The exterior walls of the church are decorated with carved ... Positioned on the border of Normandy and Brittany, the island abbey Mont-Saint-Michel was both a place of passage and a fortress.

Mont Saint-Michel looks straight out of a Disney film, its small island set around a grand Gothic-style Benedictine abbey ... where there's a small church, a museum and a bell tower to explore.

25. Paddleboard around Mont-St-Michel on an incoming tide Not one to be attempted alone — the tidal waters around Mont-St-Michel can be unpredictable and treacherous, and much of the muddy sand ...