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Eiffel Tower Paris
228 Reviews Shopping was awesome please Tour the purfumerie factory and make a purchase there as well. The effel Towel was my best spot I brought a perfect basket lunch from home in Wiesbaden Germany that...
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Basilique Notre Dame de Fourvière Lyon
8 Reviews La basilique de Notre-Dame de Fourvière domine la ville de Lyon depuis le sommet de la colline de Fourvière, sur l'emplacement de l'ancien Forum de Trajan (Forum vetus, d'où le nom de Fourvière), où...
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General Town Information Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
14 Reviews Learn some basic French phrases before you go to France - it's only polite to know how to say 'hello', 'please' and 'thank you'! Please ask if someone speaks English before starting to rattle off at...
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La Canebière Marseille
3 Reviews I wasn't sure where to put this tip - hotels, warnings or where. My husband's USNavy ship was coming into Marseille, and I was meeting him there. We had met earlier in Valencia Spain, and I had taken...
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Places to visit - Lieux Cannes
18 Reviews The Cannes Film Festival / Festival de Cannes) is the world's most prestigious film festival. The 59th Festival will take place between May 17-28, 2006. The Award Ceremony will be held on Sunday May...
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Walking around Lille Lille
4 Reviews Lille has a compact old town which is fabulous to wander around. All the main sights are close by and easily accessible on foot. So toss aside the stilettos (not good on the cobblestones!!) and take...
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Impressions & Souvenirs Toulouse
17 Reviews I know very little about Toulouse, only been there once for one day. The other day, I was listening to Claude Nougaro's song, which is called Toulouse. So much emotion. It is a love declaration from...
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VIEUX MARCHE Rouen
11 Reviews La Couronne, on the Place du Vieux Marché, claims to be the oldest Restaurant in France (may be in the world) that has been continuously open since it first opening in 1431 till now ! More on my...
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Palais des Papes Avignon
15 Reviews This huge plaza in front of the Palais is usually teeming with people. It is a great place for lunch or a drink or snack and listen to music from various street entertainers. When we were there we...
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Old Town Colmar
11 Reviews The traditional Christmas Markets of Colmar, on different squares, are for me a standard of what a Christmas market should be: A glitter of decorations and magic lightings, Products responding to art...
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Tour Pass Yvoire
1 Review An useful pass if you want to visit and enjoy Yvoire at the max. This pass is available at the tourist centre for the price of EUR 20 for adult or EUR 15 for children and offer: - Guided visits...
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Walking Around Paris
170 Reviews I spent a day in Paris in 2009. On my way from Munich to New Delhi , I took a detour in Paris. I just had to see the Eiffel and had heard a lot about cabaret at The LIDO. I used a day pass for metro,...
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Vieux Lyon - general Lyon
9 Reviews Sur la place St.-Jean, devant la cathédrale du même nom, ne manquez pas d'aller voir l'Herboristerie. C'est l'une des rares rescapées de France, où elles ont toutes pratiquement disparues. En effet,...
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Aiguille du Midi Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
7 Reviews Only for hikers in good shape: As I wrote in my "things to do", the areal tramway to l'Aiguille du Midi isn't cheap (40 euros/person in 2009). The ultimate place to hike to, is "Le Plan de...
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Vieux Port Marseille
13 Reviews Its a small walking town and you will be able to cover it with leisure in 1.5-2 days, 1 day is also possible but I would not recommend it. 1st day can be spent in the old town, take a guided tour...
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Customs - Coutumes Cannes
20 Reviews The sound of water is said to be soothing and in Cannes the sound coming from the many fountains from a street planted fountain to hanging on a wall fountain, your admiring of and listening to the...
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Museums Lille
2 Reviews On the Place de la République you will find the hugue museum of beautiful art, which is the 2nd museum of France after the Louvre With 22.000 m2 of space. The building is not just interesting because...
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Garonne river & banks Toulouse
13 Reviews Les quais, tels que nous les connaissons aujourd'hui datent du XIX° siècle, lorsque les digues furent érigées pour proteger la ville des crues du fleuve. C'est une agréable promenade familliale depuis...
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ARCHITECTURE Rouen
44 Reviews Rouen has been severely hit by collateral damages from D-day and the bombing destroyed many ancient buildings. Restoration of the most prominent pieces of architecture took years and was (nearly)...
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Life in the streets Avignon
12 Reviews There was nothing better than taking an evening stroll after dinner through the Place de l'horloge. Nightime brings the people out an about and is a great people watching time. We enjoyed outr evening...
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Petite Venise Colmar
2 Reviews There is a district which is called Little Venice by many coz the whole center of the town is cut by numerous small shallow channels.... One can hire a small boat with engine looking like an air...
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Louvre Paris
128 Reviews As I have seen Le Louvre in the early sixties well before the pyramid which dates from 1989 but also well before the huge renovation works outside and inside undergone by the Palais du Louvre I have...
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Cathédrale St-Jean Lyon
5 Reviews Originellement du XIVe siècle, elle fut remaniée plusieurs fois. Elle indique : la date, les positions de la lune, du soleil et de la Terre, ainsi que celle des étoiles au-dessus de Lyon. Bien...
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Mont Blanc Massif / Aiguilles Rouges (Mountains) Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
5 Reviews No matter where you stand, as soon as someone points out Mont Blanc (if you cant see it yourself) you will be awed! At first it does not seem that high but as soon as you realise how high you are...
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Les calanques Marseille
6 Reviews The Calanques are actually pretty bare, but if you look closer you will find the most interesting plants there. The sight of huge bushes of rosemary was awesome, and some of the plants were unknown to...
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This was a reply to a lady who asked about visiting the French countryside. They had gone on tours and cruises but were thinking about renting a car and house on their own to get outside tourist areas and see the "real" France. Here is my answer to her and I am answering her direct questions.You say you have not traveled on your own, so I suspect you may have gone on organized tours. We've never done that but I think it's a good idea to get your feet wet and see what you want to explore on your own. Now you seem ready to take that step.Our first trip to France was a driving/camping trip because as teachers with 3 kids that is all we could afford. I spoke a bit of Haitian Creole and my husband had French in high school so language was a problem for us and we were nervous. We quickly discovered it is possible to communicate pretty well because a French national pasttime is helping people....
Its a nice town really, my nephew goes to university there ,its an university town of the NOrd 59 dept.The city center is pretty quaint, and of course the church, and it is a city. The closes city is LIlle and Cambrai as well as the town bordering Belgium all rish in WWI history like Mauberge and le Quesnoy, the outlet stores are big in Roubaix. The beaches is in pas de calais but now the water is cold .... for a town visit now is the best winter is coming soon and its very cold and windyyou should check their tourist office there and the dept 59www.tourismevalenciennes.fr/ now the biggest news is that Tony Parker due to the NBA strike in the USA is back palying for his old team ASVEL Valenciennes and is a big buzz in the city ::) visit the university there
"Most beautiful villages in France," is the name of a great website I found when planning our road-trip of France. The website contains a list of 156 MBVillages in France. We went to many, and found they were just as described, and yes, they were beautiful!The website tells you about the town, it gave me the village website url, this was very helpful!It also includes 'must sees' and 'must do's' and quite often photo's and information on surrounding towns.I found it an excellent website, and tried to fit as many of these villages in our route as possible!Check it out..........http://www.les-plus-beaux-villages-de-france.org/en
I wonder how many traveller's outside of Europe have known the correct meaning of the Hotel de'Ville.Well, we didn't, why would we, when these beautiful building's we were seeing in many town's were called a Hotel.Thank goodness we never went into one, to see if there was accommodation, that would have been embarassing, although I should think it would have been done many times before!It wasn't until I arrived home, and was doing some research, that I found out that the Hotel De Ville, is really the TOWN HALL!
As we were travelling around for quite a while, we needed to find a Laundromat [this is what they are called in Australia] to do our washing.We looked, and looked to no avail, then on asking the Hotel reception, we were told that in France, they are called a LAVERIE, and they are not in a all towns. We managed to find one, and our washing was done & dried once again! Don't worry if you haven't washing powder, as you can buy a cupful from a machine.
How lucky we were to be able to drive around the back- roads of Normandy. The Normandy countryside is pretty. We especially enjoyed following the River Seine, and seeing the Barges, pleasure craft, and other forms of Boat's that ply this River. Bridges, old & new crossed the River. The River went around many big bends, most of them had the chalky white cliff's lining one side, and the green plains on the other. We saw lots of grain being grown, Cattle, Horse's and some huge old farms. Throw in the thatched roofed cottages and the half-timbered houses, Abbeys, Castle's, Ruins, Cathedrals, Manor houses and much more, this made Normandy one of my favorite spots in France.I do hope you can hire a car, and do the exploring we did. The roads are quieter, and you get a chance to see the rural side of France, and to meet the people. We thoroughly enjoyed being away from the hustle & bustle of...
Normandy, and what a delight this part of France is, I loved it!We came by car across from Les Andelys, which is in Normandy. In this area were the half-timbered homes, but not the thatched roof's like I found the further we travelled towards Lisieux and around this area of Normandy.It was a pity we were a little late in the season, for growing along the roof top of many of these homes, were Irise's and Tulip's, how pretty these cottages must look with these flowers in full bloom. All I managed to see, was a couple of Iris flowers. http://www.normandie-tourisme.fr/normandy-tourism-109-2.html
A piece of useful information I read about last night that will be of interest to anyone wishing to travel with their pet dog -The British government has announced that as of 1st January 2012 the 6 month law regarding the entry of dogs from the EU (and a few other countries) will be scrapped.Because the new anti-rabies vaccine is so effective it is felt that it is pointless making dogs wait for an initial 6 months before being allowed re-entry into the UK. This also means that the blood test requirement will also no longer apply.See - http://www.veterinarypracticenews.com/vet-breaking-news/2011/06/30/new-uk-pet-travel-rules-for-2012.aspxand - http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/256086/Rabies-fear-as-UK-law-is-scrapped for more details.
If you're traveling with an e-reader or mobile device (iPad, iPod,iPhone, Android etc) you might consider Passeport Gastronomique: France. It's a menu translator, with useful phrases and pronunciation guide. I used it on my last trip and was really happy with it. The tourist traps will have English menus but not the others.You can find it at Amazon or Barnes and Noble. Here's the amazon page: http://amzn.to/ks3EcBPhil
Four Seasons George V Paris Paris
5 Reviews and 556 Opinions The Four Seasons George V is truly one of the world's great hotels. I really, really love to stay...
Palais de la Mediterranee Nice
3 Reviews and 674 Opinions The hotel was amazing, right on the beach. It was very clean and the rooms were of excellent...
Hotel Gutenberg Strasbourg
1 Review and 183 Opinions I toured Alsace by bicycle in mid-September, 2008. After the group ride was over, I stayed for 3...
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