Mont Saint Michel, Normandy France

A magical mystical island seemingly floating in the water. A picture as taken from a fairytale. This breathtaking place exists and is said to be one of the most visited places in France.
Mont Saint-Michel is located in Normandy on the coast of France, right on the border to Bretagne. The Baie de Mont-Saint-Michel has one of the most extreme tidal variations in the world and although Mont-Saint-Michel is surrounded by vast sandbanks most of the time it becomes an island when the tides are very high. At low tide you can talk a walk in the sand, around the walls, and get views from all sides.
The island castle is a walled medieval village with cobblestoned pathway running up to an abby on top. There’s a small number of residences in the village, including the monks and nuns.
The rocky tidal island was once part of dry land but erosion when sea level rose made it into an island. Known as Mont Tombe until 708 when the archangel Michael appeared in 708 for the bishop of Avranches, instructing him to bild a church at the place. The place was renamed Mont Saint Michel au péril de la Mer ("Mount Saint Michael at the peril of the sea”). The island has been through lots of history and have been both sanctuary, abbey, fortress and a prison.