2 Days Saint Malo & Mont Saint Michel from Paris

Overview

Day by day itinerary

1. 1Mont Saint Michel⌄

   Le Mont-Saint-Michel(a UNESCO Heritage). The island has fortifications since ancient times and since the 8th century AD has been the seat of the monastery. Between the fifth to the eighth century, Mont Saint-Michel belonged to the territory of Neustria and remained unconquered during the Hundred Years' War and the King Louis XI turned it into a prison. The legend says that the archangel Michael appeared in 708 to Aubert of Avranches, the bishop of Avranches, and instructed him to build a church on the rocky island.

   Overnight: Overnight at a 3 stars hotel in Saint Malo with bed and breakfast

2. 2Saint Malo⌄

   Was the home of the corsairs, French privateers and sometimes pirates. Jacques Cartier, the breton explorer lived here and is credited as the discoverer of Canada. Also, the first colonists from here made a settlement on the Falkland Islands(the Islands’ French name “Îles Malouines,”) which eventually gave rise to the Spanish name “Islas Malvinas.”

   The church was dedicated to Saint Vincent of Saragossa. It was built during the episcopacy of Jean de Châtillon (1146-1163) on the site of an ancient church founded in the 7th century.

   Meals: Breakfast