PARIS – French President Francois Hollande has visited the ancient abbey Mont-Saint-Michel to inaugurate the bridge meant to ensure the site's island status, finalizing 10 years of construction. The ...

MONT-SAINT-MICHEL, France – While much of the world worries about how to stop sea levels from rising, engineers in this corner of France want to spend $260 million to do just the opposite: raise the ...

Up until a few years ago, quirky Mont St. Michel, a tidal island (tides vary as much as 50 feet) located off the coast of Normandy, France, was in danger of losing its maritime identity. In the 8th ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... 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 ...

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

PARIS (AP) — France’s beloved abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel has reached a ripe old age. It's been 1,000 years since the laying of its first stone. The millennial of the UNESCO World Heritage site and key ...

The Traveler: Rachel Dickinsen of Roseville. The scene: Mont-Saint-Michel, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, seems to float above water off the coast of Normandy on the northern coast of France. The ...

MONT ST. MICHEL, France — While much of the world worries about how to stop sea levels from rising, engineers in this corner of France want to spend $260 million to do just the opposite: raise the ...

Undoubtedly one of the boldest gastronomic gambles of 2025 is coming early in the year when chef Jean Imbert opens a restaurant at the top of Mont-Saint-Michel, under the aegis of the Mauviel cookware ...

The road was built only recently. For over a thousand years, visitors to the city of Mont Saint-Michel had to travel by boat, or wait till low tide and walk across from the mainland. The former was ...