Tours to Mt St Michel - how long will it take?

Hi there,

We%26#39;re planning to hire a car in Tours next month and will have 4 days to explore the Loire Valley. I was also thinking of taking my fiancee to Mt St Michel, because she%26#39;s never been to France.

But is it practical - how long would it take to drive there and back, and would it be best to go straight from Tours or somewhere else on our road trip?

Thanks in advance!

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Anyone have any further advice about this topic?? Thanks if so!!

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Take a look at the viamichelin.com and mappy.com web site for information on routes and approximate driving times.

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Thanks for the tip!

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Far too long is the answer - unless you%26#39;re concentrating on seeing sights rather than seeing France. Done properly, this is the best part of a day. You can do it in about 3 hours each way if you see nothing on the way and take the autoroute or 4 hours if you avoid the autoroute, but it%26#39;s a hell of a thing to do, driving 1/2 way across a country just to look at an island with a church on it.

Use Google maps - easier to custom make yourself a route.http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d%26amp;source=s_d%26amp;saddr=Tours%26amp;daddr=47.563554,0.284271+to:D21+to:Pontorson,+Manche,+Basse-Normandie,+France%26amp;geocode=%3B%3BFVQZ2wId3O74_w%3BFZfe5AIdVwrp_w%26amp;hl=en%26amp;mra=dpe%26amp;mrcr=0%26amp;mrsp=1%26amp;sz=10%26amp;via=1,2%26amp;sll=47.67371,0.009613%26amp;sspn=0.564072,1.060181%26amp;ie=UTF8%26amp;ll=48.058807,-0.777283%26amp;spn=2.23958,4.240723%26amp;z=8

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http://tinyurl.com/dc3d2q should work

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