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Eiffel Tower   Paris

Eiffel Tower, Paris

 1075 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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Place du General de Gaulle / Grand Place   Lille

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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Notre-Dame Cathedral   Strasbourg

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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St. Sernin Basilica   Toulouse

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Notre Dame

by Goner

Notre Dame was the first place I wanted to see in Paris, why? It must be the most recognized church in the world, I had seen it on postcards, calendars, in news; read about it in history books and in novels and I wanted to see it in person. Of course I didn’t look for Quzimoto ringing the bell, but the stairway to the bell tower makes for an interesting climb, especially if you must squeeze by someone going in the other direction. The view of Paris is phenomenal from its top. From there you can see the architectural details up close, pretty amazing. The westside with the rose window, looks so formidable, but the flying buttresses softens its look while they are actually strengthening the structure.Note the rainbow in the picture - didn't see that when I took the picture.

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Marseilles, hot as Hell

by LouiseTopp

I got the Euro Star from London Waterloo at 8am in the morning. Being London, the weather was warm as it usually is for the UK, but I then had no idea what I was in for! If you have never done the channel tunnel before, it can be a bit daunting. There’s lots of tickets in a blue book to look after. There’s the usual check up's where you have to take all your bags off to be checked, then there are all the escalators & finding the right platform. The guards (if you can find them) usually try to help. On the train itself, which has slide doors, & a bathroom at each end; there’s air conditioning. It's comfy, with little metal tables, which you can pull down to lean upon. Ears tend to pop a as you go through the tunnel itself, you go down quite deep under the English Channel I expect. They usually tell you before they are about to go through, which is also said in French. It’s amazing that...

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Marseilles harbour

by LouiseTopp

It’s Vast & easy to get lost. There’s many outside restaurants, & a man in a swelteringly hot bird suit who's beak opens & snaps shut with a snapping sound all day long; (reminds me off my sister har har!, sorry;) They have cameras everywhere, & there's a little train which comes to the harbour from the Basilica of Notra Dame de la Garde.

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TOULOUSE

by Lady_Mystique

The capital of the Midi-Pyrénées region and préfecture (capital) of the Haute-Garonne department --- TOULOUSE is the southwest's largest city.It is renowned for its high-tech industries, including some of Europe's most advanced aerospace facilities.Since the anti-Cathar movement of the 13th C., this has also been a major centre of higher education, with a student population only second in size to Paris.There are also many Spanish descendents living here -- of refugees from the Spanish Civil War. Along with a large North African community, this makes for a lively, friendly, and go-getting city with an abundance of "bodegas" (Spanish style wine bars), North African restaurants, and laid-back cafés. Nationwide magazine polls identify Toulouse as most French people's favourite city.With no quarries nearby, all the older buildings in the centre were made of red brick. This has created a...

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TOP TEN TOWNS WHERE TO LIVE

by nygaston

From the French poll in Summer 2004, these are the Top 10:1    Dijon2    Poitiers3    Clermont-Ferrand4    Angers5    Montpellier6    Paris7    Saint-Etienne and Toulouse9    Limoges10    Chambéry11    NantesCriterias for quality of life:transportation, food, stores, markets, health care, doctors, restaurants, concerts, theaters, economy, security, safety....

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Cevennes

by iguana23

I'd like to buy a house here one day, it is such a beautiful region. Can be a bit isolated without a car though.The main 'sight' to see is a natural phenomenon called the 'Cirque de Navacelles'. This is a small village (Navacelle) on a calcium based (calcaire? not sure on the translation of that) rocky outcrop at the bottom of a gorge. It was at one time encircled by a river which has since dried up, leaving this incredible natural phenomenon.

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VERDUN-sur-Meuse

by mtncorg

There have been forts in Verdun since the Gauls. Here, the Treaty of Verdun, in 843, saw Charlemagne dividing his empire among his grandsons. The city was an important medieval center for art and boasts a 1000 year old cathedral. Ramparts and gateways remain from the ancient core. A new citadelle designed by the military engineer, Vauban, is here for your exploring pleasures, attesting to the fact that Verdun, occupying an important location along the Meuse River and the northeast frontier of France, was one of the largest fortified areas in France. Of course, Verdun's main fame comes from one of the most epic battles of WWI that was fought here from 21 Feb 1916 to 11 Dec. In a battlefield of only six square miles, 700000 casualties - over 250000 killed outright. Monuments, ruined trenches, forts, cemeteries dot the battlefields lying a few miles northeast and northwest of the town. Pick...

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LES TROIS VALLEES

by mtncorg

One of the largest ski areas in the World is to be found in the French Alps of the High Savoy near the Winter Olympic town of Albertville. Here, the Trois Vallees lie. Courchevel-Meribel-Belleville-Val Thorens all provide 600 km of interlinked ski runs with over 200 ski lifts. Skiing and apres-ski is truly tres magnifique!

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THE FAMOUS LASCAUX-CAVES....

by eden_teuling

The MASSIF CENTRAL has plenty of wonderful limestone formations but the CAVES OF LASCAUX are just SUPERB and famous because of the paintings of animals...All these treasures are probably 17.000 - 20.000 years old and created by Cro-Magnon Man, imagine that, it gives me goose-pimples and I can assure you that visiting these caves will make you feel the same!! The most splendid & interesting caves are in the region DORDOGNE near the towns of Les Eyzier and Montignac in the valley of the Vézère and near the Cabrerets near the Lot!The most excellent MUSEUMS are in Les Eyzies, Périgieux, Sarlat and le Thot: but.....it is wise to book in advance..........It is so overwhelming and......don't envy me.......I was one of the lucky ones who visited the REAL CAVES.....Tourists came in droves to LASCAUX after the 2nd World War ..........and that was tuining the paintings!After some 20 years a layer...

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Chartres Cathedral

by windsorgirl

The giant Chartres Cathedral was first built in the 12th century and rebuilt after a devastating fire in the 13th century. It is filled with magnificent stained glass windows. Probably why the city of Chartres is known as the stained glass capital of the world. The cathedral also houses a cloak that is said to have been worn by the Virgin Mary. The cloak miraculously survived the fire which destroyed the cathedral in the 13th century. Be sure to catch a tour of the cathedral if you can.

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