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• Delve into Paris' 80 museums and 200 art galleries: visit the Musée d'Orsay (www.musee-orsay.fr), located in a beautifully restored railway station, the Palais du Louvre (website: www.louvre.fr), the Georges Pompidou Centre of Modern Art (website: www.centrepompidou.fr) or Musée Rodin (website: www.musee-rodin.fr).
• Relax in the Jardins du Luxembourg (website: www.les-jardins-du-luxembourg.com) in Paris, close to the Latin Quarter (Boulevards St Michel and St Germain), which is the focus of most student activity (the Sorbonne University is here).
• Discover the future at the City of Science and Technology (website: www.cite-sciences.fr) in la Villette or at Futuroscope (website: www.futuroscope.com) in Poitiers.
• Visit Mickey Mouse at the Disneyland Resort Paris theme park in Marne la Vallée (website: www.disneylandparis.com).
• Enjoy a wide range of watersports at France's 3,000km (1,860 miles) of coastline. Famous resorts include St Enogat and St Jacut on the Emerald coast in Brittany, and Cannes, Nice, St Tropez, Antibes and Menton on the south coast.
• Enjoy the jetsetting lifestyle of the Côte d'Azur: stroll on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, famous for its Flower Carnival in January, or mingle with celebrities at the Cannes Film Festival held in May.
• Sail from/to La Rochelle, a popular sailing port in the Charente Maritime region. Close by, the islands of Oléron and Ré are connected to the mainland by bridges.
• Enjoy a wide range of winter sports in the French Alps or the Pyrenees.
• Be pampered at a spa in Biarritz, Contréxeville or Vittel.
• Go on a pilgrimage to Lourdes, in the southwest, famous since the visions of Bernadette Soubirous in the mid 19th century.
• See a bull fight at the Arènes d'Arles in the southwest.
• Hit the jackpot at the casino of Monaco or the casino of Deauville, also famous for its golf course and race track.
• Have a go at a traditional game of boules (also called pétanque), played in public squares, especially in the south of France. The game requires as much social skill as manual dexterity.
• Enjoy a wine tour or take part in harvesting the grapes: there are 10 principal wine regions including Alsace, Burgundy, Champagne, Rhône Valley, each with its own identity based on grape varieties and terroir (soil). Many vineyards offer free tours.
• Follow the Tour de France cycling race (website: www.letour.fr); attend the French Open at Roland Garros (website: www.fft.fr/rolandgarros) near Paris, go to the 24-hour motor race at Le Mans (website: www.lemans.org); or place your bets on a horse at the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (website: www.france-galop.com).
See Contact Addresses for further tourist information.
• Relax in the Jardins du Luxembourg (website: www.les-jardins-du-luxembourg.com) in Paris, close to the Latin Quarter (Boulevards St Michel and St Germain), which is the focus of most student activity (the Sorbonne University is here).
• Discover the future at the City of Science and Technology (website: www.cite-sciences.fr) in la Villette or at Futuroscope (website: www.futuroscope.com) in Poitiers.
• Visit Mickey Mouse at the Disneyland Resort Paris theme park in Marne la Vallée (website: www.disneylandparis.com).
• Enjoy a wide range of watersports at France's 3,000km (1,860 miles) of coastline. Famous resorts include St Enogat and St Jacut on the Emerald coast in Brittany, and Cannes, Nice, St Tropez, Antibes and Menton on the south coast.
• Enjoy the jetsetting lifestyle of the Côte d'Azur: stroll on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, famous for its Flower Carnival in January, or mingle with celebrities at the Cannes Film Festival held in May.
• Sail from/to La Rochelle, a popular sailing port in the Charente Maritime region. Close by, the islands of Oléron and Ré are connected to the mainland by bridges.
• Enjoy a wide range of winter sports in the French Alps or the Pyrenees.
• Be pampered at a spa in Biarritz, Contréxeville or Vittel.
• Go on a pilgrimage to Lourdes, in the southwest, famous since the visions of Bernadette Soubirous in the mid 19th century.
• See a bull fight at the Arènes d'Arles in the southwest.
• Hit the jackpot at the casino of Monaco or the casino of Deauville, also famous for its golf course and race track.
• Have a go at a traditional game of boules (also called pétanque), played in public squares, especially in the south of France. The game requires as much social skill as manual dexterity.
• Enjoy a wine tour or take part in harvesting the grapes: there are 10 principal wine regions including Alsace, Burgundy, Champagne, Rhône Valley, each with its own identity based on grape varieties and terroir (soil). Many vineyards offer free tours.
• Follow the Tour de France cycling race (website: www.letour.fr); attend the French Open at Roland Garros (website: www.fft.fr/rolandgarros) near Paris, go to the 24-hour motor race at Le Mans (website: www.lemans.org); or place your bets on a horse at the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (website: www.france-galop.com).
See Contact Addresses for further tourist information.
