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!
@bapi6643 Жыл бұрын
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
@rasheadallen85944 ай бұрын
Well hurry up before you die lol
@asterixky Жыл бұрын
Not too many monuments get to celebrate 1000 years of existences.
@clairehachey2189 Жыл бұрын
I've been there and the history is fascinating. Thank you DM Travel for this feature!
@Malik_Sylvus Жыл бұрын
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.
@waerhfawjerh Жыл бұрын
Nobody *will fund* such a cathedral but they most certainly could build it.
@Malik_Sylvus7 ай бұрын
@@violetadan4051 for sure, by saying Mont Saint-Michel I meant the monastery and not the small island.
@BelaMadeira Жыл бұрын
Saint Michael the Archangel defend us in battle 🙏
@arunbanotra2932 Жыл бұрын
That’s why I love Christian people artitectures
@bicyclist2 Жыл бұрын
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.
@GreatCityAttractions Жыл бұрын
France is a beautiful place - and not just the major cities.
@MartinAston00 Жыл бұрын
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
@geethdecruz2998 Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@___beyondhorizon4664 Жыл бұрын
Hotel or hostel? It's on my bucket list, either this September or next spring
@carlosimotti3933 Жыл бұрын
One of the most extraordinary places in the world!
@janibeg3247 Жыл бұрын
we have been there twice and it is fantastic. We went during off season when it was not as crowded.
@chrisjpfaff314 Жыл бұрын
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.
@TraveltoAdventure11 ай бұрын
Mont St Michel was one of my best travels in my life
@jairroblesperez26565 ай бұрын
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
@leonorathomas81236 ай бұрын
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
@janicesmyth1713 Жыл бұрын
I went there in 2017 it was the highlight of my holiday. Amazing place.
@rainbowheartrainbow4 ай бұрын
Do you like France ?
@jj0624 Жыл бұрын
Spent a couple of nights here for my 30th birthday, it is truly breathtaking!
@maymaypineda3556 Жыл бұрын
Been there last May 2023. Such a fascinating place.
@nicoledemedici5 Жыл бұрын
Stayed in the island for 5 days , beautiful and enchanting place ❤ thank you
@Jason-fm4my Жыл бұрын
They had hotels?
@savage.4.24 Жыл бұрын
In the old priory IF you are approved(must be Catholic and make a donation)
@Daniellasanche7 ай бұрын
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.
@maily8388 Жыл бұрын
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.
@taraelizabethdensley9475 Жыл бұрын
Are there areas of quicksand?
@carlosimotti3933 Жыл бұрын
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
@KoilosBat Жыл бұрын
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.
@thetaikonaut8397 Жыл бұрын
Been there. It’s fascinating.
@alexnoahllourenc5062 Жыл бұрын
It’s a place on my bucket list
@annas.697 Жыл бұрын
Went there in May of 2023. Amazing place.
@theraptureisnearbelieveinj4482 ай бұрын
I feel truly blessed to have visited this place. 😊Thank you Jesus. ✝️
@xx1983xx6 ай бұрын
I visited in 2012. It was magical. If all goes according to plan, I will visit again in 2024!!!
@1977minicooper1380 Жыл бұрын
bucket list
@adamw1944 Жыл бұрын
Excellent and interesting video about this place. Love it. Thank you.
@DWTravel Жыл бұрын
Welcome! Stay tuned!
@kamalakardasari7233 Жыл бұрын
It's amazing construction
@Thepriest39 Жыл бұрын
I would love to see this. Just think how hard it was to make this. No labor unions or safety back then.
@raymondmiller5098 Жыл бұрын
Very much worth seeing at least once!
@murphy7801 Жыл бұрын
Yeah guessing quite a few people died making it though. If want see modern creations with dead workers the middle east awaits.
@breitie804 Жыл бұрын
If labour unions were involved it would never have been built.
@kutnahora100 Жыл бұрын
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.
@carlosimotti3933 Жыл бұрын
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
@12TribesUnite6 ай бұрын
Wonderful
@chriscarrol9373 Жыл бұрын
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.
@rakeshvelpula6804 Жыл бұрын
BEAUTIFUL 👍 👌
@arisjatmika Жыл бұрын
I hope someday i can visit mont Saint Michel 😇🙏❤️
@princeangel3580 Жыл бұрын
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.
@lacharpie Жыл бұрын
What a wonderful video ❤
@cevr1292 Жыл бұрын
Going there back in 2004 was amazing, with no social media or mass amounts of people.
@clementevillasenor65284 ай бұрын
I am French Mexican and find Mont Saint Michael amazing in its Beauty and magic!!
@christianwestling2019 Жыл бұрын
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.
@antoinegx-9185 Жыл бұрын
C’est le plus beau monument de France. 1) Mont Saint-Michel 2) Notre-Dame 3) Versailles
@JohannGambolputty22 Жыл бұрын
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.
@old.not.too.grumpy. Жыл бұрын
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
@SylviaRosa-z5x Жыл бұрын
Love it😍🎶💃🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻🎶
@Gaby832 ай бұрын
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!😂
@styx24703 ай бұрын
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?
@neilknightley4703 Жыл бұрын
One day I dream to visit
@samiranpatra9790 Жыл бұрын
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 ❤
@zivmontenegro8303 Жыл бұрын
I wanna visit there so bad. One day i will
@darkicity Жыл бұрын
I will visit this mystical place
@Lord_Avalanche Жыл бұрын
“ItS a SoCiAl MediA sEnSAtIOn” no it’s not. People just ruin it.
@danizanzibar4344 Жыл бұрын
Social media sensationalisation is for wankers
@mclarlinda Жыл бұрын
Go in January. Bring a winter coat.
@phillipphil16157 ай бұрын
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.
@kimberlysulit2206 ай бұрын
People also built it.
@johnjack9023 ай бұрын
@@kimberlysulit220 HOW?
@varoonnone7159 Жыл бұрын
It's not even complete. A portion remained unfinished It then turned into a prison during the Revolution
@deealex1402 Жыл бұрын
my dream to visit it. :)
@ukpaullouis2708Ай бұрын
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.
@oliverschmidt1988 Жыл бұрын
5:00 for a second I thought it’s the game of throne theme song 😅
@sjwilloughby-greene8214 Жыл бұрын
Location.❤ Location.❤ Location. ❤ Would love to visit. ❤❤❤
@soubhikghoshroy71109 ай бұрын
*_Hogwarts School for Wizardry_* from Harry Potter in real life be like !!!
@steveelliott77 Жыл бұрын
Let’s start making beautiful things again.
@Daniellasanche7 ай бұрын
Need to bring back people's faith. People built these things for God.
@TJSaw Жыл бұрын
The inspiration for Minas Tirith.
@Roveneimi Жыл бұрын
Bottom left hand corner i saw that 😮
@snehasett18472 ай бұрын
🙏🏻🙏🏻👍
@matthiasthym7431 Жыл бұрын
Could you make videos about Luxembourg?
@DWTravel Жыл бұрын
We will think about it. We are always happy to receive suggestions from the community.
@Normally_aspirated Жыл бұрын
3:58. Oh my freaking god
@MRoachthe12 ай бұрын
0:36 I could never say those sounds ever. Ankhulnkulael?
@ferdaaydin74057 ай бұрын
Hi,from Thailand
@DWTravel6 ай бұрын
Greetings to Thailand! Welcome to our channel.
@mozart5485 Жыл бұрын
Am I crazy, or is something crawling out of the wall at 5:51?
@skenderalili1397Ай бұрын
yes is like a snake black
@Taleton Жыл бұрын
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!
@overthelimitful Жыл бұрын
👍
@andonypush527625 күн бұрын
Its a beautiful church. I visit 2024. But why we paid entrance fees?
@robertsontirado4478 Жыл бұрын
I will go in December when no one is around.
@annmiskus70945 ай бұрын
The guide is hard to hear. Turn the unnecessary music off.
@petrub27 Жыл бұрын
hey
@raphaelledesma9393 Жыл бұрын
I’m curious if Mont St Michel has facilities or… events? For pilgrims.
@SuperLn199111 ай бұрын
There is the "maison du pelerin" (pilgrim's house) on the mount (one night max) and other accommodations around
@JJONNYREPP Жыл бұрын
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!!!
@ruthc8407 Жыл бұрын
Mont-Saint-Michel is a "social media sensation"??? Its a lot more than that, Bucko.
@Jason-fm4my Жыл бұрын
If there's no Starbucks I won't last the day
@DWTravel Жыл бұрын
Sorry for you...
@ommsterlitz1805 Жыл бұрын
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.
@Jason-fm4my Жыл бұрын
@@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.
@ommsterlitz1805 Жыл бұрын
@@Jason-fm4my Starbucks is literally filled with sugars you clearly crave it because you have some type of diabetes
@Elena-Immaculata Жыл бұрын
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@georgensal Жыл бұрын
I was ther
@ad3mn Жыл бұрын
Sniper Elite 5?
@ryamrose295 Жыл бұрын
😊
@barkendog1 Жыл бұрын
I was there with a girlfriend in 95 and she wasn't let into the church at the top because she was wearing shorts.
@ChessJourneyman Жыл бұрын
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.
@Daniellasanche7 ай бұрын
Of course. You can't go in any church unless covered. Church etiquette.
@klaradolejsi71032 ай бұрын
TWD Daryl Dixon - The Book of Carol anyone?❤
@francoisedandre36448 ай бұрын
La prison du Mont, message : il ne faut pas y faire des cauchemars en soi, dans la vie.
@JeffBarry-r2sАй бұрын
Wizard of the world Jeffrey Barry heaven and Hi amen concrete
@Chris-vz7en Жыл бұрын
Ah, a beautiful place, I've been there.......in Sniper Elite 5. The Germans were unfriendly, though...
@francosmith9326 Жыл бұрын
the ending felt so rushed?
@angmael-um5np4 ай бұрын
Dark souls thing
@elpass8388 Жыл бұрын
Normandie 💪✊ >> Bretagne
@lightsleeper. Жыл бұрын
jokes on you i know nothing about mont-saint-michel
@fandyllic1975 Жыл бұрын
One wonders if global warming will eventually make it so only boats can reach it easily.
@bingeltube Жыл бұрын
Disappointing! Video is too short!
@TheStarlitfuse Жыл бұрын
Azkaban
@enos45713 ай бұрын
Men didnt construct this small buss narrator. Liar.
@bhson95 Жыл бұрын
The left would say: terrorising place!
@chimefloon-w-4146 Жыл бұрын
no...?
@murphy7801 Жыл бұрын
Guessing not very familiar with french left
@saonguyen83213 ай бұрын
Stop ruining the historic thing
@1stPersonStateConsciousness4 ай бұрын
Boring. I want to go to places where people cant go
@DWTravel4 ай бұрын
Any suggestions? :)
@lienct Жыл бұрын
So... what were the secrets? what a waste of 6 min
@fandyllic1975 Жыл бұрын
If you weren’t paying attention… yes, no secrets were revealed. SMH