France

Sarreguemines is a Lorraine town located along the Saar River and close to the border with Germany, of which it was part between 1871 and 1918. The town was founded in Roman times as a small border settlement. From the ...

Kaysersberg is a small town in Alsace located a few kilometers northwest of Colmar, with a population of less than 3,000 inhabitants, the town of medieval origins is called the “ville fleurie” and is one of the small pearls of ...

Dijon is the historic capital of Burgundy, the city was founded by the Romans with the name of Divio, and was located along the road that connected Lyon to Paris and Mainz. The city together with the duchy of Burgundy ...

Orléans is a beautiful historic city in France, capital of the Center region, located along the course of the Loire river. The Loire Valley area where Orléans is located is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. The city has many ...

Menton is the first French town that is coming from Italy along the Ligurian coast. The city founded in the thirteenth century became part of the Principality of Monaco in the fourteenth century and remained linked to it until 1848, ...

Situated between Arles and Avignon, along the left bank of the Rhone, the town of Tarascon has a beautiful historic center with a medieval castle (Château de Tarascon) and ancient streets among which the rue des Halles stands out with ...

Martigues, the Venice of Provence (Venise Provençale), is located on an island at the mouth of the Rhone, between the Berre pond (Etang de Berre) and the Charon canal (chenal de Caronte), not far from Marseille and Aix-en- Provence. The ...

Aubagne, a small town in Provence between Marseille and Toulon, famous for being the headquarters of the Foreign Legion, is also considered the capital of the Santon de Provence, the very colorful clay figurines, typical of Provence, which are used ...

Arles, the ancient Arelate of the Romans, was founded by them in the 1st century BC. Thanks to its position on important communication routes, the city developed to become, in the late empire, the capital of the prefecture of the ...

Narbonne, a city of very ancient origins, was founded by the Romans, who called it Colonia Narbo Martius. Under the Roman Empire it soon became the capital of Gallia Narbonensis. Also in the Middle Ages the city was important, first ...

Albi, an ancient city founded by the Romans, is today an important commercial center located along the Tarn River. Albi is also the birthplace of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, a famous impressionist painter. In its historic center stands the majestic cathedral ...

A small historic town in Artois, a historic region in northern France, Béthune is located southwest of Lille and not far from the other historic city in the region, Arras. Béthune is a city rich in architectural and historical heritage. ...

Historic city of French Flanders located a few tens of kilometers from the border with Belgium. Douai in the Middle Ages became an important center of trade and production of fabrics, was first part of the county of Flanders and ...

Located in southern Alsace, near the borders with Germany and Switzerland, and a few kilometers from Basel, Mulhouse is, by importance, the second largest city in Alsace, after Strasbourg. The city is home to two important museums, one dedicated to ...

Selestat is a small town in Alsace, located between Strasbourg and Colmar, on the left bank of the Ill river. Rich in historic buildings from different eras, including two important churches, the Gothic church of Saint-Georges, and the Romanesque church ...

The town of Thann, located at the foot of the Vosges mountains, a few tens of km west of Mulhouse, in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace, despite the destruction suffered during the two world wars, still maintains several prestigious buildings ...

Riquewihr is a small Alsace village located just 15 km north of Colmar and 10 km from Kaysersberg, it is renowned for its beauty as a medieval village with an interesting artistic and architectural heritage with old half-timbered houses. During ...

Bordeaux, the capital of Aquitaine, sits along the Garonne River in southwestern France. Bordeaux was already an important city during the Roman Empire, one of the most prosperous in Gaul, when it was known under the name of Burdigala. In ...

Eguisheim is a small village in Alsace located just 5km from Colmar. The country is characterized by delightful architecture, full of flowers and very suggestive. Eguisheim is famous for being an important center for the production of Alsatian wine. The Eguisheim Christmas ...

Bayonne, located along the Nive and Adour rivers, a short distance from the sea and near the border with Spain, is the most important city and economic center of the French Basque Country, in the city about one third of ...

Castres is an important city in the Midi-Pyrenees region of France, located 40 km south of Albi, between Toulouse and Montpellier, along the Agout River. The city has medieval origins, when it became an important pilgrimage stop on the road ...

In this small historic Alsace town, located 25 km southwest of Strasbourg, in an important agricultural area producing wine and beer, and full of historic buildings, Christmas is a very heartfelt celebration. The town presents itself to visitors full of ...

Aix-en-Provence, is a city of Roman origin, then known by the name of Aquae Sextiae, in the Middle Ages it became the capital of Provence and experienced its maximum splendor between the 12th and 13th centuries. Today its most important ...

Clermont-Ferrand, the capital city of the Auvergne region, is located in central France, in the Massif Central area at about 400 meters above sea level. The city is surrounded by the volcanic chain of the Puys (Chaîne des Puys), among ...

Located at the northwestern tip of France, Brest is an important military port, and the second largest city in Brittany. Founded as a fortified camp by the Romans, the city developed in the Middle Ages, when it was disputed between ...

Marseille, the third metropolitan area of France, after Paris and Lyon, is a city of very ancient origins, founded in 600 BC. from the Greeks of Focene, it immediately became an important commercial center on the shores of the Mediterranean, ...

The village of Ribeauvillé is located on the Alsace wine route (Route des vins d’Alsace), between the towns of Sélestat and Colmar at the foot of the Vosges mountains, in the most renowned wine area of the region. Founded in ...

Toulon is the third largest city – after Marseille and Nice – in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region. A large port on the Mediterranean Sea, it is the main port of call for ferries connecting France to Corsica, and is the most important ...

Avignon, the splendid city of the Popes, which extends on the left bank of the Rhône, has a wonderful historic center, which has its major attractions in the Palace of the Popes and the Saint-Bénézet bridge, declared a UNESCO World ...

Montbéliard is a town located in the Franche-Comté near the border with Switzerland and not far from southern Alsace. Built in the Middle Ages as a small fortified village, it was for many centuries first a county and then an ...