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🗓 3–4 daysThe Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, cafés and the Seine.
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Top places in France
The destinations worth building your trip around.
France is the world's most visited country for good reason: world-class museums, iconic monuments, storybook villages and a coastline and countryside made for slow travel.
Pair a few days in Paris with the châteaux of the Loire, the beaches of the Riviera or the peaks of the Alps for a trip that has it all.
The destinations worth building your trip around.
Ready-made routes — tap a duration to see the plan.
The Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, cafés and the Seine.
Mediterranean beaches, Monaco and Cannes glamour.
France's gastronomic capital and Roman history.
The Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, cafés and the Seine.
Mediterranean beaches, Monaco and Cannes glamour.
France's gastronomic capital and Roman history.
Lavender fields, hilltop villages and rosé.
The Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, cafés and the Seine.
Mediterranean beaches, Monaco and Cannes glamour.
France's gastronomic capital and Roman history.
Lavender fields, hilltop villages and rosé.
Visa rules change frequently. Visa-exempt nationals will need ETIAS pre-authorisation; others need a Schengen visa. Always verify with the official France immigration / e-visa website before travelling.
Paris's icon — best at sunset and sparkle hour.
The world's most-visited museum, home to the Mona Lisa.
Opulent royal palace and endless gardens.
Nice, Cannes, Antibes and the principality of Monaco.
World-famous vineyards and elegant river city.
Top of the 50-m arc with 12-avenue starburst view down the Champs-Élysées — beats the Eiffel Tower at…
Western Europe's highest peak at 4,808 m — Chamonix gives access to summit climbs, the Aiguille du Midi…
Paris's river of bridges, bouquinistes and 60-minute bateaux-mouches — the easiest river cruise in Europe, with the Eiffel…
A 170-km circuit around Mont Blanc through France, Italy and Switzerland — 10–11 days hut-to-hut, fully waymarked.
France's longest river through the Renaissance heartland — Chambord, Chenonceau and Villandry on a UNESCO 280-km reach.
Europe's deepest canyon at 700 m — turquoise Verdon River, dramatic D952 drive, kayaking and rock-climbing routes.
Europe's cleanest large lake — turquoise alpine water with a 42-km cycle path looping it and the medieval…
Provence's great wine river — barge cruises Lyon to Arles through Beaujolais, Côtes du Rhône and Roman aqueducts.
A clifftop medieval French Riviera village 427 m above the Mediterranean — the exotic-cactus garden has the Côte…
Riverside French campgrounds at the gates of Europe's deepest canyon — kayaking, cliff hiking, lavender afternoons.
A 1-km white-sand Corsican beach in the Désert des Agriates — accessed only by boat, 4WD or 5-hour…
A 180-km rocky alpine traverse of Corsica — Europe's hardest waymarked long-distance trail, 15 days hut-to-hut.
