Michel, one of France’s most iconic landmarks. This virtual tour showcases the island’s medieval abbey, winding streets, and ...

If you’re looking for a place that feels like it’s straight out of a fairytale, Mont Saint Michel is a must-see. This tiny island, crowned by an impressive abbey and medieval village, rises ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Melissa is a writer based in Brooklyn. Mont Saint-Michel is accessible by car (it's roughly a four-hour drive from Paris, though ...

After two days in Paris, we hopped a train from Gare Saint Lazare in the north-central part of the city to Caen, the capital of Lower Normandy, just a few hours northwest, where we picked up our ...

Don a mixed-reality viewer and you see the sun-dappled altar under a sweeping tower of windows. Turn around, and the cathedral’s pews march off into the distance, two by two. Now, for the best part, ...

The historic—and fragile—island abbey is France’s most visited site outside of Paris. As it heads into its millennium year, a new sustainable development plan aims to protect it for the future. This ...

I love to scamper, at low tide, shoes in my hands, far from shore, across the mudflat in the vast Bay of Mont St-Michel. Splashing across black sand and through little puddles, I head for a dramatic ...

Exactly 1,000 years ago this month, construction started on a magnificent island building off the coast of France that, as it rose improbably from the choppy waters of the Atlantic Ocean, would become ...