For more than a thousand years, the distant silhouette of Mont Saint-Michel has sent pilgrims’ spirits soaring. Today, it does the same for tourists. This island abbey in the Normandy region of France ...

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 ...

The island abbey of Mont St-Michel, one of the top pilgrimage sites of Christendom through the ages, floats like a mirage on the horizon, just off the Norman coast of France. For more than a thousand ...

For more than a thousand years, the distant silhouette of Mont-St-Michel has sent pilgrims' spirits soaring. Today, it does the same for tourists. This island abbey in the Normandy region of France, ...

The half-timbered charm of Rouen, Monet's lily ponds, Honfleur's harbor, Mont. St. Michel After exploring the half-timbered charm of Rouen, we reflect on Monet's lily ponds, peek in on local artisans, ...