gothic and Romanesque basilica rises above a rocky island, its dark steeple piercing the summer sky. In the foreground, sheep graze stubbornly on ...

Perched on a rocky islet in the midst of vast sandbanks exposed to powerful tides between Normandy and Brittany stand the 'Wonder of the West', a Gothic-style Benedictine abbey dedicated to the ...

MONT SAINT-MICHEL, France — A supertide turned France’s famed Mont Saint-Michel into an island Saturday then retreated out of sight, delighting thousands of visitors who came to see the rare ...

correctionAn earlier version of this story had an image of a fort near Saint-Malo rather than the city of Saint-Malo. This version has been corrected. Mont Saint-Michel draws more than 3 million ...

The gigantic project, which cost 209 million euros, allows the sea to surround the Mont Saint-Michel for almost half of the year. Speaking on the occasion, Hollande praised the success of the project ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Melissa is a writer based in Brooklyn. Mont Saint-Michel is accessible by car (it's roughly a four-hour drive from Paris, though ...