Places to Explore In France

Discover the best places to explore in France with curated recommendations from our travel experts.

Alsace-Lorraine

Only the Rhine separates Germany from Alsace-Lorraine, a region that often looks German and even sounds German. But its heart—just to prove how deceptive appearances...

  • 20 Restaurants
  • 25 Hotels
  • 66 Things To Do

Bordeaux and the Wine Country

When travelers arrive here, Bordeaux's countryside enchants them without their quite knowing why: what the French call la douceur de vivre (the sweetness of living)...

  • 19 Restaurants
  • 15 Hotels
  • 56 Things To Do

Brittany

Wherever you wander in Brittany—along jagged coastal cliffs, through cobbled seaport streets, into time-burnished cider pubs—you'll hear the primal pulse of Celtic music. Made up...

  • 26 Restaurants
  • 33 Hotels
  • 73 Things To Do

Burgundy

Producing a rarefied concentration of what many consider the world's greatest wines and harboring a sigh-worthy collection of magnificent Romanesque abbeys, Burgundy hardly needs to...

  • 21 Restaurants
  • 30 Hotels
  • 69 Things To Do

Champagne Country

As you head toward Reims, the landscape loosens and undulates, and the hills tantalize with French vineyards that—thanks to la méthode champenoise—produce the world's antidote...

  • 13 Restaurants
  • 16 Hotels
  • 36 Things To Do

Corsica

"The best way to know Corsica," according to Napoléon, "is to be born there." Not everyone has had his luck, so chances are you'll be...

  • 17 Restaurants
  • 22 Hotels
  • 46 Things To Do

Lyon and the Alps

Lyon and the Alps are as alike as chocolate and broccoli. Lyon is fast, congested, and saturated with culture. In the bustling city—often called the...

  • 62 Restaurants
  • 34 Hotels
  • 115 Things To Do

Normandy

Normandy—shaped roughly like a jigsaw puzzle piece—sprawls across France’s northwestern corner. Due to its geographic position, this region is blessed with a stunning natural beauty...

  • 20 Restaurants
  • 28 Hotels
  • 65 Things To Do

Paris

Paris is one of the most beautiful cities on earth, a truth easily appreciated on a stroll that could yield one stunning vista after another...

  • 217 Restaurants
  • 197 Hotels
  • 562 Things To Do

Provence

Wander past the canopied café terraces, wizened olive groves, and austere cypresses of Provence and you’ll start to realize you can’t shake off a sense...

  • 7 Restaurants
  • 2 Hotels
  • 9 Things To Do

Side Trips from Paris

Just what is it that makes the Ile-de-France so attractive, so comfortingly familiar? Is it its proximity to the great city of Paris—or perhaps that...

  • 35 Restaurants
  • 23 Hotels
  • 63 Things To Do

The Basque Country, Gascony, and Hautes-Pyrenees

Several years back, a mayor in the province of Soule welcomed a group of travelers with the following announcements: the Basque Country is the most...

  • 16 Restaurants
  • 21 Hotels
  • 45 Things To Do

The Dordogne

Want to smile happily ever after? Linger in a fantasyland full of castles, clifftop châteaux, and storybook villages? Join the club. Since the 1990s the...

  • 14 Restaurants
  • 22 Hotels
  • 40 Things To Do

The French Riviera

This sprawl of pebble beaches and zillion-dollar houses has always captivated sun lovers and socialites. Today's admirers know not to miss the Côte d'Azur's textbook...

  • 3 Restaurants
  • 0 Hotels
  • 1 Things To Do

The Loire Valley

A fairy-tale realm par excellence, the Loire Valley is studded with storybook villages, time-burnished towns, and—bien sûr—the famous châteaux de la Loire. These postcard staples...

  • 19 Restaurants
  • 32 Hotels
  • 53 Things To Do

Toulouse and the Languedoc

Like the most celebrated dish of this area, cassoulet, the southwestern region of France is made up of diverse ingredients. Just as it would be...

  • 28 Restaurants
  • 36 Hotels
  • 92 Things To Do

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