Top places to visit in France -> Destinations

   A European tourist should reach at least once on the French Riviera, known as the Côte d'Azur, if only for the celebrity of this place, one of the few exotic destinations in Continental Europe. The entire coast of the Riviera has formed 120 km, enough to accommodate almost any form of entertainment, all types of hotels, motels and campgrounds, including 40 km of beach covered with stones, but with enough sand.       There are no few...

  First holiday in Provence remains in memory as a magical time for all. Cypresses shadow roads, sometimes sprinkled with flower of Oleander bushes and plains covered with lavender or sunflowers. Smell of wild thyme, see everywhere idyllic cottages with red roofs and is so quiet, you could hear the songs of crickets. Above you, the sky is azure color, after passing the famous mistral, the cold wind coming from the Rhine Valley. In no other region of France you will not feel like in ...

   The castle of Mont Saint-Michel is located on Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy, in the department of Manche. A historical monument, the site appears since 1979 on the World Heritage List of UNESCO and is managed by the Center of National Monuments. It is often compared to the seven wonders of the world.     Unlike other castles in France which started in "career" playing the role of defensive structures or sites dedicated to art, Mont St. Michel was ...

   Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, Invalides Dome and Notre Dame, and they are enough to convince you to go to Paris. But that's where you put it yourself seduced by the Louvre and his Mona Lisa, the paintings of Picasso and the memory of French bohemians.      Montmartre will take you through the most unusual places and you will reveal fascinating Basilique du Sacre-Coeur, as well as cafes and artists workshops....

    Dordogne is a region of Aquitaine, bunting with castles and historic museums, and caves containing peristorica art, for example font Cascaux Gaume and Grotte, 14 000 years old. Artistic examples of these caves were created by people of Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon.       This region is fortified towns and villages, with the significant features defensive walls and arcaded squares and a church - the Rougergue Villefranche, Monpazier Na...

   Auvergne region of France is a region located in central-southern part, in the Massif Central. Former province of Auvergne corresponds approximately, but inclde other former provinces and territories: Bourbonnais, Velay, Gevaudan, and Forez Vivarais.    Much of the region is covered by mountains of the Massif Central, dating from the late herican massive primary era which lies on a sixth of the surface of France. The landscape is as a high plateau, cut by...

  If you want something more special than Saint Tropez, then we recommend Normandy. The road from Paris by car, it takes more than four hours and you'll find some wonderful places. Deauville is the place to come conaisseurii in terms of beaches and entertainment 'aristocratic', such as roulette and black jack. Chic hotels, luxury boutiques and beyond.     It is the city where the French and American actors in the '60s, '70s used to spend their ho...

    Corsica is an island which, though still belongs to France, has a strong Italian atmosphere. Rightly island of Corsica is called beauty. Landscape diversity, and that island is not touched by tourism development and aggression, are in Corsica Mediterranean Sea pearl. It is best to plan to vacation in Corsica in May, June or October, to avoid congestion in the summer. CALANCHES from porphyria in red, on the west coast, to the perfect white beaches and blue waters o...

   Originally a small town somercial, Lourdes has become the largest place of pilgrimage in the world, the Virgin Mary. The town is situated on both banks of river Gave de Pau and is the summer residence of bishops tarbes and Lourdes. Every year thousands of pilgrims come here Catholics who believe the Virgin Mary appeared 18 times a young girl, Bernadette Soubirous in the Grotto cave Massabielle. Bernadette was canonized in 1933.The city is famous for its springs of Bernadette...

    Pyrenees are the most suitable place for a trip and once reached the top you will be delighted by the extraordinary sight. Pyrenees extend for 435 km and covers 55,400 km square and their maximum width is about 130 km. Pyrenees usually have a continuity of peaks divided into sections of West, Central and Eastern....

   Even the French may feel strangers in Brittany, an area in northwestern France that fall deep into the Atlantic. Broken French cultural vein, Bretons have created cultural affinities with the Celts. Following the powerful local traditions, until today, Britons support their fierce independence.     Brittany may be divided in two areas - north-east of Rennes to St Malo and the Channel coast and Cote d'Armor, northern Brittany coast. Generally, the Bri...