Barrage sur le Couesnon

Engineering marvel with marvelous views

This dam was installed relatively recently and helps to control the flow of the river and prevent too much silting up of the bay of Mont Saint-Michel. There are some signs with more information about ...

Walk towards, ride back

The barrage connects the mainland where you must park your car with St. Michel. For the best experience I suggest walking to St. Michel's over the barrage as you're facing it directly for around 45 mi...

nice walkway to the mount

You can walk the barrage or use the free bus transport to get to the mount. We walke dback to town and it was a very nice promenade

Lovely views of Mont Saint Michel

You are not coming to this area for the Barrage, unless you are an engineering maniac, but it is a good spot to get a view on Mont Saint Michel. Also plenty of seating places if you are tired. Woul...

The best views of Saint-Michel!

Barrage sur le Couesnon is the footpath to arrive to the main entrance of Mont-Saint-Michel, in the coast of Normandie, in the North of France. It was built in 2015 and since then, it is always possib...