La Vieille Auberge

If you are going to Mont St. Michel and can afford to spend a night here, do it. Way too crowded during the day, but once 6pm rolls around, the streets belong to you. Just remember to book your restaurants in advance as everything closes early here. The hotel rooms were much better than we were led to believe from other reviews. The price is high, but worth it for a once in a lifetime experience. Note to summer travellers: they light up Mont St. Michel Monday night to Saturday Night, so if you want to see that, don't book Sunday like we did. Still a great experience though.

The room is located high on the Monte which means that there's quite a number of stairs to reach the room - a small inconvenience for the lovely views you get from the balcony. Generally the accommodation is as listed. Nice modern facilities which are perfectly suited for a short stay. The staff are very friendly and accommodating and made the check in experience a breeze. It was a great experience and memory to be able to stay overnight at Mont Saint Michel, one that we will never forget.

Location and view (paid extra for sea view room) were excellent!! Reviews say room is tricky to find; it would have been first time..but hotel has noted that and had someone take us to our room on arrival without us having to ask. Easy to find once we'd got orientated. Literally at the foot of The Abbey. Beds were very comfy. Seagulls started early but that added to knowing we were right by the sea! Our 16&18 year old kids were blown away by the location and view - if you can impress them you've done well. Upon checkout, the bar staff were very accommodating and filled all our water bottles with lovely fresh water too. Thank you. Pricey, but a once in a long while experience. We would do it again some day. Great to stay on the island to get the night visit in for the abbey and leave the island as the masses and masses arrive on the buses and by foot. Merci!

We were pleasantly surprised with our island stay! It is an older hotel, and yes the rooms are modest, and a bit over priced but to be expected for a night on an island with an abbey built over 1000 years ago! The room was decent size, clean, beds were comfortable, shower was great, our room had an awesome view of the water where we enjoyed watching and hearing the seagulls. The windows closed at night deadened any "noise". We had a wonderful dinner at the hotel's sister hotel a few steps away and breakfast there too. The breakfast was a bit overpriced but convenient and good. We loved our stay. It exceeded our expectations. We couldn't have been happier with the whole experience. We walked around at night after the crowds left. It was magical. The only thing we missed was not going out of the gates to look back up at the abbey lit up at night so if you go, try not to miss that. We drove a car, parked it in the parking lot as instructed and took the shuttle in. We packed enough for one night in our backpacks and left our suitcases in the car. The streets are cobblestone and there are some stairs so it really is best to not bring a suitcase although we did see some people who brought them in.

The location and the rooms.