My ancestors lived about 20 kilometers from here through the early 18th century. I imagine that they must have seen this. It’s on my bucket list to visit the Abbey. I hope I won’t have to wait too much longer. I’m in my 70’s now, lol
I visited ten years ago, the place is really incredible. The causeway wasn't completed. Be warned, the island is swarming with so many tourists that it is hard to really appreciate the structure. Take the guides advice and visit in winter because July and August are high season.
Mont Saint-Michel was built in record time, thinking that each stone was cut and then transported and lifted manually is just fascinating. They were real building geniuses. Nowadays nobody, whether in France or elsewhere, can build such a cathedral even with computers, cranes and trucks just like the pyramids of Egypt.
Yeah, go Dec/Jan.. it’s like having the place to yourself ! Unfortunately a lot of little Restaurants/Shops are closed then, but it’s not why you’re there. Also if you stay you’ll most likely get a way better room for like $80
I visited this place three times and it’s mesmerising and the monastery and the church are marvellous and it’s a small world with shops and the I touched the sea water enjoyed
Monks and nuns live in the abbey. There are also 28 residents total. Some are lay people who have owned property for generations....that's how we stayed there in an air bnb. Expensive, but worth it! Totally empty at night.
I live near by, trust me locals don't go to the bay without a guide, quicksands are real. best is to sleep there as it is a city, there is hotels. And the evening/night you can go near thr Abbey and enjoy the Mount and the view it is so peacefull at night.
Im August war ich auf dem Mont Saint-Michel. Es war sehr beeindruckend und sehr schön. Ich habe die Abtei besichtigt und dort übernachtet. Ich war in der Michael Schule in Frankfurt am Main Dadurch habe ich eine gewisse Beziehung zum Erzengel Michael. Diese Reise war für mich eine Bereicherung
I have been in Mont Saint Mitchell in 2021 which is amazing. How could the monks know many centuries later tourists will flock in droves. My tour director told us don’t walk into the sands.
Religious pilgrimages were the tourism of those times, these sites drew tons of visitors, worshippers, and the commerce followed along. These projects boosted the economy other than spreading the faith, and they also spread culture and technical / architectural innovations. Sometimes, they also served as armed strongholds
The laborers who built this abbey had to haul and carry those granite rocks by hand or on their backs ontop of the mountain. The stones was taken from the nearby island and the mainland thru a barge. It took 60 years to complete this marvel which was started in the 10th century.
There were pretty much guilds and organized craftsmen workforce, and the architects actually contributed to the physical work too, at least until the 13-14 century, being more of master builders. There were also strikes and revolts during the construction process at times. Most projects were co-financed by multiple subjects, including the clergy, nobility, and rich merchants, and sometimes by the common people as well (other than through church offers). So it worked quite better than today
I went here 40 years ago even in those days it was so crowded it was difficult to get around. However, my abiding memory of the place was the shops selling dreadful tourist tat We didn't stay long as you could see much due to the hoards of visitors. The best views were seeing it from the main road on the mainland
Show up at 4:00pm and stay on the island. Hotels are pretty reasonable. As you arrive everyone will be leaving and you’ll have the streets and restaurants to yourself. Then get up and be first to visit the Abbey in the morning with nobody around. Don’t just take a day trip from Paris.
Advice : spend a night inside to feel the place with no tourist, late in night and early morning, avoid shop and choose wisely the restaurant with care, as it is full tourist price and quality… but an experience in life.
The guide told me in 2013 when i visited this magnificent piece of history "before you dire you MUST come back and visit the Mont Saint Michel during a big storm, there is nothing better on earth". So I told myself i would do it someday, but how, thats the question. Apart from being super lucky, i dont see ... Maybe come back during winter?
If you're stuck in quicksand with a rapidly rising tide ya I'd say that could be dangerous. If your out there alone you qualify to possibly get a Darwin award.
I've been here last year, it is an incredible place, one bad thing though, inside the "museums" there is no English audio and couldn't really understand the history of the place . Just down the road of the Mount, there is Alligator Bay, must visit, it was absolutely wonderful place, I am happy I found it, don't visit if you're afraid of snakes!😂
I was a guide and took tours to mont st Michel and learned from a local historian that there were always droves of people. Originally pilgrims, today tourists. This is what allowed this marvel to exist.
20 years ago I went and it was simply amazing. I went today and it was a nightmare! A mile walk to a place that is comfortable with a few hundred people but they pack in 10,000 or more. You can not move or see much at all every seat taken lines, massive lines for everything. They have ruined it. This is no place for babies or physically challenged or very unfit people. Years ago it was a beautiful place now it is a cash cow and I hate what they have done to it. Maybe in the middle of November in the heavy rain it might be worth it but in August absolutely not especially if you have kids or any disability.
@@jnpts I kept feeling sorry for all the local people because there must be times where the entire place is overrun by tourists and it must be horrible for you all. I hope the French government does something soon to preserve the Mont by massively restricting the volume of visitors. Yes I know all the visitors bring lots of €€€ but there really needs to be a balance between € and preservation. Currently, all I see is exploitation and abuse of the Mont and it is just wrong in my humble opinion.
@@ukpaullouis2708 Thanks. It's business everywhere... I simply hope the maintenance can be achieved properly by the way. [My father originated Hauteville-sur-mer 40 miles in the North]. Regards.
At the Mont-Saint-Michel , the monks were the first to translate Ancient Greek Philosophic works to European language! 100 years before the Muslims! And of course the Muslims that did translate some works later were also Greeks that had to chose between death and converting to Islam! For the seekers of the Truth reed Sylvain Gouguenheim Book Aristote au mont Saint-Michel!
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What You Might Not Know About France's Famous Monastery 1432pm 17.5.23 just thinking, then.... if music can aid with one's health that most overweight folk must have been engaging with prog rock!!!
If you need your dose of sugar and caffeine that bad there is enough crêpes au caramel beurre salé to give you more diabetes than you already have and you can ask for a Café there too but i guess you would be too lazy to go there by foot anyway.
@@ommsterlitz1805 Unfortunately I generally don't eat sugary things. I do like black coffee since it helps me concentrate. I like to stretch my legs when my ship pulls in, but didn't realize this was supposed to be an extreme activity either. The more you know I guess.
Remember god endorses pedophiles and scam artists but ppl in shorts is where he draws the line! Moral values are so important to the Church, after all.
I visited Mont St Michel in 1979 and I can still recall the visit as if it were yesterday. What an awesome bit of architecture. Magnifique!
Das stimmt. Ich war im August dort
My ancestors lived about 20 kilometers from here through the early 18th century. I imagine that they must have seen this. It’s on my bucket list to visit the Abbey. I hope I won’t have to wait too much longer. I’m in my 70’s now, lol
Well hurry up before you die lol
Not too many monuments get to celebrate 1000 years of existences.
One of the most extraordinary places in the world!
I've been to Paris in 1990. But that was all I got to see of France. I hope to go here some day. The history is fascinating. Thank you.
France is a beautiful place - and not just the major cities.
we have been there twice and it is fantastic. We went during off season when it was not as crowded.
Is a place that I would love to visit all the time ❤ the story behind and the people who made this stunning architecture beyond compares. The history
Mont St Michel was one of my best travels in my life
I visited ten years ago, the place is really incredible. The causeway wasn't completed. Be warned, the island is swarming with so many tourists that it is hard to really appreciate the structure. Take the guides advice and visit in winter because July and August are high season.
That’s why I love Christian people artitectures
Mont Saint-Michel was built in record time, thinking that each stone was cut and then transported and lifted manually is just fascinating. They were real building geniuses. Nowadays nobody, whether in France or elsewhere, can build such a cathedral even with computers, cranes and trucks just like the pyramids of Egypt.
Nobody *will fund* such a cathedral but they most certainly could build it.
@@violetadan4051 for sure, by saying Mont Saint-Michel I meant the monastery and not the small island.
Yeah, go Dec/Jan.. it’s like having the place to yourself ! Unfortunately a lot of little Restaurants/Shops are closed then, but it’s not why you’re there. Also if you stay you’ll most likely get a way better room for like $80
Thank you
Hotel or hostel? It's on my bucket list, either this September or next spring
I visited this place three times and it’s mesmerising and the monastery and the church are marvellous and it’s a small world with shops and the I touched the sea water enjoyed
Saint Michael the Archangel defend us in battle 🙏
Been there last May 2023. Such a fascinating place.
I feel truly blessed to have visited this place. 😊Thank you Jesus. ✝️
Stayed in the island for 5 days , beautiful and enchanting place ❤ thank you
They had hotels?
In the old priory IF you are approved(must be Catholic and make a donation)
Monks and nuns live in the abbey. There are also 28 residents total. Some are lay people who have owned property for generations....that's how we stayed there in an air bnb. Expensive, but worth it! Totally empty at night.
I went there in 2017 it was the highlight of my holiday. Amazing place.
Do you like France ?
I visited in 2012. It was magical. If all goes according to plan, I will visit again in 2024!!!
Went there in May of 2023. Amazing place.
I live near by, trust me locals don't go to the bay without a guide, quicksands are real. best is to sleep there as it is a city, there is hotels. And the evening/night you can go near thr Abbey and enjoy the Mount and the view it is so peacefull at night.
Im August war ich auf dem Mont Saint-Michel. Es war sehr beeindruckend und sehr schön. Ich habe die Abtei besichtigt und dort übernachtet. Ich war in der Michael Schule in Frankfurt am Main Dadurch habe ich eine gewisse Beziehung zum Erzengel Michael. Diese Reise war für mich eine Bereicherung
I have been in Mont Saint Mitchell in 2021 which is amazing. How could the monks know many centuries later tourists will flock in droves. My tour director told us don’t walk into the sands.
Are there areas of quicksand?
Religious pilgrimages were the tourism of those times, these sites drew tons of visitors, worshippers, and the commerce followed along. These projects boosted the economy other than spreading the faith, and they also spread culture and technical / architectural innovations. Sometimes, they also served as armed strongholds
Been there. It’s fascinating.
It’s a place on my bucket list
De las construcciones más hermosas que mis ojos han podido ver! Estuve allí en mayo de 2023 y quedará en mi memoria para toda la vida
I am French Mexican and find Mont Saint Michael amazing in its Beauty and magic!!
It's amazing construction
Excellent and interesting video about this place. Love it. Thank you.
Welcome! Stay tuned!
Going there back in 2004 was amazing, with no social media or mass amounts of people.
bucket list
BEAUTIFUL 👍 👌
I would love to see this. Just think how hard it was to make this. No labor unions or safety back then.
Very much worth seeing at least once!
Yeah guessing quite a few people died making it though. If want see modern creations with dead workers the middle east awaits.
If labour unions were involved it would never have been built.
The laborers who built this abbey had to haul and carry those granite rocks by hand or on their backs ontop of the mountain. The stones was taken from the nearby island and the mainland thru a barge. It took 60 years to complete this marvel which was started in the 10th century.
There were pretty much guilds and organized craftsmen workforce, and the architects actually contributed to the physical work too, at least until the 13-14 century, being more of master builders.
There were also strikes and revolts during the construction process at times.
Most projects were co-financed by multiple subjects, including the clergy, nobility, and rich merchants, and sometimes by the common people as well (other than through church offers).
So it worked quite better than today
I hope someday i can visit mont Saint Michel 😇🙏❤️
Spent a couple of nights here for my 30th birthday, it is truly breathtaking!
Nice video!
I recently discovered that "actually" seems to be a fill-in word for non-native english speakers. They over-use it quite alot.
Wonderful
I went here 40 years ago even in those days it was so crowded it was difficult to get around. However, my abiding memory of the place was the shops selling dreadful tourist tat
We didn't stay long as you could see much due to the hoards of visitors. The best views were seeing it from the main road on the mainland
What a wonderful video ❤
I wanna visit there so bad. One day i will
Show up at 4:00pm and stay on the island. Hotels are pretty reasonable. As you arrive everyone will be leaving and you’ll have the streets and restaurants to yourself. Then get up and be first to visit the Abbey in the morning with nobody around. Don’t just take a day trip from Paris.
Advice : spend a night inside to feel the place with no tourist, late in night and early morning, avoid shop and choose wisely the restaurant with care, as it is full tourist price and quality… but an experience in life.
I had first seen it in Onimusha 3 video game and didn't know it existed in real until I saw this video. Great and beautiful architecture ❤
Love it😍🎶💃🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻🎶
The guide told me in 2013 when i visited this magnificent piece of history "before you dire you MUST come back and visit the Mont Saint Michel during a big storm, there is nothing better on earth". So I told myself i would do it someday, but how, thats the question. Apart from being super lucky, i dont see ... Maybe come back during winter?
I will visit this mystical place
One day I dream to visit
C’est le plus beau monument de France.
1) Mont Saint-Michel
2) Notre-Dame
3) Versailles
my dream to visit it. :)
If you're stuck in quicksand with a rapidly rising tide ya I'd say that could be dangerous. If your out there alone you qualify to possibly get a Darwin award.
I've been here last year, it is an incredible place, one bad thing though, inside the "museums" there is no English audio and couldn't really understand the history of the place .
Just down the road of the Mount, there is Alligator Bay, must visit, it was absolutely wonderful place, I am happy I found it, don't visit if you're afraid of snakes!😂
Location.❤ Location.❤
Location. ❤
Would love to visit. ❤❤❤
5:00 for a second I thought it’s the game of throne theme song 😅
It's not even complete. A portion remained unfinished
It then turned into a prison during the Revolution
Hare Krishna, it is a very beautiful creation of Lord 😮❤
Let’s start making beautiful things again.
Need to bring back people's faith. People built these things for God.
Bottom left hand corner i saw that 😮
“ItS a SoCiAl MediA sEnSAtIOn” no it’s not. People just ruin it.
Social media sensationalisation is for wankers
Go in January. Bring a winter coat.
I was a guide and took tours to mont st Michel and learned from a local historian that there were always droves of people. Originally pilgrims, today tourists. This is what allowed this marvel to exist.
People also built it.
@@kimberlysulit220 HOW?
What tour was that?
NOW it's a movie set :3
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3:58. Oh my freaking god
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The inspiration for Minas Tirith.
Could you make videos about Luxembourg?
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20 years ago I went and it was simply amazing. I went today and it was a nightmare! A mile walk to a place that is comfortable with a few hundred people but they pack in 10,000 or more. You can not move or see much at all every seat taken lines, massive lines for everything. They have ruined it. This is no place for babies or physically challenged or very unfit people. Years ago it was a beautiful place now it is a cash cow and I hate what they have done to it. Maybe in the middle of November in the heavy rain it might be worth it but in August absolutely not especially if you have kids or any disability.
It's not Disney Land... people should know that. You can get tired before the end of your visit. My opinion as a local is "Tourism kills tourism".
@@jnpts I kept feeling sorry for all the local people because there must be times where the entire place is overrun by tourists and it must be horrible for you all. I hope the French government does something soon to preserve the Mont by massively restricting the volume of visitors. Yes I know all the visitors bring lots of €€€ but there really needs to be a balance between € and preservation. Currently, all I see is exploitation and abuse of the Mont and it is just wrong in my humble opinion.
@@ukpaullouis2708 Thanks. It's business everywhere... I simply hope the maintenance can be achieved properly by the way. [My father originated Hauteville-sur-mer 40 miles in the North]. Regards.
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0:36 I could never say those sounds ever. Ankhulnkulael?
At the Mont-Saint-Michel , the monks were the first to translate Ancient Greek Philosophic works to European language! 100 years before the Muslims! And of course the Muslims that did translate some works later were also Greeks that had to chose between death and converting to Islam! For the seekers of the Truth reed Sylvain Gouguenheim Book Aristote au mont Saint-Michel!
Am I crazy, or is something crawling out of the wall at 5:51?
yes is like a snake black
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WE NEED YOUR EMERGENCY
Our Lady Untier of Knots,
"UNTIE Pope Francis and his " KNOTTS" & "his appointees"
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I was ther
I will go in December when no one is around.
hey
Its a beautiful church. I visit 2024. But why we paid entrance fees?
Wizard of the world Jeffrey Barry heaven and Hi amen concrete
The guide is hard to hear. Turn the unnecessary music off.
Christ is King
😊
I’m curious if Mont St Michel has facilities or… events? For pilgrims.
There is the "maison du pelerin" (pilgrim's house) on the mount (one night max) and other accommodations around
Mont-Saint-Michel is a "social media sensation"??? Its a lot more than that, Bucko.
La prison du Mont, message : il ne faut pas y faire des cauchemars en soi, dans la vie.
Built during MK
What You Might Not Know About France's Famous Monastery 1432pm 17.5.23 just thinking, then.... if music can aid with one's health that most overweight folk must have been engaging with prog rock!!!
If there's no Starbucks I won't last the day
Sorry for you...
If you need your dose of sugar and caffeine that bad there is enough crêpes au caramel beurre salé to give you more diabetes than you already have and you can ask for a Café there too but i guess you would be too lazy to go there by foot anyway.
@@ommsterlitz1805 Unfortunately I generally don't eat sugary things. I do like black coffee since it helps me concentrate. I like to stretch my legs when my ship pulls in, but didn't realize this was supposed to be an extreme activity either. The more you know I guess.
@@Jason-fm4my Starbucks is literally filled with sugars you clearly crave it because you have some type of diabetes
Sniper Elite 5?
I was there with a girlfriend in 95 and she wasn't let into the church at the top because she was wearing shorts.
Remember god endorses pedophiles and scam artists but ppl in shorts is where he draws the line! Moral values are so important to the Church, after all.
Of course. You can't go in any church unless covered. Church etiquette.
Be happy, soon you will not be stopped if you try to enter Notre-Dame de Paris naked.
almost like a dark souls level
the ending felt so rushed?
TWD Daryl Dixon - The Book of Carol anyone?❤
Normandie 💪✊ >> Bretagne
Ah, a beautiful place, I've been there.......in Sniper Elite 5. The Germans were unfriendly, though...
Dark souls thing
I get nun vibes
jokes on you i know nothing about mont-saint-michel
One wonders if global warming will eventually make it so only boats can reach it easily.
Disappointing! Video is too short!
Stop ruining the historic thing