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About France
France remains the world's most-visited country, and it earns it: Paris's museums and boulevards, Provence's lavender fields and hilltop villages, the Riviera's glamour, Loire Valley château country, Normandy's D-Day beaches, and wine regions from Bordeaux to Burgundy and Champagne. The Alps deliver serious skiing in winter and hiking in summer, and regional food culture changes markedly from Alsace to the Basque coast. It's a country that rewards slowing down in one region rather than rushing between icons, since the depth is regional as much as national. Paris itself is compact and walkable but can feel overwhelmed by visitor numbers in peak summer.
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Public holidays
- — Assomption
- — Toussaint
- — Armistice 1918
- — Noël
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France travel guides
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Discover France
France spans Paris and its art and café culture, the sun-soaked Riviera and Provence, the wine regions (Bordeaux, Burgundy) and the high Alps. It’s Europe’s most-visited country — equally a city break, a beach holiday, a ski trip and a food pilgrimage.
Each region rewards a slow trip: the lavender and markets of Provence, Lyon’s bouchons, the Atlantic coast’s surf, and the medieval towns of the south. Fast TGV trains make the big cities easy to combine.
Top places in France
- Paris — The Eiffel Tower, the Louvre and golden-hour walks on the Seine.
- Nice & the French Riviera — Promenade des Anglais, beach towns and Monaco next door.
- Provence — Lavender fields, Roman ruins and Avignon’s papal palace and festival.
- Lyon — France’s gastronomic capital and the spectacular Fête des Lumières.
- The French Alps — Mont Blanc, Chamonix and Europe’s biggest ski domains.