One-day itineraries to discover the best of every city, airport by airport.
Stronghold of privateers authorised by the French crown to plunder enemy ships, Saint-Malo preserves its granite walls intact overlooking the...
Surrounded by three alpine ranges visible in one glance, Grenoble hosted the 1968 Winter Olympics and remains one of the most accessible gateways...
In 1858, a fourteen-year-old girl reported seeing the Virgin Mary in a grotto on the town's outskirts: since then Lourdes has become one of the...
For over a thousand years, nearly all French kings were crowned in Reims Cathedral, the heart of the Champagne region and its underground...
UNESCO World Heritage in its entirety, Bordeaux pairs an eighteenth-century historic center with a museum entirely dedicated to the wine that...
Founded by Greek Phocaeans over 2,600 years ago, Marseille remains France's oldest city and one of Europe's most vibrant Mediterranean ports.The...
Passed multiple times between France and Germany over the centuries, Strasbourg hosts the European Parliament precisely because of its disputed...
Birthplace of socialist leader Jean Jaurès, Castres holds a surprising collection of paintings by Francisco Goya far away from Spain.The center,...
Among Europe's oldest secret passages and bouchons where generations have eaten, Lyon is considered by many to be France's true gastronomic...
Former capital of the Kingdom of Majorca in the Middle Ages, Perpignan remains culturally closer to Spanish Catalonia than to the rest of...
Built on ancient volcanic chimneys, Le Puy-en-Velay offers one of France's most striking views, with a statue and chapel in balance on rock...
In 1431, in a square in Rouen, Joan of Arc was burned at the stake following a political trial: the city still preserves the exact location of her...
Historic capital of Breton Cornouaille, Quimper preserves a Gothic cathedral with asymmetrical spires and a ceramic tradition lasting...
At the gateway to the Loire Valley, Angers houses in its castle the largest medieval tapestry ever created in Europe.The center, dominated by the...
A local tradition, never confirmed by historians, claims that Christopher Columbus was born in the Genoese citadel of Calvi, in Corsica.The...
In the heart of wine country Dordogne, Bergerac lent its name to the famous literary character Cyrano, though it never actually hosted his...
Every January, the world's most important comic festival transforms the medieval streets of Angoulême into an open-air gallery dedicated to the...
In the volcanic heart of the Auvergne, Aurillac has produced the majority of umbrellas manufactured in France for centuries.The center, France's...
Passed between France and Flanders many times over the centuries, Lille preserves a historic center with Flemish architecture unlike any other...
The discovery of a kaolin deposit in the 18th century transformed Limoges into the world's fine porcelain capital, still produced according to...
A day in Paris can be built by following the course of the Seine, from the Eiffel Tower to the Île de la Cité, the historic heart of the city...
