The best places in France
A Tour of France
1st Stop
North West
Brittany, Normandy, Crêpes,
Mont-Saint Michel...
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Medium temperature
Best month
October
RH
120%
37ºC
Rainiest
January
Most rainy part of France
Le Mont Saint-Michel
But beautiful landscapes
Is it in Britany or Normandy?
Les falaises d'Etretat
Hiking, climbing, surfing, swimming...
WWII Museums
Fun fact
The American Normandy Cemetary
This small territory is not a part of France. It actually belongs to the United States
It contains the graves of the American soldiers who fought during World War Two in France.
Typical Normandy houses
Les maisons Normandes
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Les châteaux de la Loire
Le Château de Chambord
Le Château de Chenonceau
Many places to visit!
Le Cap Fréhel
La cote de granit Rose
La Rochelle
L’île de Ré
Carnac
Gastronomy
Tarte Tatin VS Kouign Amann
The Famous crêpes are orignially from Bretagne. You can roll them or fold them in a triangle shape.You can eat them with literally everything. Chocolate, fruits, vanilla but also savoury ingredients: ham, eggs, vegetables, sausages...
Famous French cheese: made out of cow milk. You can see many cows in the Normandy region
Tarte Tatin: apples, butter, eggs, flour
Traditionally, crêpes go very well with a bottle of cider
Kouign Aman: in Breton (the Britany original language) Kouign means cake and Aman means butter. This cake has the reputation of not being very healthy
The North East
Strasbourg, Reims, Colmar, and Champagne
2nd stop
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Strasbourg
The Strasbourg cathedral is 142 meters high
Every year, a light show is displayed on the cathedral façade
Medium temperature
Best month
RH
Rainiest
Alsace's Christmas Market
The Strasbourg's Christmas market is 400 years old. It's the biggest in Europe
More than 300 booths each year
You can buy many local and traditional food, souvenirs, handcrafts christmas gifts, decorations...
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Where Champagne comes from
Champagne Ardenne
- Champagne exists since the XI° century
- Officially recognized since 1946
- The Champagne Ardenne region and the Alsace region produce a lot of different wine.
- It has become throughout the years a touristic attraction: La route des vins
- Champagne is a registered trademark. Thus, by law, it should be forbidden to call their sparkling wine Champagne if it was not made in the Champagne region.
Noticeable towns
Nancy
Colmar
Gastronomy
The famous pizza from Alsace: Flammekueche
La Choucroute: German influence, sausages, cabbage, potatoes
Bretzel: German influence
South West
Bordeaux, Toulouse, The Pyrenees...
3rd stop
La Dune du Pilat
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The Best towns to visit
Bordeaux: La place de la bourse et le miroir d'eau
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Nature
Ocean and High mountains
From skying in the Pyrenees to surfing on the Atlantic Ocean waves
Hossegor beach: the best surfing spot in France
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The Basque Country
The Basque Country spreads accross the Spain and France border. Fun fact: the basque language is a mystery. It does not come from latin, French, Spanish, Germanic languages...but it's there
Biarritz
Le train de la Rhune
Saint-Jean de Luz
Les férias
Espelette
Cars are forbidden in this little town. Many shops where you can buy local products
The Basque country spreads across the border between France and Spain. The origins of the basque language are still a mystery today. It is not reelated to Spanish, French, Latin, Germanic languages...but it's there... Espelette, famous for its very hot pepper
Gastronomy
A lot of different kind of meats (pork, lamb, duck), beans, carotts, tomatoes
Blue Cheese: or Roquefort in French
Nice
The Principality of Monaco is not exactly part of France. They have their own governement and taxes. French is the spoken language in Monaco.
Cannes
Another fancy place. Globally known for the Film festival
Monaco
La côte d'azur
One of the biggest cities in France. Very touristy during summer. Very fancy as well
Saint Tropez
In summer tourists, jet setters, celebrities come here with their yachts to have a good time
Every year in May the French Film Festival takes place in Cannes
La Promenade des anglais: The Boulevard of the English. In the 19th century, many English bourgeois family spent their vacation in Nice. They were disappointed because there were no pavements to walk by the sea. So they decided to raise funds togerther and to create one
The Monaco casino. Monaco is also very famous for its formula one Grand Prix and the Monte Carlo Tennis Tournament
Second biggest city in France
Marseille and Lyon
Marseille and Lyon are the two biggest cities outside of Paris.
The old port of Marseille Very often compared to Paris. People say Lyon is like Paris in smaller LOREM IPSUM
My home region: Vaucluse
Avignon is also very famous for its Theatre festival. Each year thousands of artists from all around the world come to Avignon to perform their latest shows
Rochegude, my home town
The famous lavender fields of Provence
Le Colorado Provençal
Roman monuments
Gastronomy
The aïoli sauce is eaten with fish and vegetables. It is made out of garlic, egg yolk, olive oil, mustard
Made with olives. We eat it as an appetizer on toasts
Eggplants, tomatoes, zuchinnis
Soup with many different varities of fish
Mixture of garlic, basil and olive oil with beans, carrots, zucchinis... Thank you, I hope you liked discovering more about France
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