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Versailles © Paris Tourist Office

The 400th birthday of André Le Nôtre in Versailles

This year, on the occasion of the 4th centenary of the birth of André Le Nôtre, the city of Versailles and the Château de Versailles will tribute the famous gardener of Louis ....More »

Apple Flight ride © Nigloland, Dolancourt

The top 50 places to visit in France – Number 38 – Nigloland

In at number 38 is Nigloland with 500,000 visitors per year. With 37 rides and shows in a natural environment! Rides that give you an adrenaline rush for the bravest and a whole ....More »

Chateau Haut-Koenigsbourg © Jean-Luc Stadler

The top 50 places to visit in France – Number 39 – Chateau Haut-Koenigsbourg

In at number 39 is Chateau Haut-Koenigsbourg with 486,630 visitors per year. With a wonderful panaromic view from the Castle on a clear day you might even be able to see the Alps, it ....More »

La Seine, île de la Cité, Notre-Dame © Paris Tourist Office - Photographer : David Lefranc SiteSee list number 2

The top 50 places to visit in France – Number 40 – Tours De La Cathedrale

In at number 40 is Tours De La Cathedrale with 475,903 visitors per year Notre Dame Cathedral (Notre Dame de Paris) is actually Number 2 in the Paris top places to visit with over ....More »

Téléphérique du Brévent

The top 50 places to visit in France – Number 41 –Téléphérique du Brévent

In at number 41 is the Téléphérique du Brévent (Brévent cable car and Planpraz lift) with 455,486 visitors per year Discover the south slope and its great panoramic view of Mont Blanc. From ....More »

The 400th birthday of André Le Nôtre in Versailles

April 12, 2013   markf   No comments
Versailles © Paris Tourist Office

This year, on the occasion of the 4th centenary of the birth of André Le Nôtre, the city of Versailles and the Château de Versailles will tribute the famous gardener of Louis XIV. Architect, landscape architect, but also confidant of the king, André Le Nôtre is the origin of the development of French gardens. In

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The top 50 places to visit in France – Number 38 – Nigloland

March 24, 2013   markf   No comments
Apple Flight ride © Nigloland, Dolancourt

In at number 38 is Nigloland with 500,000 visitors per year. With 37 rides and shows in a natural environment! Rides that give you an adrenaline rush for the bravest and a whole village dedicated to children, there’s fun for everyone in Nigloland. Nigloland is a rare example of French amusement parks to have developed without

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The top 50 places to visit in France – Number 39 – Chateau Haut-Koenigsbourg

March 24, 2013   markf   No comments
Chateau Haut-Koenigsbourg © Jean-Luc Stadler

In at number 39 is Chateau Haut-Koenigsbourg with 486,630 visitors per year. With a wonderful panaromic view from the Castle on a clear day you might even be able to see the Alps, it is a medieval fortress, rebuilt at the beginning at 1900, restored inside too there are English guides in the high season The first

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The top 50 places to visit in France – Number 40 – Tours De La Cathedrale

March 24, 2013   markf   1 Comment
La Seine, île de la Cité, Notre-Dame © Paris Tourist Office - Photographer : David Lefranc SiteSee list number 2

In at number 40 is Tours De La Cathedrale with 475,903 visitors per year Notre Dame Cathedral (Notre Dame de Paris) is actually Number 2 in the Paris top places to visit with over 13,000.00 visitors, our number 40 is for the tours to Notre Dame Cathedral. Beautiful Gothic architecture which is 850 years old in 2013

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The top 50 places to visit in France – Number 41 –Téléphérique du Brévent

March 14, 2013   markf   No comments
Téléphérique du Brévent

In at number 41 is the Téléphérique du Brévent (Brévent cable car and Planpraz lift) with 455,486 visitors per year Discover the south slope and its great panoramic view of Mont Blanc. From Chamonix, you can take the gondola lift to Plan Praz at 1,999m, then the cable car to Le Brévent at 2,525m. Plan Praz

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The top 50 places to visit in France – Number 42 – Sommet du Puy Mary

March 10, 2013   markf   No comments
Le puy de Côme et son double crater © DAMASE-Joël

In at number 42 is The Summit of Mount Mary (Sommet du Puy Mary) with 450,00 visitors per year The Summit of Mount Mary (Sommet du Puy Mary) Gouged out by glaciers, called locally the pyramid and due to its accessibility by car, is much busier than Mount Dome, at 5765ft the view is tremendous from

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The top 50 places to visit in France – Number 43 – Océanopolis Brest

January 06, 2013   markf   No comments
Océanopolis_Brest © Océanopolis Brest

In at number 43 is Océanopolis Brest (Brittany) with 446,610 visitors per year Océanopolis has 4 areas for you to discover, the Tropical Pavilion, Polar Pavilion, Temperate Pavilion and the Biodiversity Pavilion. Experience a wonderful journey into warm oceans and seas in the Tropical Pavilion. Suggestive of ideal holidays or paradise on earth, the tropical belt extends

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Beynac-et-Cazenac – Dordogne

October 30, 2012   markf   No comments
Castle Beynac view over Le Capeyrou

Within the list of top places to visit in France the Dordogne comes up fairly regularly as you might expect but if the list was down to me alone then The Dordogne would be at the top. I can’t put really put my finger on one particular thing that sparked my love of the area

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The top 50 places to visit in France – Number 44 – Padirac Cave

October 28, 2012   markf   No comments
Gouffre - Padirac

In at number 44 is Gouffre – Padirac (Padirac Cave) with 437,900 visitors per year. After a vertiginous descent by lift or on foot down to a depth of 103 metres below the ground, you take a trip in a small boat on the underground river through majestic galleries. Then the Grande Pendeloque comes into view –

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The top 50 places to visit in France – Number 45 – Hospices de Beaune

October 28, 2012   markf   No comments
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In at number 45 is The Hospices de Beaune (Burgundy) with 407,929 visitors per year Hospices de Beaune ( Almshouse in Beaune or Hôtel-Dieu de Beaune) Founded in 1443 the Hospital was started for the poor, a fine example of Fifteenth Century architecture it has wonderful coloured tiles on the roof and walls and is

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