michele Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 High guys I did a search but this computer or the server is playing up. Can anyone help with some info on the parking , where to park, how much ,can we still park on the causeway ?. Any info gratefully received .I should say France . Thanks you in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malc d Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 michele - 2013-10-30 12:22 PM High guys I did a search but this computer or the server is playing up. Can anyone help with some info on the parking , where to park, how much ,can we still park on the causeway ?. Any info gratefully received . Thanks you in advance Hi Michele No, you can't park on the causeway. You have to park some distance away and get a shuttle bus. The place has all been ' developed ' in recent years - i.e. commercialised. :-( p.s. can't recall the prices as we arrived on bikes a year or so ago, but it was expensive. ( Doubt if we will be going again ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michele Posted October 30, 2013 Author Share Posted October 30, 2013 Malc , Thanks , is that a AVOID warning ?. really don't mind if it is . Just asking if its that jazzed up now might not even bother . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayjsj Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Hi Michelle, We were down Nr St. Michaels Mount back in May, staying at Marazion CC site. There is a large grassed car park overlooking the Mount, plenty of room for the Largest of large vans, it was free as I recall. Not a Solid surface though, so be careful. And don't do as I did and drive through Marazion itself, it is VERY tight. Hope the Weather is kind to you. Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malc d Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 michele - 2013-10-30 12:33 PM Malc , Thanks , is that a AVOID warning ?. really don't mind if it is . Just asking if its that jazzed up now might not even bother . I wouldn't advise anyone about avoidance - because we all like different things. My experience is based on the fact that we went many years ago - drove right up and parked on the causeway. All very laid back. Went in 2012 - stayed on a campsite up the road in Beauvoir and cycled in ( about 2 kms ? ) and saw cars / vans etc all being diverted into a huge car park some distance from the mount. Everyone then had to walk or get the shuttle bus to the mount. ( I ' think ' it was about 25 euros to stay there in a van for the night - but I may be wrong about that ). There is also now a huge new aire in Beauvoir which is about 12 or 13 euros per night. Maybe if I hadn't been there ' in the old days ' I wouldn't have been so disappointed / appalled. :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michele Posted October 30, 2013 Author Share Posted October 30, 2013 Thanks Ray ...not going near Cornwall :D The mother in law is there .lol. :D.If you have to take a shuttle . Where is it that we would be ok to park for the night or two ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel wood Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Following the contribution of malcd, the aire at Beauvoir (4 km from the shuttle buses) is nine euros ninety cents according to the official web site: camping-montsaintmichel.com/fr/aire-montsaint-michel. All parking nearest to le mont is expensive - it is 20 euros for a motorhome for 24 hours (according to the official mont saint michel website there doesn't seem to be a lesser period/charge). From the parking folks then walk to the free shuttle buses which drive across the causeway. Last year in June we stayed at the campsite in Beauvoir (Les Pommiers) which with the ACSI card was 14 euros,including a swimming pool. It is actually closer to le mont than the Beauvoir aire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malc d Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 michele - 2013-10-30 12:47 PM Thanks Ray ...not going near Cornwall :D The mother in law is there .lol. :D.If you have to take a shuttle . Where is it that we would be ok to park for the night or two ? By the way, you won't see the big new aire in Beauvoir on Google Maps yet because it is ' too new ' It's just a couple of hundred yards up the road ( and on the opposite side ) from the Pommiers campsite. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthur49 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 We stayed at the new Beauvoir Aire in September. 9.90 euro/night inc EHU and wifi. Recommended. Easy cycle to Le Mont. Two Youtube vids below .............. sorry about delay getting through entrance gate Arthur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 It is possible to park a motorhome overnight at Mont-Saint-Michel http://www.bienvenueaumontsaintmichel.com/site/en/access-the-mont-saint-michel/by-motorhome but it's not cheap and (if I remember correctly) there used to be something funny about how a 'day' was defined. As has already been advised, the nearby aire at Beauvoir should be a better bet http://www.camping-montsaintmichel.com/fr/aire-mont-saint-michel GPS coordinates here http://aires.camping-car.com/aires/aire-du-mont-saint-michel-beauvoir-communale,44284/contact Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malc d Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Nice to see that the Beauvoir aire has dropped its' prices. It was 12.50 euros last year. ( I wonder if the Wifi is still free ? ) Maybe they just didn't get enough business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthur49 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 malc d - 2013-10-30 5:03 PM Nice to see that the Beauvoir aire has dropped its' prices. It was 12.50 euros last year. ( I wonder if the Wifi is still free ? ) Maybe they just didn't get enough business. Yes, wifi is free. It was 12.50 Euro last year but according to the attendant Sept 2013 nobody was staying there so they dropped the price Arthur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michele Posted October 30, 2013 Author Share Posted October 30, 2013 Thank you everyone for answering and giving us a better clue . We were thinking of taking our bikes not even sure if there is somewhere where its possible to secure the bikes whilst we went in to look . Thanks for the link on Utube . wished I could get it to play seem to be having trouble with u tube as well think maybe its time for a new computer whilst I am at it . Thanks for the prices and the wifi info . Now off to look at what Derek's link says re staying at the mount . Thanks alot guys . ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayjsj Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 oooops ! Saw St. Michaels Mount (rather than Mont Saint Michelle *-) then didn't read the 'End bit' sorry :$ Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michele Posted October 30, 2013 Author Share Posted October 30, 2013 Ray lol..................Do you not Michelespeak yet lol haha how many years don't you know what I am like yet . :D :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest searchforsites Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 There is a good alternative here La Bidonniere A private aire with views towards the Mont and very quiet unlike Beauvoir which has pitches right along the main road. There is also L'Anse du Moidrey A little further back up the road but cheaper at 8€ and again quieter. Cycling is easy from any of the sites as it is pancake flat in the area (but can be windy) Would definitely not recommend stopping in the main car park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michele Posted November 3, 2013 Author Share Posted November 3, 2013 Thanks everyone . Will probably search for these ones. . Thank you very much all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 It's worth noting, perhaps, that - once 230V electricity has been factored in - the aire at Beauvoir is (just) the cheapest option. The L'Anse du Moidrey aire costs 8€ for parking and (as shown in the searchforsites entry) has only two service-pedestals (bornes) supplying 55 min of electricity + 15 minutes of water for a 3€ charge. (No good, then, if one wants electricity throughout the duration of one's stay.) The La Bidonniere aire currently costs €6.50 for a 'pitch', while 230V electricity will add €3.50 (4Amps) or €6.00 (10Amps). http://campingcar.ardevivre.fr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14&Itemid=14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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