European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 03, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse                                About four times a month tourist. Gather on the slue of Mont St. Michel to watch u phenomenal tide cover i Bay in which the famous Little Island sits like u jewel. On those Days when the difference be tween hit h my Low water is a fantastic 45 feet the flood Rolls across More than 9 Mill s of Sandy Flats to u few hours. The  cannot lie keen every Day. And visitors often Are disappointed to find that the Neap tides leave Mont St. Michel surrounded by Sand. Anyone who want to watch the tidal shift at its Peak should consult tables at a French tourist office. He will learn for example that the big tide conies in during the Daylight morning hours on oct. 6. 7. 25, and 28. Mont St. Michel a geographical mar Vel Uff the Normandy coast offers con Stant delights As Well. A View of its Towert and Spires from the Rity Park at a ranches across the buy is not soon forgotten. The Little Mou Luin is surmounted by historic Abbey which has not been ser by to enter and rent rooms for the night. Even the tourism is important. It is said that the shops sold souvenirs to pilgrims who visited the Abbey in medieval times. One enters the outer Gale on foot. By James Gunter is Paris bureaus a photos by Guenter Schuettler used by any a Clouious order since the Middle Ages. Below Are the houses shops restaurants und hotels of a tourist town. A paved causeway connects Mont St. Michel with the Mainland and autos May Park on the Sand outside the town ramparts while the tide is out. A visitor to this unusual Isle most accept the blatant tourism. Hawkers even stand outside hotels begging Pas passes through fortified courtyards and reaches the in Mac Rue a narrow Cobblestone Street which climbs past 15lh and a Lith Century buildings. The Abbey includes a humans file Church a colourful cloister where monks formerly walked for meditation or read ing and a group of buildings put up in the 13th Century. The trip affords one an extraordinary Panorama of the sea. Sometimes As Many As 7,000 visitors in a Day Jam the Grea stairway which leads to the Abbey Entrance and one must Wail in line to join one of the guided groups that see the place for an admission Price of one franc 20 cents a person. The Price is Cut in half on sundays und holidays. A Good Walker can reach Mont St. Michel across the dry Sand from tenets while the lid is out but such treks Are dangerous and should not lie at tempted without a guide. The tide comes in with such Force that it has la in promised seriously to build a 19-mlle-Long dam across the Entrance to the Bay so the Power could be harnessed. Such u dam stretching from i tinle do Iruquin to the Rocher de Granv lilt could provide one third of All the electricity used in France. Mont St. Michael nos like a Lewel off French coast. To or h . France Vichy. I Lyon Toulouse Marseille most of Island s i leers Are really Ston a airways often jammed by tourist traffic. Pillars and Arches of the Salle Des Chev Aliers create an ancient symphony in Stone saturday october 3, 1964 the stars and stripes Page 11