I did a semester in Normandy and I seem to remember there being something called the "Bus Verts" that would go from Caen around the countryside. I think I even saw a bus stop outside the American Cemetary, which is definately off the beaten path. Here's the website: http://www.busverts.fr/_hiver/tarifs.asp?id=11.
I also visited Mt St Michel while I was abroad and I seem to remember we spent 2-3 hrs there. It felt like enough time to me because we just did a tour of the church/abbey and grabbed a quick sandwhich à emporter and ate it on the bus ride back. I'm always a fan of training from Paris to Caen and renting a small car there & driving to all the historic sites in Normandie (Bayeux, D-Day beaches, etc). I went with a couple of friends which made it very affordable.
Thanks for all the info! The Bus Verts seem pretty good, it would let us make a trip out to Honfleur for the day from Caen.
Debating renting a car, but there are only two of us going, so it seems like buses and trains will have to do for us cause' of the cost. For the D-Day beaches we're going to just join a tour.
Thanks so much again for the info! Really appreciate it.
PS: How do you pronounce "Caen"? Is it literally just *can* like the way people pronounce "Cannes" in France? Just wondering if its a homonym! I've no idea how to say it. :D
Cannes and Caen are pronounced differently. Caen in the north is a more nasal like "Kahn". Bad at trying to write it phonetically but I think you get the idea. Amusez-vous bien! I really miss the area.
I took the Bus Verts to Honfleur from Deauville. Everything worked out all right. That's not very good input, but there you go.
When I plugged in both Bayeux to Mont-Saint-Michel and Pontorson to Mont-St-Michel on the SNCF website, it has both trips going to Dol de Bretagne and then taking a bus from there to the abbey. So if you're going with the SNCF trains and buses, rather than local ones, it might be better to book a train to Dol de Bretagne. You're not going to make it back to Bayeux by train on the same day; overnighting it in Pontorson is probs your best bet. It's hard to do Mont-St-Michel as a day trip when you're taking public transportation, because times just don't line up.
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I also visited Mt St Michel while I was abroad and I seem to remember we spent 2-3 hrs there. It felt like enough time to me because we just did a tour of the church/abbey and grabbed a quick sandwhich à emporter and ate it on the bus ride back. I'm always a fan of training from Paris to Caen and renting a small car there & driving to all the historic sites in Normandie (Bayeux, D-Day beaches, etc). I went with a couple of friends which made it very affordable.
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Debating renting a car, but there are only two of us going, so it seems like buses and trains will have to do for us cause' of the cost. For the D-Day beaches we're going to just join a tour.
Thanks so much again for the info! Really appreciate it.
PS: How do you pronounce "Caen"? Is it literally just *can* like the way people pronounce "Cannes" in France? Just wondering if its a homonym! I've no idea how to say it. :D
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When I plugged in both Bayeux to Mont-Saint-Michel and Pontorson to Mont-St-Michel on the SNCF website, it has both trips going to Dol de Bretagne and then taking a bus from there to the abbey. So if you're going with the SNCF trains and buses, rather than local ones, it might be better to book a train to Dol de Bretagne. You're not going to make it back to Bayeux by train on the same day; overnighting it in Pontorson is probs your best bet. It's hard to do Mont-St-Michel as a day trip when you're taking public transportation, because times just don't line up.
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