France: TravelGuide

Welcome to France. A rich country of its historical heritage but which lives at the rhythm of the world. Whatever the goal of your visit, let allure itself by the magic of the sites and authenticity of natural spaces. To stop in a small inn, to make a greedy escapade in a bar or a spangled... More

Welcome to France. A rich country of its historical heritage but which lives at the rhythm of the world. Whatever the goal of your visit, let allure itself by the magic of the sites and authenticity of natural spaces. To stop in a small inn, to make a greedy escapade in a bar or a spangled restaurant, to visit a citadel, a castle or a museum,to traverse the rays of a Parisian store or to make some shopping at the artisanal markets present in each one of our areas, you have the choice. The longest littoral and most various of the continent of Europe, the most beautiful mountains of Europe, 31 sites classified with the world heritage of UNESCO, a capital City of Light, of art, luxury, and pleasure: whatever the reason of your travel, we wish you have an excellent stay with the country of savours and soils where you will appreciate art of living à la française. Sea, mountain and preserved nature, a diversity of landscapes which makes France a single destination in the world. 26 areas of character, with varied architectures, multiple savours and of the thousands of sites to be visited. A whole art of living to be discovered. TOWNS OF FRANCE Discover the atmosphere of the most beautiful towns of France for a gastronomical, cultural or festive stay: Paris, Lyon, Cannes, Aix-in- Provence, Rheims, Bordeaux, Strasbourg. In France no city resembles another: architecture, atmosphere... Discover their personality. www.franceguide.com CULTURE AND INHERITANCE 40000 monuments including 10000 castles, abbeys and manors, 6000 museums among which Louvre, the Orsay museum, the Square of art of Nimes or the Granet museum of Aix-in- Provence, 1000 festivals. The diversity of the inheritance reigns as a Master and tale French history. Loire castles (Chambord, Blois, Cheverny), Notre Dame, the Mount Saint Michel offer treasures in emotion. www.franceguide.com LITTORAL With more than 5500 km of coasts, France posts panoramas and environments as varied as exotic. The English Channel, the North Sea, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean worked the French littoral. Pink granite coasts in Brittany, Silver Coast in Aquitaine, creeks of the Riviera, the variations are numerous. MOUNTAIN More than 8000 km of tracks, the greatest skiable field of the world. Alpine skiing, Scandinavian, surfing, rackets, sledges, the paradise of slips. From the Alps dominated by Mont Blanc, with the solid mass of the Vosges or the Pyrenees, discover the station which resembles to you. Courchevel, Tignes, Valley d' Isere in the 3 valléesou family stations such Makes-Romeu or Cauterets in the Pyrenees. With each one its mountain. www.france-montagnes.comTOURISM SPORT AND NATURE Rural areas recover 80% of the territory. Be like winter, the diversity of the landscapes make a playing field of it: ramble, with horse, in the bicycle, canoe, kayak, canyoning, rafting, hydrospeed, parapente, via ferrata, all these activities invented new ways of discovering nature at the rhythm of each one. Adapted activities which will allure all the family, smallest like largest. ART DEV IVRE, GASTRONOMY, WINES Welcome in the vineyards of France to discover the wine which you like. Visits of fields, oenology classes, of kitchen, tasting of soil. Enter the French tradition. While crossing cities and villages which have as a name Beaune, Saint-émilion, Riquewihr, Nuits-Saint-Georges, wine amateur is in conquered ground. Cook, gastronomy, France offers a pallet of mets and savours to be discovered in each area of bar in brewery or great restaurant to you. BACK IN SHAPE Stress, daily life. Find wellbeing and rest in our centers of back in shape and thalasso. 1st destination in the world, asset of France east its nature: spray of The Atlantic and cherishes of the Mediterranean give to the thalasso all its capacities. The multiple natural sources diffuse their benefits in balneotherapy. Taste all the benefits of water and find the full form in France. THEME PARKS Discover the magic of Disneyland® Resort Paris (www.disneylandparis.com), irreducible Gaulois of the park Astérix (www.parcasterix.fr), embark for a voyage towards the center of the ground with Vulcania (www.vulcania.com), or explore the world in Futuroscope of Poitiers (www.futuroscope.com). OVERSEAS Short periods of France scattered through Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean and the Southern Pacific. Subtle and delicious mixture of tropics and French touch: Tahiti, Martinique, Islands of Guadeloupe, the Meeting France of the 3 oceans will make you discover coloured regions. www.franceguide.com www.franceguide.com Less