One-day itineraries to discover the best of every city, airport by airport.
Nicknamed 'the Pink City' for its terracotta brick hue, Toulouse is also Europe's leading aerospace hub and historic home to Airbus.The historic...
In 732, just outside Poitiers, the Frankish army halted the Umayyad advance in Western Europe in a battle historians consider among the most...
A former independent republic allied with Switzerland, Mulhouse houses the world's largest automobile museum.The tram remains the most convenient...
Destroyed two-thirds through during the fighting following the Allied 1944 landing, Caen preserves the castle of William the Conqueror alongside a...
Birthplace of Henry IV of France, Pau offers from its panoramic terrace a view of the snow-capped Pyrenees considered among Europe's most...
Seat of the Catholic popes for nearly a century, Avignon preserves the largest Gothic palace in Europe and a famous bridge sung in a popular...
Almost completely razed during World War II for its importance as a naval base, Brest was rebuilt in concrete with an entirely new urban plan.The...
In southern Corsica, Figari remains the most convenient gateway to the granite coves and hilltop villages of the Extrême-Sud region.A rental car...
Site in 1209 of one of the gravest massacres of the Crusade against the Cathars, Béziers preserves today a cathedral rebuilt on the ruins of the...
Home of France's main Mediterranean naval base, Toulon couples active military shipyards with a historic center often overlooked by visitors...
Built in reddish sandstone on a hill overlooking the valley, Rodez houses a Gothic cathedral in unusual colors for France.The center, dominated by...
In the heart of Lorraine, Metz preserves a Gothic cathedral with the largest surface area of stained glass in France, including works by...
Rebuilt almost entirely after the bombings of World War II, Lorient hosts the world's largest festival of Celtic cultures each summer.The center,...
Once among France's most important cities thanks to the cult of Saint Martin, Tours remains today the most convenient departure point for...
Overlooking one of Europe's cleanest lakes, Annecy crosses its own historic center with canals earning it the nickname 'Venice of the Alps'.The...
Former mining and industrial basin, Saint-Étienne has reinvented itself as a UNESCO Design city, the first French city to receive this...
Built by the Genoese as a fortified outpost, Bastia still preserves an old harbor today that evokes Liguria more than mainland France.The old...
Founded only in the tenth century without Roman origins, Montpellier built its fame around one of Europe's oldest continuously active medical...
Almost completely razed by Allied bombing in 1944, Le Havre was rebuilt according to a modernist urban plan that earned it UNESCO recognition.The...
Birthplace of Jules Verne, Nantes has transformed an abandoned shipyard into a park where enormous mechanical animals come to life in front of...
The colorful folk prints produced in Épinal from the nineteenth century gave rise to the French expression 'Épinal image', still a synonym today...
