List of the 'highlights' of France

Summarised from The Lonely Planet guide to Europe.

Ile-de-France

Paris

The North

Boulogne, Lille, Amiens, Epernay, Reims

Normandy

Dieppe, Fecamp, Le Havre, Honfleur, Caen, Bayeux, Mont St-Michel, Rouen, Giverny

Brittany

Rennes, St-Malo, Dinard and Dinan, Roscoff, Quimper, Carnac and Quiberon, Vannes, Nantes

The Loire

Saumur, Azay-le-Rideau, Chinon, Tours, Chennonceaux, Villandry, Chambord, Blois, Orleans, Bourges

Poitou-charente and the Atlantic Coast

Poitiers, La Rochelle, Cognac

Acquitaine, the Dordogne and the Lot

Bordeaux, Arachon, Perigueux, Bergerac, Sarlat, Les Eyzies

The Pyrenees

Biarritz, Bayonne, St-Jean-de-Luz, Pau, Lourdes

Langudeoc Roussillon

Nimes, Uzes, Montpellier, Beziers, Carcassonne, Toulouse, Albi, Perpignan, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy de Dome, Vichy, Le-Puy-en-Velay

Burgundy

Sens, Vezelay, Dijon, Cluny, Autun, Beaune, Macon

Alsace and Lorraine

Nancy, Strasbourg, Colmar

The Alps

Grenoble

Annecy, Chamonix

Rohne Valley and Provence

Lyon, Orange, Avignon, Arles, Saintes Maries de la Mer

Cote d'Azure

Marseille, Toulon, St-Tropez, St-Raphael, Frejus, Vallauris , Antibes, Vence, Nice, Monaco

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