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Castles: Amboise, Azay-le-rideau , Blois Castle and its famous spiral staircase, Chambord, Chantilly, Cheverny: classic and elegant, Chenonceau the castle over the river, Fontainebleau, Hautefort , Haut-Koenigsbourg in Alsace, Langeais, The Popes Palace in Avignon, Peyrepertuse, Vaux-le-Vicomte, Vincennes, Villandry, Ussey.
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Jardin des Tuileries in Paris, Mont Ventoux, Verdon, Ardèche, Betharram Cavern (Grottes), Chamonix (Aiguille du Midi and the Mer de Glace (sea if ice), Fontaine de Vaucluse, Cap Fréhel, Cirque glaciaire de Gavarnie, Grand Colombier, le Hérisson, Cirque Navacelles, Aven Orgnac, Gouffre Padirac, Le Bourget Lake, Megalith of Carnac, Les Calanques near Cassis, Les Grottes Les Demoiselles, Grotte de Lascaux, pic du Midi de Bigorre. |
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Tour de France, Roland Garros tennis tournament, French Formula 1 Grand Prix |
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Aigues-Mortes (behind the walls), Aix-en-Provence, Amiens, Angers and famous Apocalypse tapisserie, Angoulême, Annecy, Arras an its squares, Avignon, Bayeux tapisserie de Queen Mathilde, Beaune (wine area in Burgundy), Beauvais and St-Pierre Cathedral, Bonifacio, Bordeaux, Bourges and St-Etienne Cathedral, Caen, Cahors, fortified city of Carcassonne, Chartres, Chinon, Colmar, Dieppe we remember…, Dijon was the capital of the Burgundy Dukes, Prehistoric sites around Les Eyzies, Grenoble, Honfleur and its old town, Le Puy, Les Baux, Lille, Lyon, Lourdes, La Rochelle, Marseilles and the If castle, Menton, Nancy and Stanislas Place, Nantes, Nice, Orange, Pau, Poitiers, Reims, Rocamadour, Rouen, St-Malo, Toulouse, Strasbourg (and its Christmas market), Vichy water and of course Paris and its “arrondissements » (neighbourhoods): Le Marais, Montmartre (stop also at Au Lapin Agile cabaret), St-Germain-des –Prés, Quartier Latin, ... |
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World Heritage sites of France: Chartres Cathedral (1979), Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay (1979), Palace and Park of Versailles (1979), Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley (1979), Vézelay, Church and Hill (1979), Amiens Cathedral (1981), Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments (1981), Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay (1981), Palace and Park of Fontainebleau (1981), Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of Orange (1981), Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans (1982), Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe (1983), Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve (1983), Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance in Nancy (1983), Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct) (1985), Strasbourg – Grande île (1988), Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Remi and Palace of Tau, Reims (1991), Paris, Banks of the Seine (1991), Bourges Cathedral (1992), Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge (1995), Canal du Midi (1996), Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne (1997), Pyrénées - Mont Perdu (1997, 1999), Historic Site of Lyons (1998), Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France (1998), Belfries of Belgium and France (1999, 2005), Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion (1999), The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes (2000), Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs (2001), Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret (2005). |
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Musée d’Orsay and the Impressionists, Centre Georges-Pompidou: Modern and Contemporary creations, Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie, Medieval Museum in Paris, Louvre Museum, Museum of Gallo-Roman Civilization Lyon-Fourvière, Museum of Textiles and Decorative Arts in Lyon. For more information on museums in France consult Réunion des Musées Nationaux, listing 34 institutions nationwide. |
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