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Mont St Michel

250 Reviews

Operated by Brittany Ferries on the Portsmouth Caen route

Named after the beautiful Normandy town of Mont St Michel, this ship offers passengers a host of features including spacious cabins, a choice of restaurants, bars, cinemas, disco club and video gaming area designed specifically for teenagers.

Carrying up to 2,200 passengers and with over 2km of vehicle space, the ship also features a range of state-of-the-art navigation and safety management systems making it not only one of the most comfortable channel cruise ferries afloat, but also one of the best equipped.

Onboard Cabins / Reserved Seating

There's a range of onboard cabin accommodation of which all are ensuite, air conditioned and have fresh linen and towels. Soap and shower gel are also provided in case you want to freshen up and you'll also find at least 1 plug socket to use or to charge any electrical appliances that you may have.

Reclining seats can also be pre-booked.

Onboard Food and Drink

Mont St Michel's main a la carte restaurant, Les Romantiques, is situated at the rear of the ship. The restaurant's entrance is via the Comptoir des Saveurs, where you'll find a glorious range of luxury food and cooking items and fine wines which you can purchase. There you'll be met by Brittany Ferries staff to be seated - either within the main area, or on the grand table where you can enjoy shared French dining experience with other guests.

Diners have a choice of two menus, including a delicious buffet, where you can enjoy a choice of main dish served to your table accompanied by a mouth-watering buffet-style starter, including everything from salads and cured meats to French favourites and fresh seafood. All followed by a choice of indulgent desserts and cheeses.

La Galerie is Mont St Michel's self-service restaurant offering a fantastic choice of foods from around the world as well drinks, including wines and beers to accompany your meal.

Serving sandwiches, cakes, pastries and hot and cold drinks, Le Café du Festival, not only offers a delicious choice of snacks, it's also a great place to relax and enjoy time with your fellow passengers. With access to the sun deck and promenade, passengers can enjoy the relaxed atmosphere inside, or during good weather sit out on the deck. The children's soft play area is also situated within this area, so is a great place for families.

The only bar on Mont St Michel, Blue Note, is situated in the centre of the ship and serves everything from the finest French wines to cocktails. Also on the menu are hot and cold drinks and snacks. The bar offers passengers a large, open space with plenty of seating both around the stage and entertainments area as well as a number of comfortable sofas and quieter areas near the windows on either side of the ship.There are also a number of flat screen televisions showing big sports matches and news updates.

Onboard Shopping

Perfect for gifts, souvenirs, or just a treat for yourself, Mont St Michel boutiques offer a fine range of spirits, wine, tobacco, perfumes and cosmetics, leather goods, confectionery, toys, fashion, decoration, souvenirs, newspapers, games, cameras, sunglasses, jewellery and much more! All are at great prices, and certainly worth a browse.

Purchases made on board may be paid for in Euros or Sterling. Payment can be made in cash, by credit or debit card. Prices are shown in both currencies and you can combine different payment methods.

Additional Onboard Facilities

Additional facilities include a cinema, seasonal Caberet (DJ, Magician, Live Band), Games Room & Slot Machines, video games room, Wi-Fi internet access (not free), baby changing rooms, baggage room to leave your luggage, Bureau de Change

Travelling with Children

For children, during the peak season they can take part in the special entertainments programme and enjoy everything from games to treasure hunts, or they can simply have fun in the play area on deck 9

Accessibility

The ship is wheelchair friendly with specially adapted wheelchair accessible cabins. Disabled toilets are located on deck 7, 8, 9 and 10 and all decks can be accessed by lift.

Please Note: Whilst we have taken great care in making our Mont St Michel guide as accurate as possible, onboard facilities, services and entertainment may vary depending on the date and time of year that you travel, facilities mentioned may change without notification and ferry companies reserve the right to operate vessels other than those mentioned at time of booking without prior notification.

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Mont St Michel Reviews

4.3
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98% of our customers recommended this ship

  • General:4.3
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  • Punctuality:4.5
  • Cleanliness:4.4

  • "mv Normandie "

    Very enjoyable uneventful trip

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    Reviewed by Marie who travelled with Brittany Ferries on Mont St Michel

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  • "Brilliant crossing - both ways"

    The whole experience of travelling to and returning from France with Brittany Ferries was just perfect. Accommodation and food along with the onboard entertainment was outstanding - many thanks for making the start to our holiday special and a beautiful ending too.

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    Reviewed by Phillip who travelled with Brittany Ferries on Mont St Michel

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  • "Excellent service and value"

    The trip was well organised and everything was on time and efficiently run. Would use this service again

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    Reviewed by Sharron who travelled with Brittany Ferries on Mont St Michel

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  • "Good but could be better"

    Ship going out fine. Ship on route back quite dated and was cold inside throughout. Bathrooms in cabins would benefit from toiletries . Didn't expect bunk cabins as picture on website suggested otherwise.

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    Reviewed by Anonymous who travelled with Brittany Ferries on Mont St Michel

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  • "Brittany ferries "

    Outbound fine , except couldn't understand the English announcements , return a nightmare arrived at Caen to be told we had to depart Cherbourg , said they had texted no good to us we were already travelling with no reception , having driven 250 miles we then had to dash to Cherbourg poor attitude from the staff at Caen . Arrived at Cherbourg boarded the boat no apology cup of tea nothing , yet again impossible to hear announcements . Having used up extra fuel had an uneasy time finding some on arrival . Both boats immaculate .

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    Reviewed by Martin who travelled with Brittany Ferries on Mont St Michel

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  • "Outstanding service "

    I traveled with my wife from Portsmouth to Cean & back on both occasions I approached the information desk to ask, if it was possible form my wife & I could go down to our car before others gathered around the exit doors & stairs as my wife is undergoing Chemotherapy & has no resistance to viruses & infection due to no immune system. The answer was an immediate yes & we were asked to report to the desk a quarter of an hour before docking. We were then escorted to the car deck, one gentalman even requesting other. Passengers to move up the stair way as we came out of the lift. On the return journey I did not have a o explain why as the lady on reception remembered us both & agreed straight away with no explanation. This is defiantly above & beyond what we expected & please pass our thanks on to your reception staff on the Sait mon Michelle.

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    Reviewed by David who travelled with Brittany Ferries on Mont St Michel

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  • "Foot passenger review!"

    I had to change a previous booking with Brittany Ferries as my ferry had been withdrawn from service due to a faulty propellor. I was advised that the replacement crossing would not be the same cruising experience and braced myself for this budget option! However I was very pleasantly surprised. My cabin was spotlessly clean, quiet and comfortable. Towels, bedding and toiletries were also supplied. All the staff I encountered were pleasant and very helpful. I felt safe and I was completely impressed with my crossing from Le Havre to Portsmouth.

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    Reviewed by Anonymous who travelled with Brittany Ferries on Mont St Michel

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  • "Good value for money"

    The ship was clean and well appointed. The crew helpful and friendly. The restaurant was outstandinglying good with lots of options and easy on the wallet.

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    Reviewed by Peter who travelled with Brittany Ferries on Mont St Michel

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  • "On-time smooth crossing"

    Ticks all the boxes. Both legs of our round trip were on-time, reasonably smooth, and not too crowded. We ate at the snack bar both times, and the pizzas were excellent.

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    Reviewed by Alan who travelled with Brittany Ferries on Mont St Michel

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  • "Smooth Crossing"

    Fabulous ship, great breakfast, food and value, highly recommended!

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    Reviewed by Sean who travelled with Brittany Ferries on Mont St Michel

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  • "Bin voyage"

    Great crossings

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    Reviewed by Paul who travelled with Brittany Ferries on Mont St Michel

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  • "Portsmouth to Caem"

    Efficient check in , on time departure and a truly comfortable crossing. I will definitely do it again !

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    Reviewed by David who travelled with Brittany Ferries on Mont St Michel

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  • "There and back"

    All good

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    Reviewed by Jack who travelled with Brittany Ferries on Mont St Michel

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  • "my trip"

    I thought Brittany ferries gave me good service overall , however if I had been told that I would be locked in the cinema for the duration of the film I would not have bought a ticket ,the situation reminded me of the Titanic disaster { the event not the film } had there been an emergency we would have been reliant on someone not panicking and letting us out

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    Reviewed by Christopher who travelled with Brittany Ferries on Mont St Michel

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  • "French Trip"

    The trip to France was excellent , very punctual with straightforward boarding and departing . The ferry was clean and comfortable with good quality food served in both restaurant and self service cafe .

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    Reviewed by Anonymous who travelled with Brittany Ferries on Mont St Michel

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  • "Poor communication, better to go directly to ferry operators "

    The booking was fine up to the point that there was an issue with the ferry and a change needed to be made. Tried making changes via Direct Ferries, but couldn't get through via phone and in the end gave up and went directly to Brittany ferries.

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    Reviewed by Richard who travelled with Brittany Ferries on Mont St Michel

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  • "Great trip"

    Really enjoyed the ferry crossing, staff were great, glad we booked a cabin so we could chill!!

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    Reviewed by David who travelled with Brittany Ferries on Mont St Michel

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  • "Unpleasant crossing"

    On the 14/09/2018, Our crossing was the worst of all my trip to France I ever got. After 4 hours drive to Portsmouth and another 4 hours drive to La Baule, I booked a cabin to relax my back and have a lay down, shower etc but that was not the case when enter the ferry, I asked one of your staff where are the cabins and he answer me straight away: is no cabin in this ferry, all chair. I have to sit with my wife again for another 5h 45 min. It was so cold and uncomfortable compare to the one on our way back. I also got disability with very painful working and no option when I was booking. I couldn't get place next to the lift and have to park on 4B then on the stair till 7th floor, walk always down to 7023 for my cabin. Always been good on crossing for me except this time which I really don't appreciate to be honest. I paid for cabin and not reclining chair.

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    Reviewed by El'hadji Amadou who travelled with Brittany Ferries on Mont St Michel

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  • "3rd time customer and will be back."

    Our out bound sailing from Portsmouth on Mont St Michel went without a hitch both port side and onboard, this is a great ship, but our return on Normandie was a little different. The port at Caen was under heavy security with armed Militery and Police everywhere. Migrants were jumping on trucks and vans trying to get into the port and on to ships. We were stopped and searched at gun point 4 times, The migrents seem to be a real danger. All this security delaied the ships sailing by just 15 minutes now onboard the ship the Normandy seemed to be a lesser quality boat than the Mont St Michel but had more English staff.. food in the restaurant was cold and was sent back twice ended up getting a refund and going to the lounge snack bar for a microwave pizza it was ok but not what we realy wanted. Return crossing was slow and dull ( could be the return to the UK, end of the Holiday) leaving the ship was fast and easy untill security at boarder control searched twice ( We think they had some information re smuggling or just migrants, but security was the highest We have seen) the gards were plesent enough and got there job done and we were waved through and on the way back home. We will be returning to france but will use the Mont St Michel both ways next time as it is a 10/10 ship when we used it.

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    Reviewed by Martin who travelled with Brittany Ferries on Mont St Michel

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  • "Going on holiday. "

    Have used this ferry before very good servis staff very helpfull good servis in restaurant fair quality food and overall food.and fare prices very good.

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    Reviewed by Roy mason who travelled with Brittany Ferries on Mont St Michel

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