Hotel Gabriel

Sleeping on the mainland, next to the shuttle

Hotel Gabriel is one of the hotels of La Caserne, the small cluster of hotels and restaurants on the mainland, about 2.5 km from the islet, before the footbridge. It is run by the same group that manages several hotels and restaurants in La Caserne, Les portes du Mont Saint-Michel. The appeal of sleeping here is practical: you walk out of the hotel, take the free Le Passeur shuttle, which takes about twelve minutes, and you are at the foot of the ramparts. And at nightfall, when the coaches leave, you can go back to the almost empty mount and walk back along the footbridge.

Reception is open 24 hours. The hotel has private parking; you enter with a one-time code given when you book, so you do not pay the mount's general car park.

The rooms

There are 45 rooms of 16 to 20 m², simple and functional, designed mainly for one or two nights. There are doubles and twins with shower from €91 and €87 a night; triples with bath from €109; quadruples from €119 and quintuples from €135. The latter are the reason many families choose this hotel: it is rare to find rooms for five near the mount at that price. There is one adapted room on the ground floor.

Breakfast is a separate buffet, from 7:00 to 10:30, at €12 for adults and €6 for children. The hotel has no restaurant of its own, but La Caserne has several a few metres away, such as La Ferme Saint-Michel, open every day.

When it opens and how to get there

Open all year, except 15 and 16 November and 24 to 27 December 2026. Check-in is from 17:00 and check-out before 11:00. If you arrive earlier, you can park, leave the car and go up to the mount; the shuttle runs from 8:30 to 22:00 from November to February and until 23:00 from March to October, and outside those hours there is on-demand transport.

Without a car, the Keolis Armor coach from Rennes station stops at Le Verger, next to the tourist information centre, a few minutes' walk from the hotel.