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One decides to use the TGV, one is from Paris after a half hour in Burgundy. Dijon is here an important transportation hub in France and is in addition to rail service and to achieve well by two highways and a private airport. Even in the history of the city was influenced by its favorable geographic location especially.

House for family or friends to visit from anywhere and at any time of year. Each house is like a real house with a living room, bedroom, kitchen and a bathroom. House groups are also for rent. For field trips or meetings here 12 to 100 people can be accommodated. Gites de France Ardeche is recommended as holiday resorts, where in November, the chestnut festival takes place and therefore the houses are decorated with chestnut, Martinique, where you can jump directly from a sun deck into the water or Correze, where the rural life of the 18 .

Ski resorts in France stand in a long Winter sportsTradition. The French Alps To load their highest mountain, the Mont-Blanc , this one to spend a sporting and relaxing time. Beginners and professionals will find just the right conditions here before, so that a real experience is not far off.

FranceHas the largest and highest ski resorts in Europe, so a must for all ski enthusiasts. The area TroisVallèesIs with its 600 kilometers of slopes as the largest ski area in the world and is particularly suited for skiers who want a quick exit. For ski lovers, as you need to decide in the French Alps Will be spoiled for choice between 220 winter sports resorts.

FougèresIs famous for its well-preserved fortifications. Built on granite and enclosing the old town, the fortress was to protect the Duchy of Brittany against France – a complaint was ultimately doomed to failure. Nevertheless, the old city wall stretches from the castle to the town almost without noticeable damage.

Since Would be one of the main attractions of Normandy and France, the rocky island of Mont Saint Michel . Sure but also the Cretaceous rocks in the seaside resort of Etretat And the garden of the famous artist Claude Monet worth an excursion. Sights can be found also in the small.

Douai is situated in the north near the border with Belgium. Although the city already belongs to France since 1672, remembers one of her that they hundreds of years ago was only a part of Flanders and the Netherlands later, not least because there is still commonly called “Dowaai.”Douai: small, picturesque townIts boundary was spared near the picturesque town of Nor from the various wars that were fought in Europe.

Grasse, situated near the Cote d'Azur In the French department of Alpes-Maritimes, is arguably the capital of perfume. The sprawling fields of flowers, which once surrounded the city, are described by Patrick Susskind's novel “Perfume “. The former orange groves and extensive flower plantations have become very rare indeed, still surrounds the city a special charm.

The culture of France Boundary runs roughly along the line Bordeaux-Paris-Metz. Of course, the transition zones and the border is not far around by a fence or a line marked on the ground, but it exists without question and is present in the minds of many Frenchmen.The Nord-Pas-de-Calais is as dark and inhospitableWhile the south of the northern French half is already locates in Africa and are considered the people of Nice, Marseille and Montpellier as fickle and unreliable, the north of France comes from the perspective of the South French gone any better.

Brittany region of fishermen and farmers and their cuisine is reflected down to earth, simple and fresh. But who expects crude peasant food thinks wrong. In Brittany, the most famous dishes of French cuisine Will produce: The sea provides fresh fish, the best oysters, scallops and other seafood.