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Eiffel Tower Paris
1076 Reviews The Eiffel Tower (French: la Tour Eiffel) is a monument in Paris and one of the most visited attractions in France. He stands on the left bank of the Seine in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. The...
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Vieux Nice/Old Town Nice
83 Reviews Wow! One of the best memories of Nice is the old town market called Cours Saleya. Old town, Vieille Ville, is another wow, but this is just about the market. Wake up early, walk from your hotel to the...
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Basilique Notre Dame de Fourvière Lyon
43 Reviews Looming above Lyon from its position on a hilltop on the right bank of the Saône, the Basilica Notre-Dame de Fourvière can be seen from numerous places in the city. So it is certainly a prominent...
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Aiguille Du Midi Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
33 Reviews What? At ca. 3,800, Aiguille du Midi gets you as close to Mont Blanc as you can get without mountain climbing skills or inclinations. At ca. EUR 50 per person, the cable car is pricey, but very much...
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The Hall of Mirrors ( La Galerie des Glaces ) Versailles
49 Reviews The Hall of Mirrors is by far the most impressive of the rooms in the Versailles Palace. The principal feature of this famous hall is the seventeen mirror-clad arches that reflect the seventeen...
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Basilique Notre Dame de la Garde Marseille
42 Reviews In 1214, the abbot of St Victor allowed a hermit, Master Peter, to construct a chapel on this hill. He quite naturally called it the Chapel de la Garde, the name of the hill on which there was a watch...
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Beaches - Plages Cannes
25 Reviews Yes there are public free beaches in Cannes even at the Croisette and they are as clean as the private beaches. As what concerns the crowd it all depends from the season and also of the time of the...
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Notre-Dame Cathedral Strasbourg
119 Reviews You will be attracted like a magnet to the cathedral. It's huge, and dominates the city. The little streets are quaint, full of people in the best of time and pleasant for a stroll, maybe with an ice...
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Place du General de Gaulle / Grand Place Lille
15 Reviews You will not often see the Grand Place as empty as it was here on a Sunday morning. On other days it is the place where people meet and mingle; just walk across to get around this compact old city;...
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St. Sernin Basilica Toulouse
19 Reviews Romanesque style and built between about 1.080 and 1.120, this Basilica is the former abbey church of the Abbey of St. Sernin or St. Saturnin. It's an important site for pilgrims on the Way of...
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NOTREDAME CATHEDRAL Rouen
78 Reviews If you've seen Monet's paintings of the Cathedral in Rouen at the Musée d'Orsay, a visit to the cathedral will be a very special experience for you. You can revisit it at various times of the day and...
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Cathédrale Saint Sauveur Aix-en-Provence
13 Reviews The cloister of the church of St. Sauveur is one hindred years older than the church. It is Romanesque and was built between 1180 and the early years of the 13C at the same time as the cloister at...
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Palais des Papes Avignon
58 Reviews In the present view the Palace represents the significant construction. In its territory there is Notre Dame Cathedral on which roof there is the huge statue of maiden Maria is installed. The Popes’...
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Cathédrale Notre Dame Reims
43 Reviews The site of the coronation of France's kings for centuries, la Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Reims is among the most important in French history. It is also considered a masterpiece of Gothic architecture,...
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The Abbey Mont Saint Michel
25 Reviews The Abbey Church built in the early years 0f 1000, is located right on top of the rock, 80 metres above sea level, on a platform 80metres long. Inside are Arches, Galleries and tall windows. The...
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Old Town Colmar
55 Reviews In the square you can pick up an easy 4-mile English tour through the Old Town. We understand that the train does not stop, so you will have to return to take photos unless you have a fast camera. We...
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Castles Tours
33 Reviews 1hour south of Chinon is the beautiful castle of Rivau. You have to drive there (exit st maure) but it is worth it as the gardens are really beautiful ! I went there with my kids and they loved it,...
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Hospices de Beaune Beaune
33 Reviews The grand hall of the poor. It is for the visitors the most spectacular part of the Hôtel-Dieu with its 50 m length and 16 m in height. The furniture of medieval style one sees dates of the...
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Walk the Streets Yvoire
6 Reviews The last invasion of Yvoire is surely by the greenery. When stolling in the streets, you could enjoy many flowers and the famous Garden of the Fives Senses (entrance fee). Since many years Yvoire...
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Montmartre - Sacré Coeur Paris
717 Reviews Basil Sacre Ceur is visible from any point of the city as it is placed at the top of the hill La Butt in area of Montmartre. It was erected in 1876 in the Romanian-Byzantian style. The ladder...
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Beach Nice
73 Reviews You must wear Jellies ! The stony beaches can hurt and be hot in the summer so wear the right thing on the beach. If you don't like the look of the person next to you then move away some were else. I...
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Vieux Lyon - general Lyon
43 Reviews A lovely old town to explore and is worth at least an afternoon of anyones time! Enjoyed our afternoon here albeit a freezing cold one and also too a ride on the funicular(later tip) up the Fourviere...
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Mer de Glace & Montenvers Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
15 Reviews It's quite an experience, using the mechanical means to go up and down the mountain, and to walk several meters inside the glacier (with the advantage of being the shortest of the three rides locally...
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Basins, fountains and statues Versailles
79 Reviews Are you still thinking what I mentioned earlier? Yes, the Sun King was green with ENVY at one point in his life and it was one of those things that led to the creation of Versailles... The King had...
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Les Calanques Marseille
21 Reviews Hello, I am the owner of Blue Attractions Marseille, Blue Attractions is the english version of the well known marseille's company "bleu evasion". We offer trips in the Calanques on comfortable boats,...
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There are many Roman ruins in and around Orange, including this amphitheater, called the Théâtre Antique, which is still used today for concerts and plays. It has a seating capacity of 10,000, and is considered the best-preserved Roman amphitheater in the world. Its stage wall, the only such Roman structure still surviving in its entirety, is 337 feet (103 meters) wide and 121 feet (37 meters) tall. The statue represents Emperor Augustus, who was born in Orange.
A good place to get a panoramic view of Paris is from the top of the Tour Montparnasse, a modern, 56-story, 688-foot (210-meter) office tower located in the Montparnasse section of Paris. I prefer the view from here, over that of the Eiffel Tower, as it provides a view of the Eiffel Tower itself and La Défense, the modern business district of Paris, to the west.
This is the Normandy where you'll find the D-Day Beaches and WWII cemeteries. The American Cemetery is outside of Colleville-sur-Mer right above Omaha Beach. As you walk through the cemetery, you look down on Omaha Beach and can (on a clear day) see Pointe du Hoc. http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/no.phpThere are cemeteries for all the nationalities who died in WWII, including a German cemetery. You may wish to book a tour of several. We stayed near a Canadian War Cemetery near Cauvicourt and the back was lined with Canadian maple trees in full Fall color (October). They are all very peaceful places but it's unnerving to see how many lives were lost.Once through the WWII sites, lower Normandy is a fabulous place to visit. It is the one area of France that does not make wine. They are instead famous for their cider and it is really fun to visit in the autumn if you can. There are...
Many people visit Paris and make a trip to see the D-Day Beaches. Venture a bit farther afield and see the rest of Normandy. The famous D-Day Beaches are in Lower (Basse) Normandy but Rouen and Giverny are in Haute-Normandie and wonderful places to visit.An interesting trip would be to follow the Seine River from Paris to the sea. This takes you along the bottom of upper Normandy. Make a stop at Giverny to visit Monet's Gardens (closed in winter) and then spend the night in Rouen where Joan of Arc was burnt at the stake, also a beautiful and interesting city. Continue the next day and see the Pont de Normandie, a fabulous modern bridge and stop at Honfleur (in lower or) Basse Normandie.Giverny is nice as are Monet's Gardens. You can also visit (for free) the Gardens of the Museum of American Impressionists in Giverny. Les Andelys with the dramatic Chateau Gaillard overlooking a turn on...
Normandy is a popular place, go there a lot, pass by there every week. My mom rest there in Honfleur...Its special on top of the historical value. For the D-day beaches the best base is Bayeux, you can take tours from there, then close second is Caen. THE memorial of peace in Caen is a must. The car is king, will see more up close and personal. Renting one is a budget but if can, its the best way to travel. public transport is not too well service there. Rouen is very nice, from the Cathedral to the Maclou its walkable city, the ashes of jeanne d'Arc said to be by the river Seine off blvd Republique down to it, and see the spiral church where the burning cross was, the market at the vieux marche and St Marc are wonderful in the mornings, so is the little know abbey of St Ouen, its huge and nice. Dieppe go to the area around church St Jacques for a wonderful marché, and the the blvd de...
A couple of days may be enough, but Nancy is something you should... "live". Different epochs, different styles but the love of the people for the city is generally present, and their defense of glass art is absolutely justified by the industry's history and present.
Travelling in Normandie is a constant meeting with contradictory feelings - the beauty of the coast and its highlights, and the signs of the dramatic WW2. For us, men, with all those names in mind, from lectures and movies about the conflict it is a sort of getting back to remote memories and experiences, and even Fernanda, not too acquainted with war details got touched by the extensive remains of that serious event in history.
As a non-European (especially in the 1980s and 1990s), it was always interesting/difficult to determine WHAT some of the Tour de France sponsors did as a business. (Now with the aid of Google and Wikipedia, it is easier of course.) Here are the current sponsors of the various leaders jerseys:LCL - Originally as the bank - Le Crédit Lyonnais (Sponsor of the Yellow Jersey in recent past)Champion / Carrefour - supermarket chain (Sponsor of the Polkadot Jersery for Best Climber).PMU - Pari Mutuel Urbain (Urban Mutual Betting -- i.e. Off Track Betting -- that is why their symbol is horse-racing (Sponsor of the best sprinter) sponsorsŠkoda - automobile manufacturer in the Czech Republic (Sponsor of the Best Young Rider in the recent past)======And here are a few notable sponsors from the recent past (credit to Wikipedia):La Vie Claire - a chain of health food storesZ (Z-enfant or Z-Peugeot,...
The Tour de France normally finishes on the Champs Elysées in Paris. The 1km flame rouge mark is on rue de Rivoli (East of the Place de la Concorde, near Rue Rouget de I'Isle).The finish line and podium ceremonies are just East of Place Clemenceau (Métro station Champs Elysées-Clemenceau). There should be giant television screens there but that entire area (all the way to the 500 metre mark at the Obelisk at the Place de la Concorde) is reserved for paid grandstand seats and television commentators. (The grandstand hospitality seats are not cheap and can only be booked through one the OFFICIAL VIP Tour Operators. Search for "sporting tour groups" if you have the money. Residents on the Champs will sometimes advertise paid TDF parties on their balconies and rooftops.) As a "freeloader", you still might see the back of the podium if you're lucky.The area around Place de la Concorde is not...
Tour de France Sponsors can spend their entire year’s advertising budget on the Tour. The publicity caravan is like a mini-parade of tacky floats. (The tour’s website will list the expected arrival time of the caravan as well as the first riders.) They will hand out cycling caps, samples, and other souvenirs along the route but if you really want free stuff, your best bet is go to the starting or finishing town of a stage.You can’t expect the caravan to walk the entire route, climb the mountains or to stop at every person, can you? So…only at the start and finish lines will they have walkers going through the crowds. You may even get a free beverage, some candy or a slice of sausage. Anywhere else, the caravan will speed by at >40kph and you might be lucky enough to have something thrown at you. Duck! (The exception is Paris where nothing is handed out.)
Four Seasons George V Paris Paris
5 Reviews and 551 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 672 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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Q: Dear all, Does anyone knows whether it is possible to get a phone sim card in France for use during a short term/traveller stay...
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