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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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Deauville-les-Bains

by Carmanah

Deauville wasn't really a town (or to be specific, a commune) we had much time to explore. We arrived there on a late afternoon after spending most of the day visiting WWII-related sites elsewhere in Basse-Normandie. We checked into our hotel (the Hotel Ibis) and ate dinner at the hotel. I remember really enjoying our dinner (liver pate on crusty French bread, creamy seafood pasta), even though I was never much of a fan of pate before.After our dinner, we all wandered down to the beach nearby. As our teachers babbled on about the famous Grand Casino (which we never entered but was apparently inspiration for James Bond Casino Royale), a bunch of girls started to sing the Disney Lion King theme song and UB40's Red Red Wine at the top of their lungs. Some of them jumped into the ocean and I took a picture as the sun set behind the English Channel.

Honfleur, Basse-Normandie

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We woke up to a cold, grey, October morning and left our Deauville hotel very early. Before getting too comfy on board our tour bus, we arrived 20 minutes later in the sleepy port commune of Honfleur.Honfleur sits at the mouth of the Seine river and is small but historic and easy to explore on foot. This tiny town has been inspiration for many of France's famous modernist painters, such as Courbet and Monet. This was one reason why dropped by, for within the next few days we'd visit Monet's garden in Giverny, and we'd also visit some art galleries in Paris, like the Musée d'Orsay and the Louvre, which both feature these artists' works.What's also interesting is that Honfleur was associated ever so slightly with Canadian history. Since we were essentially one big social studies class, our teachers would emphasize any Canadian historical content that they could. So apparently Jean Denis,...

Some usefull links

by mariev

Here is a small collection of usefull sites about France-All with an english and a french versionTransports :In France and around (trains, also hotels and planes) www.sncf.com SncfWhat/how to visit ?(general overview) www.franceguide.com/prehome.asp French tourism officewww.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/france_159/discovering-france_2005/index.htmlSome official datas & other usefull linksSpecial interests:www.chateaux-france.com/visits.php All castles x km from 1 pointwww.monum.fr Monumentswww.rmn.fr Reunion des Musees Nationaux (national museums)www.culture.fr ExhibitionsMiscellaneous :Find someone/something (by name, activity, location), get photos & mapswww.pagesjaunes.fr/pj.cgi?lang=fr Pages JaunesWill they work ?www.kropla.com/electric.htm Electric applianceswww.lodgephoto.com/articles/cellphones_europe.htmMobile phonesWhat to...

Go to Provence and Cote...

by polinia

Go to Provence and Cote d'Azur. You can stay in Nice, Cannes, Sant-Tropez or explore small villages up in the hills. Those villages are called 'Villages Perches' and they are charming, romantic and full of history. It's likevisiting an antique shop. Village of Eze is something special. I've read about this place on the VT pages and while staying in Nice I couldn't miss it. It exceeds my expectations. It should be regarded as an open museum. I also liked other villages like Gordes and Rousillion.

Cleaning Ladies

by Arial_27

You'll find that most middle -class households in France have a "femme de menage" ( a cleaning lady, or maid) that comes to clean their house about one to three times a week. Where I come from, only very wealthy families, if any, have maids but it is quite common among all families here. If you're staying in somebody's home for a longer period of time, make sure you're aware of the duties of your cleaning lady. My house mother would tell me, "You must clean your room because the cleaning lady's coming soon!" (Huh?) The purpose of the cleaning lady is not to tidy up your belongings, organize your things or do dishes! Their responsibilities often include the duties in the home that most people never get around to doing- like washing the walls, cielings, mirrors, mopping the floor, sanitizing the sinks and the bath, etc. Anything you don't want the cleaning lady to see, tuck away into a...

Versailles

by sim1

After a few days in Paris, I concluded my trip to this city with a visit to Versailles. I was feeling tired from walking a few days after each other in Paris, trying to absorb as much as I could of the city. My feet were hurting quite bad by now, but that didn't stop me from visiting Versailles. I always dreamed of seeing Versailles one day, and here I was!My first excitement of being at Versailles tempered quite quickly when I got inside. The rooms were beautiful decorated, almost "too" beautiful. Not a patch was left untouched, it was all gold plattered, sculputered and there were decorations all over. The rooms themselves were quite empty, and the furniture was displayed behind a cord. The cord was important to stop the hundreds of tourist coming to close to those precious items. And that was where it went wrong for me.....To tell the story in short.... it was way too crowded for...

Family Hols. in France

by barryg23

I have little memory of first two trips abroad. In 1980, we went to the Algarve in Portugal or so I've been told. A few years later we visited London but I've no memory of that trip either. A holiday to France in 1986 is the first foreign trip I do actually remember. We took the ferry from Ireland to Wales, drove from there to Weymouth, and then boarded the ferry to Cherbourg (no Ryanair in those days!). We stayed in St. Nazaire, a small town near Nantes, on the Western coast of France.

Learning about French Music

by barryg23

When I Worked in an Irish pub in Angouleme the boss insisted we always played Irish music as he was sure it kept the customers happy. However when he was away we could “experiment” and I can remember what a relief it was being able to switch off the Dubliners or the Corrs and listen to some proper French music. One of our regular customers left us a few CDs and that summer I became acquainted with Jacques Brel, Edith Piaf and George Brassens. I had never really heard much French music before but it quickly grew on me and whenever I hear it now it wakes me back to that summer in France.

Inter-railing summer 2000

by barryg23

I enjoyed one of the best holidays of my life in June/July 2000 when I went inter-railing with my then-girlfriend for a month around France. We had both just finished our final University exams in Dublin and the trip was a reward for a long few years of study. We started and finished in Paris and in between visited many parts of the country. Some of the highlights from this trip were:Relaxing on the beaches in the south of FranceExploring the beautiful Swiss border town of Annecy Watching France win Euro 2000 in a bar in PoitiersVisiting Bordeaux during a wine festival

When in France ...

by iris2002

Here is a list of handy phrases that might help you just that little further :) *********************************************************** Bank Notes - billetsCan I accept traveller’s cheques? - Acceptez vous les cheques de voyages / Eurocheques / Sterling ?Can I pay by credit card? - Puis-je payer avec le carte de credit?Coins - piècesDo you accept credit cards? - Acceptez vous les cartes de crédit?Do you speak English? - Parlez vous anglais?Excuse me - Excusez moiGood bye - Au revoirGood evening - BonsoirGood morning / day - BonjourHelp me please - aidez moi s’il vous plaîtHow do you get to . .? - Comment fait on pour aller à . .?How long does it take to get there? - Ça prend combien de temps pour y aller?How much is it? - Ça coûte combien?I don’t know how to say it in French - Je ne sais pas le dire en françaisI don’t speak French - Je ne parle pas françaisI don’t understand - Je ne...

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