This famous for­ti­fied island is locat­ed around a kilo­me­ter off the north­west­ern shores of Nor­mandy, France. Walk­ing around Mont-St-Michel might feel as if you have been trans­port­ed back to anoth­er time; the monastery here dates back to the 8th cen­tu­ry and is still in use today. The old walls and chapels are intrigu­ing places to explore.