Activités / Découvertes
In the heart of the Mont Saint Michel Bay, visits, activities, discoveries: Enjoy and share moments of passion and pleasures.
To fully enjoy it, you benefit from preferential rates on all these activities.
Valid offers whatever the duration of your stay –
According to the periods of opening of the establishments and places of visits
In the shape of reduction or reservation tickets - Groups: contact us.
Follow your desires… and good Discoveries!
Cultural Patrimony
Natural patrimony
Sports and leisures
Products of the region
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MILL OF MOIDREY
Push the door of the mill and put all your senses will awake: you smell this good odour of soil, hear the tick-tock of the wheels, look at the beauty of the mechanisms…
Restored in 2003, the windmill of Moidrey produces buckwheat flour again…
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MUSEUMS OF THE MONT SAINT MICHEL
Historical visit of the Mont Saint Michel: 2 hours of instructive visit, fascinating and varied…
Archéoscope: In this son and light spectacle, delve into the heart of the holy history of the Mont Saint Michel and the thousand-years-old Abbey.
Tiphaine’s house: Visit the historical house of the Knight Bertrand of Guesclin, Connétable of the armies of the king of France (XIVth century) and of his wife Tiphaine de Raguenel, famous astrologer who read in the stars the destiny of the world.
Maritime Museum: Discover a collection of 250 models of boats and the animated space.
Environment and Sciences present the mechanisms of the tides, the silting of the Bay, the massive building site to restore the maritime character of the Mont Saint-Michel and dangers of Bay.
Historical museum: 1000 years of history of the Mont Saint Michel, the monks builders of the Abbey, the prisons and dungeons, the famous XIXth century periscope to discover the Bay.
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FEERIQUES DE MONTGOTHIER
Enter in the universe of the FEERIQUES DE MONTGOTHIER, the largest sound and light spectacle of Normandy: 800 volunteers including 500 actors, 40 horses, 12 teams, 30 packs of dogs, aquatic magic spectacle, monumental artifices and decorations.
Discover the epic of William the Conqueror, the history of the Mont Saint Michel and its 100 year old war, Montgothier in 1723, the various agricultural work of the past, the second World War and the greatest unloading of the history, and to finish with one of the most famous “mothers” in Normandy, mother TABURIN…
During nearly 2 hours, come to live again 1200 years of norman stories through an imposing alive fresco, the popular, cultural and humorous history of the Norman scrap-metal.
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SCRIPTORIA
L - MONT SAINT MICHEL WRITING MUSEUM
The scriptorial situated in Avranches is a modern museum. It deals with the presentation of differents phases in the preparation of a manuscript, ancient textes and shimmering illuminations form the first step of the visit, before the discovery of the precious manuscripts in the treasure room. The Scriptorial is a contemporary museum, largely devoted to writing and books, with temporary exhibitions and many special activities.
Natural Patrimony
CROSSINGS OF THE MONT SAINT MICHEL BAY
All the year, foot crossings, hiking with commentaries are organized by regognised guides “guides of Bay” by the Prefecture and the general Council of the Manche, to make you know the patrimony of the Mont Saint Michel Bay.
Follow the guide and, step by step, live an unforgettable adventure through the strands.
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ALLIGATOR BAY “reptilarium of the Mont Saint Michel”
10.000 m² of guaranteed shivers!
Discover the greatest group of alligators in Europe in a tropical greenhouse of 2.500 m ²: delve into the heart of the Louisiana marshes then of the African oasis to admire more than 200 alligators and crocodiles in their natural environment.
Go in the dragons labyrinth: an observation circuit of 1.000 m ² populated by boas, pythons, giant and chameleons.
Follow the way which leads to the farm of the tortoises: 6.000 m ² where more than 300 aquatic or terrestrial, carnivorous or herbivorous tortoises, of which giant specimens of the Seychelles and Africa live.
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ZOOLOGICAL PARC OF CHAMPREPUS
Adventure is in the ZOO OF CHAMPREPUS!
Emotion and astonishment wait for you in an adventure circuit… Discover the fascinating universe of the savage animals in an exuberant landscape.
An innovating concept offers to this zoo an lots of gardens: gardens of mini-farm and the perfumed plants, marshes of the flamingos, wild Malagasy gardens, savanna, exotic gardens … whose actors are about fifty animal species.
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FLORAL GARDEN DE HAUTE BRETAGNE
One of the greatest successes of landscapes nowadays!
Created in 1850, this park of 20 hectares acclimatizes the species of the various continents in sixteen thematic gardens: the path of the white pearls, the Persian garden, the ancient city, the city of Cnossos, the bamboos grove, the path of the ancient roses, the Olympe garden, the garden of the raising sun, the small valley of the poets, the blue source, the 4 seasons garden, the garden of the stars nights the path of the modern roses, the secret garden, the garden of Robinsons.
By the succession of the gardens, by the delicate association of varied and strange plants, by the perfumes, the Floral garden de Haute Bretagne is amazing.
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LARGE AQUARIUM - SAINT MALO
Ready for a World tour?
Imagined around aa funny and original story, the LARGE AQUARIUM of SAINT MALO involves you in a new experience by the diversity of its animals and its decoration: an unforgettable circuit from the cold seas to the tropical seas.
the Ring of the Sharks, one strong moment of your visit: 360° of freedom. Nautibus, a diving full of emotion: the mini-submarine starts its descent… the Tactile Basin, a contact with the animals!
“In the Blue”, a unique multisensory experience.
Live an unforgettable adventure in the most beautiful underwater landscapes of the world
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The MARITIME FARM OF CANCALE
The oyster, a local tradition.
Enter in the mysterious world of the oyster culturists: discover the hard work of “the gardeners of the sea”.
Learn to know the oyster under all “its scales”: a film will tell you its story, then the discovery of the workshops ( the pockets, the sorting, the basins…).
Then stop in the middle of the shells coming from the seas from all over the World: a splendid show of forms and surprising colors will wait for you.
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MARITIME LINKS TOWARDS CHAUSEY ISLANDS
Chausey, it is… all except a common place!
The largest archipelago of Europe, washed twice a day by the strongest tides of the Old Continent…
365 small islands when the tide is low and 52 when the tide is high
a… large Island of one kilometer and half long…
a splendid nature and a classified site, therefore protected… from the Normans islands - not Anglo-Normans - anchored17 kilometers far from Granville. Chausey is unique in Europe by its beauty and its important tides: to discover with the high-speed motorboats “Pretty France II” and “Young France II”.
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CRUISINGS ON THE RANCE - CRUISINGS CHATEAUBRIAND
Embark on a boat of traditional caracter equipped with 2 decks: the principal deck made of polished wood and on the first floor, a sun-deck and a covered panoramic terrace.
In a trip on the Rance, enter in the heart of the Emerald Coast and let you guide, to discover an inland sea, which separates the countries of Saint Malo and Dinan, with a very strong cultural patrimony full of legends.
Boat-walk, boat with a restaurant, cruisings with commentaries.
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ESCAPADES TOWARDS JERSEY AND GUERNESEY - CONDOR FERRIES
If JERSEY is English, you will quickly discover how much the French print remains strong. The majority of the street names are in French and carry pretty names like “Good Night Bay”, “Grosnez Point”, “Mont à l’abbé”…
You will appreciate the diversity of the landscapes which this island offers: great beaches of sand, sumptuous cliffs, English countryside.
In GUERNESEY, St Peter Port, victorienne city and the most beautiful capital harbour of Europe offers you its alleys and museums, its pubs and its shops.
Enjoy these islands a little, a lot… and especially at your rhythm… several types of days are possible: it’s your choice with Ferries Condor.
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Sports and Leisures
BIKE CIRCUITS
With bike, VTT or VTC, furrow the roads and the paths to combine tourism and sports activity.
Small circuit or big excursions, there are for all the tastes and all the levels.
Circuits, hiring of material: contact us
HORSE – EQUESTRIAN CENTER LA TANIERE
With a pony or a horse, come to discover the Mont Saint Michel Bay the foot in the stirrup, whatever your level (beginners are welcomed).
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BALADES EN CALECHE - ASSETS OF THE BAY
Far from the crowd, an original and authentic discovery: in ? between Normandy and Brittany, visit the Mont Saint Michel and its Bay.
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FLIGHT IN ULM - AERODROME OF THE VAL SAINT PERE
Welcome on board! Enjoy a moment of escape!
Take height above an exceptional site: overflight of the Mont Saint Michel, Bay flights with the overflight of Granville, Cancale or Saint Malo…
Appointment with Didier HULIN, your pilot.
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ADVENTURE PARK IN THE FOREST – PARK OF THE LARGE OAKS
Ludic spirit? Sporting spirit? Still better if you have both!
Come to have fun in a stunt-flying park rhythmed by more than 1.500 meters of large lianas, a canyon… and a pond!
Live a great adventure in Brittany in the national forest of Villecartier.
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Products of the Region
PRODUCTION OF CIDER - LE PRESSOIR DU MONT
Appreciate the know-how of those who perpetual the traditions!
François and Philippe LECRIVAIN present you their production of cider, apple-brandy and products of the region.
Visit the production: contact us.
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