Mont Saint Michel Castle is known as the castle on the sea, a place tourists must visit when traveling to France.
Mont Saint Michel Castle is located on a small island in the northwest of France, in the Bay of Saint-Malo, an extremely famous “human beauty”. It is called the “castle on the sea” because it is located in the middle of the vast ocean every time the evening falls, the tide rises and hides the ground. The fairy-tale castle is like a beautiful oasis in the middle of the vast and mysterious sea and sky.
The “floating” castle between the sea and the clouds
The breathtaking fairyland scene in the middle of the sea of Mont Saint Michel
What fascinates visitors is the “mechanism” of Mont Saint Michel’s appearance. During the day, this is a normal castle with a green path. Only in the afternoon, when the tide rises, the water surrounds Mont Saint Michel, making it a poetic and romantic floating castle. Combined with the sunlight at sunset, the landscape is like a fairyland.
Visitors can walk to the castle during the day and take a boat in the evening.
This ancient building was built over a thousand years ago, around 708, and was originally the first church built by Bishop Aubert. There were many small houses with residents around the castle. In 1421, a great fire completely destroyed the town and the church. In the early 16th century, France began to rebuild the castle with the Saint Michel monastery on top. In 2015, this place was again renovated and has increasingly attracted tourists from all over the world.
This unreally beautiful “castle on the sea” is always in the top of the most beautiful castles on the planet and was recognized by UNESCO as a world heritage site in 1979.
Mont Saint Michel shimmers magically under the moonlight at night
Not only beautiful from the outside, Mont Saint Michel is also beautiful in every detail inside. The entire massive structure was built in the Gothic architectural style. Not only has tourist value, this place is also a cultural and historical museum of an entire era of hundreds of years.
The castle has many rows of buildings and is still in a good state of preservation.
The classic Gothic architecture makes visitors feel like they are stepping into an ancient fairy tale world.
