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Chartres is located in the transition climate zone between the oceanic and continental climates. This makes the city’s climate relatively cool, not too hot in the summer and cold in the winter. The variations between the seasonal temperatures are not ...

The city of Nimes is located in the southern section of the Rhone valley in southern France, its climate is Mediterranean, characterized by hot and relatively dry summers, rainy but mild autumns, dry and relatively cold winters, while spring it ...

Carcassonne is located in the south of France not far from the Pyrenees and the Mediterranean sea. This ancient medieval city benefits from a transitional Mediterranean climate with mild temperatures throughout the year, but with frequent and sometimes strong winds. ...

The abbey of Mont Saint-Michel is located along the Normandy coast, overlooking the Atlantic ocean. The climate of the area where the Mont Saint-Michel abbey stands is oceanic, mitigated by the influence of the sea, but particularly variable. Summer never ...

The city of Arles benefits from a Mediterranean climate favored by a long hot and dry summer period with mild temperatures throughout the year. In winter, however, temperatures can sometimes drop even several degrees below zero. This is caused by ...

The city of Autun is located in the Burgundy region in the central eastern part of France, about 300 meters above sea level. Its geographical position means that the climate of Autun is mainly continental, but also partly moderated by ...

Avignon is located in France along the Rhone valley on a rocky outcrop overlooking a bend in the river. Wonderful city of art. In the 14th century it was the residence of the popes who enriched it with splendid palaces. ...

Arles (about 55,000 inhabitants), a city in Provence, the capital of the region and the largest municipality in metropolitan France. The city located along the banks of the Rhone, is located 37 km from Avignon and 31 km from Nimes, ...

Once home to the kings of France, the Louvre Museum now houses one of the richest museums in the world. On the site of the current museum, a fortress was built between 1190 and 1202, at the behest of Philip ...

The famous and beautiful Gothic Notre-Dame cathedral of Paris is located in the eastern part of the Île de la Cité, in the center of the city. The cathedral was built, at the behest of Bishop Maurice de Sully, in ...

FLIGHTS TO PARIS The city of Paris has air flights arriving at the city’s three airports: Paris-Charles de Gaulle GDG, Paris Orly and Paris Beauvais Tillé. PARIS AIRPORTS PARIS-CHARLES DE GAULLE AIRPORT Paris Charles de Gaulle airport is the most ...

METRO OF PARIS Paris is well covered by a metro system, the Paris Metro. This efficient means of connection consists of 16 lines for a total length of 200 kilometers, with over 300 stations. The Metro network covers the entire ...

The Eiffel Tower is the symbol and the most famous monument in Paris. This tower was built between 1887 and 1889 by the engineer Gustave Eiffel as a temporary structure on the occasion of the 1889 Universal Exposition. The exhibition ...

Les Halles is a lively and modern area of the French capital, full of life and very popular with young people. Originally, since the twelfth century, the area housed the general markets. Subsequently the markets were enlarged by Napoleon III ...

La Defense is the most important business district in Paris and the largest business center in Europe. It is located in the western part of the city at the end of the axis which, starting from the Louvre in the ...

The Hôtel des Invalides is a large complex of buildings built between 1671 and 1676, at the behest of Louis XIV, to house the disabled soldiers of his army. This property is located in Paris a short distance from the ...

Disneyland Resort Paris is an amusement park located in Marne-la-Vallée, about 30 km east of Paris. This famous park is made up of two Disney theme parks: Disneyland Park (normally called EuroDisney or Disneyland Paris) and Walt Disney Studios. The ...

In Paris, at number 140 Rue Du Bac, not far from the Eiffel Tower, there is a shrine. In this Sanctuary there is the Chapel of the Miraculous Medal. It is not very far from the Louvre and can be ...

Normandy and Brittany are among the most fascinating regions of northern France. Located a few hundred kilometers from Paris, they are easily accessible from the rest of Europe with the numerous low-cost flights that land at one of the three ...

The city of Rouen is located in the northern part of France just 50 km from the coast of the English Channel. Due to its proximity to the Atlantic ocean, the city of Rouen is characterized by an Atlantic oceanic ...

Rouen is a town of over one hundred thousand inhabitants which is the historical capital of Normandy and the capital of the Seine-Maritime department. The city is located just over 80 km from Le Havre and the English Channel coast ...

The Gothic abbey of Mont Saint-Michel, called the “Merveille de l’Occident” (wonder of the west), is located on a granite islet surrounded by sandbanks exposed to powerful tidal forces, near the border between Normandy and Brittany. The islet measures approximately ...

Normandy is a historical region of France. In the past, this region was administratively divided into two regions. Upper Normandy (Haute-Normandie) with the capital Rouen and Lower Normandy (Basse-Normandie) with the capital Caen. Upper Normandy is made up of two ...

The splendid Roman aqueduct of the Pont du Gard is a truly fascinating work. This masterpiece of Roman engineering is located about 25 km from the city of Nimes and 22 km from Avignon. Uzes the starting point of the ...

Nimes is a city of about 145,000 inhabitants, the capital of the Gard department, in the new region of Occitania (formerly Languedoc-Roussillon). The city is located 40 km from Avignon and 30 km from Arles, at the foot of the ...

Carcassonne, the most beautiful example of military architecture of the Middle Ages in France. This is a small town of about forty-five thousand inhabitants located in the Occitania region (Languedoc-Roussillon) in the Aude department. Located at 90 km south-east of ...

The French region of Languedoc-Roussillon has now merged into the new region of Occitania. The old region included the French southern coast, along the Mediterranean Sea, between the Rhone delta and the Pyrenees on the border with Spain and Andorra. ...

Corsica (Corse) is, by size (8,680 km²), the fourth largest island in the Mediterranean sea. This large island is located west of the islands of the Tuscan archipelago (the island of Capraia is located just 30 km from Corsica). While ...

Chartres is a town of about forty thousand inhabitants located along the Eure river in north-western France, 95 km south-west of Paris. The city is the capital of the Eure-et-Loir department in the Center-Val de la Loire region. In pre-Roman ...

Bourges is a town of about seventy-five thousand inhabitants in central France, in the French region of Center-Val de la Loire. Capital of the Cher department, it is located on the Berry Canal, 220 km south of Paris. The city ...