Paris
France's capital of grand Haussmann boulevards, world-renowned art museums, neighborhood boulangeries, and candlelit Left Bank bistros along the Seine.
France destination guides
Detailed guides to 17 of France's most-visited cities and regions â neighbourhoods, top sights, food, where to stay, getting around, day trips and the best time to go.
Nice (Vieux Nice & Baie des Anges)
Ochre-hued Baroque lanes of Vieux Nice, the Cours Saleya flower and socca market, Castle Hill viewpoints, and the sunlit Promenade des Anglais.
Nice & the French Riviera (CĂ´te d'Azur)
Sunlight-drenched Belle Ăpoque seafront along the Baie des Anges paired with cliffside Eze, Antibes, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, and coastal TER trains.
Lyon
France's undisputed gastronomic capital at the confluence of the RhĂ´ne and SaĂ´ne rivers, famed for Renaissance traboules and traditional bouchons.
Bordeaux
UNESCO-listed 18th-century limestone avenues along the Garonne River, world-class wine estates, and the futuristic CitĂŠ du Vin.
Marseille & Calanques
France's oldest port city (founded 600 BC), blending Vieux-Port fishing boats, Mucem seafront architecture, and turquoise limestone Calanques fjords.
Strasbourg
Alsace's canal-ringed capital on the Grande Ăle, where a 142-meter pink-sandstone Gothic cathedral spire towers over half-timbered Petite France.
Mont-Saint-Michel & Normandy
Medieval Benedictine abbey rising from Europe's highest tidal bay alongside the Bayeux Tapestry, D-Day landing beaches, and Honfleur harbor.
Chamonix & Mont-Blanc
High-alpine valley at the foot of 4,808-meter Mont-Blanc, home to the Aiguille du Midi cable car, Mer de Glace glacier train, and Savoyard chalets.
Aix-en-Provence, Avignon & Luberon
Fountain-lined Cours Mirabeau in Aix, Avignon's colossal Papal Palace, hilltop Luberon stone villages, and violet lavender plateaus.
Loire Valley (Tours & Amboise)
The 'Garden of France,' where white-tuffeau Renaissance royal châteaux span rivers and forests alongside Chenin Blanc and Sauvignon Blanc vineyards.
Annecy & Lake Annecy
The 'Venice of the Alps,' where pastel arcaded lanes and flower-bedecked canals empty into Europe's purest turquoise alpine lake.
Colmar & the Alsace Wine Route
Storybook Alsatian town of pastel half-timbered houses along the Petite Venise canal, the Unterlinden Museum's Isenheim Altarpiece, and vineyard villages.
Provence: Avignon, Aix & Luberon Villages
Base yourself between Avignon's Gothic Palais des Papes and Aix-en-Provence's Cours Mirabeau for Luberon hilltop villages, Roman Pont du Gard, and rosĂŠ vineyards.
Strasbourg, Colmar & Alsace Route
Combine Strasbourg's UNESCO Grande Ăle and Petite France canals with Colmar's Little Venice and the Alsace Wine Route villages by 30-minute TER train.
Normandy, Bayeux & D-Day Coast
Chalk cliffs of Ătretat, half-timbered Rouen and Honfleur, the 11th-century Bayeux Tapestry, Omaha Beach memorials, and Mont-Saint-Michel Bay.
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc & Annecy Alpine Loop
Pair Lake Annecy's flower-lined canals and turquoise waters with Chamonix's 3,842 m Aiguille du Midi cable car and Mer de Glace glacier.
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