Offbeat Traveler: Mont St. Michel, France
The new bridge, scheduled to be completed in 2014, will cater to pedestrians and shuttles carrying visitors to and from Mont St. Michel. (Damien Meyer / AFP/Getty Images)
Steel reinforcement mesh at the bridge construction site. (Damien Meyer / AFP/Getty Images)
A new shuttle service that carries visitors to and from Mont St. Michel debuted in the spring. (Damien Meyer / AFP/Getty Images)
Tourists eat lunch at a restaurant at the La Vieille Auberge hotel on Mont St. Michel. (Charly Triballeau / AFP/Getty Images)
Tourists roam the grounds of Mont St. Michel. (Charly Triballeau / AFP/Getty Images)
A street on Mont St. Michel, one of France’s top tourist attractions, overflows with tourists. (Charly Triballeau / AFP/Getty Images)
An aerial view of Mont St. Michel shows its 19th century causeway, scheduled for demolition in 2015. (Kenzo Tribouillard / AFP/Getty Images)
The Gothic abbey that sits atop Mont St. Michel was built between the 11th and 16th centuries. (Kenzo Tribouillard / AFP/Getty Images)
An aerial view of the abbey. (Kenzo Tribouillard / AFP/Getty Images)