• Country Guides:
  • France Way- Guide to French history, culture, and travel.
  • France.com- Information on culture, travel, and cuisine.
  • Tourism in France- Information on hotels, restaurants, French wine, monuments, museums, and transportation. In both English and French.
  • Tourisme en France- Map of France which you can click on a region and see what places of interest that area has to offer. Site in French.
  • Guide to Southern France
• City Guides:
  • Arles- An ancient city in France where you can see ancient architecture and experience ancient France.
  • Bordeaux- French wine country.
  • Normandy- Discover Mt. St-Michel, Rouen, the beaches of D-Day, the Bayeux Tapestry, and much more.
  • Sightseeing in Paris- Here is a map of Paris which you can click on and get information about each district and its places of interest.
  • Paris- Information on all sorts of stuff in Paris. Includes history and pictures of many monuments and museums.
  • Marseille- Official site of the city of Marseille. Site in French.
  • Nice- Official site of the city of Nice. Site in English and French.
  • Lyon- Discovering Lyon. Site in English.
• Monuments and Museums:
  • Chartres- Site of the famous French cathedral, Chartres. Plenty of pictures and information on the cathedral.
  • Eiffel Tower
  • Chateau de Versailles- Famous castle of Louis XIV, the Sun King. Gorgeous gardens and museum.
  • Le Louvre- Home of the “Mona Lisa” and the famous pyramid.
  • Musee d’Orsay- An old train station that was turned into a museum in 1986.
  • Centre Georges Pompidou- National Museum of Modern Art.
• Other Places of Interest:
  • The Loire Valley- Home of many famous chateaux and gorgeous countryside.
  • Disneyland Paris- Even France loves Mickey!
  • Discovering French Chateaux- Information on French chateaux with pictures of the chateaux, their gardens, etc.
  • Claude Monet’s Gardens in Giverny- Pictures of Claude Monet’s (a famous painter) home and gardens.
  • Vaux le Vicomte- Home of Nicolas Fouquet. Pictures of the many beautiful gardens of this chateau.
  • Le Mont-Saint-Michel- An old abbey and village situated on a huge rock in the water. A must see!
  • Jardin d’Acclimatation- Gorgeous park and gardens in France.

What is it about France that makes it the world’s premier tourist destination?  Partly, it’s the individuality, sometimes eccentricity, of the place and its people. The New York Times once said: “The French are highly individualistic and ungovernable and the extraordinary thing is that, although they project great leaders about once a century, those leaders rule effectively but bequeath chaos.”  Even more so, there is the laid back lifestyle: according to Jean Anouilh: “Everything ends this way in France - everything. Weddings, christenings, duels, burials, swindlings, diplomatic affairs - everything is a pretext for a good dinner.” Add to this the ever present history of the place, garnish with architecture, style, art, light, colour and you have one of the most potent recipes known to man…. Thomas Jefferson summed it up neatly when he said: “Every man has two countries, his own and France”