Places of interest in France

Amiens Cathedral (Cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens)

Amiens Cathedral, in the heart of Picardy, is one of the largest 'classic' Gothic churches of the 13th century.

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Aquarium du Limousin

Close to the Town Hall in Limoges the aquarium has 300 different species and more than 2500 fish in an area of over 1000 square metres.

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Arc de Triomphe, Paris

The Arc de Triomphe is one of the most famous monuments in Paris. It was commissioned in 1806 after the victory at Austerlitz by Emperor Napoleon I at the peak of his fortunes.

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Assemblée Nationale, Paris (Bourbon Palace)

Assemblée Nationale is the seat of the French parliament (Chamber of Deputies).

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Aven d'Orgnac caves

The caves at Orgnac were only discovered in 1935 but since then thousands of visitors have marveled at the three fabulous chambers stretching for over 30,000m2 which allow the visitor to appreciate the richness and variety of the underground world.

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Basilique du Sacré-Cœur, Paris

The Sacré-Coeur Basilica (Basilica of the Sacred Heart) is a Roman Catholic basilica and popular landmark in Paris, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

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Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

The Bibliothèque nationale, the National Library of France, opened in 1996 with a futuristic design by Dominique Perrault.

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Bourganeuf Museum of Electricity (Bourganeuf la Musée l’électrification)

Bourganeuf was the third town in France to offer light in public places and households. In May 1886, 60 lightbulbs were alluminated in Bourganeuf. Today at Bourganeuf la Musée l’électrification celebrates and displays a social and economic insight into the history of producing electricity. It also explains why Bourganeuf became the third town in France selected to have electricity.

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Bourges Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Bourges)

The Cathedral of St Etienne of Bourges, is a cathedral, dedicated to Saint Stephen. Bourges is notable for the uniqueness and unity of its design, seen in no other cathedral of the High Gothic era. It features two distinct horseshoe aisles that wrap around a central nave and choir.

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Carcassonne

Carcassone's fortifications date back to the first century. They were thoroughly restored from 1853 by the theorist and architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc.

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Casino de Monte Carlo

The Casino is possibly the best known attraction in Monte Carlo. Built between 1878 and 1910, its beautiful architecture and ornate design makes it easy to imagine yourself being transported back to this time. If you would like to try your luck on the tables there is a 10 Euro entry fee, however if you would just like to take a look at the beautiful interior (and amazing bathrooms) then you can take a look around the entry hall and slot machine room for free.

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Centre Pompidou

Centre Georges Pompidou was constructed between 1971-1977 and it is known as the Pompidou Centre in English.

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Centre Thermal des Domes

Vichy is known for its healing spas, which attract visitors from around the world and the Thermal Centre of the Domes is no exception. From short preventative stays to longer healing stays this spa combines traditional therapy with new-age techniques to provide cures for even the most obscure ailments. The centre was renovated in 1991 and can accommodate up to 3,500 visitors a year.

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Chartres Cathedral

Chartres Cathedral is one of the greatest of all French Gothic cathedrals. Located about 80 km from Paris, it is considered one of the finest examples in all of France of the Gothic style of architecture.

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Chateau d'Angers

Chateau d'Angers is a huge fortress with seventeen towers set in the heart of the town and home to the famous 14th century Tapestry of the Apocalypse.

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Château d'Annecy

The Château d'Annecy is a castle dominating the old French town of Annecy. It was bought by the town, restored and transformed into a museum, Musée Château d''Annecy, a fine museum that explores traditional Savoyard art and crafts and has a display on Alpine-related furnishings and fine artwork.

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Château de Biron

The vast Château de Biron was founded in the 11th century to command the northern approaches to the Agenais.

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Château de Chaumont-sur-Loire

Château de Chaumont-sur-Loire dominates the Loire valley in a strategic position. It was the first château at Chaumont-sur-Loire, Loir-et-Cher, France. It was built by Eudes II, Count of Blois, in the 10th century with the purpose of serving as a fortress to protect the Blois from attacks.

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Château de Compiègne (Palace of Compiegne)

The Château de Compiègne is a French château, a royal residence built for Louis XV and restored by Napoleon.

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Château de Polignac

Built as early as the 12C on a basalt hillock, the château de Polignac is a fine example of military architecture in Auvergne. The surrounding walls pierced by loopholes and the battlements which rhythm is created by powerful towers are all that has survived to this day. The site is overlooked by a 32 metre high machicolated keep which offers a breathtaking view of the Puys range. It houses artistic events, organized by the 'Polignac fortress' foundation which is devoted to the safeguarding of the edifice.

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Château de Sully

The Château de Sully situated between Autun and Beaune is the largest Renaissance Chateau in Southern Burgundy.

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Château de Valençay

The Château de Valençay as it stands today - a subtle blend of the Renaissance and neo-classical styles - is largely the achievement of the Estampes family, who grew wealthy in the reign of Louis XIII.

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Chinon Castle

Chinon castle (Forteresse royale de Chinon) is the largest fortress in France.

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Church of St Germain l'Auxerrois , Paris

Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois was the parish Church of the Kings de France when the Lourve was still a royal palace. It was founded in the 12th century but has been altered many times over several centuries, and has a mixture of styles including Roman, Gothic and Renaissance.

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Citadelle, Montpellier

Citadelle is a vast fortress constructed after the siege of 1622 and was a guarantee of royal power over Montpellier. The citadel served as a barracks and prison, but since 1955 the site has been occupied by the Lycée Joffre. A part of the outer fortifications are still visible today.

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Crozatier Museum, Le Puy-en-Velay

Celebrating the history, culture, and geology of the region, this museum contains exhibits of handicrafts, especially lace, some of which date from the 16th century. It also has a collection of minerals, crystals, pottery shards, and bones from nearby archaeological excavations, architectural embellishments from the Romanesque era, and paintings from the 14th to the 20th centuries.

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D-Day Landing Beaches

On June 6,1944, over 156,000 troops crossed the English Channel from the United Kingdom to the beaches of Normandy, marking the beginning of the end of Nazi Europe.

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Disneyland Paris

Disneyland Resort Paris is a holiday and recreation resort that is unique in all of Europe. The complex features two theme parks, an entertainment district and seven resort hotels.

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Eiffel Tower

Completed in 1889, this colossal landmark built for the International Exhibition of Paris of 1889 commemorating the centenary of the French Revolution, is now a famous symbol of French civic pride.

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European bison reserve in Margeride

Discover the European bison, a legendary animal and survivor of the prehistoric era, in this park spread over 200 hectares. Tours available on a horse-drawn carriage in the summer or on a sleigh in the winter accompanied by guides from the reserve. Learn about their history through a dedicated museum area.

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Fine Arts Museum, Tours (Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours)

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours is set in the old archbishop's palace and features a remarkably rich and varied collection.

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Gay-Lusac museum- St Léonard de Noblat

Gay-Lusac museum in St Leonard de Noblat is dedicated to the life of the 19th century scientist, with photographs and a selection of laboratory equipment.

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Hotel de Ville, Paris

The 19th-century Hotel de Ville standing on a large square with fountains and early-1900s lamp posts is Paris's grandiose City Hall.

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Jardin des Plantes, Paris (Jardin du Luxembourg)

The Jardin des Plantes is the main botanical garden in France covering 28 hectares. It was founded in 1626 as a medical herb garden for Louis XIII.

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L'église de la Madeleine

L'église de la Madeleine, or L'église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (or "La Madeleine"), is a church in the 8th arrondissement of Paris that was designed as a temple to the glory of Napoleon's army.

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La Bambouseraie de Prafrance

La Bambouseraie is one of the oldest collections of bamboo in Europe. The garden is devoted to the cultivation of bamboo and other exotic plants including camellias, acers, orchids and many other species.

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La Cité Des Insectes, Nedde

La Cité Des Insectes ("City of Insects") in Nedde is located in the heart of the Regional Natural Park of Millevaches.

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Le Splash d’Argentat

Le Splash d’Argentat is a Aquatic theme park with a large pool divided into four areas including a paddling pool, slides etc. They also offer canoe and kayak lessons and have good picnic facilities.

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Les Invalides

Les Invalides consists of a complex of buildings in the 7th arrondissement containing museums and monuments, all relating to the military history of France, as well as a hospital and a retirement home for war veterans, the building's original purpose.

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Louvre Museum

The Louvre Museum (French: Musée du Louvre) in Paris, is the most visited and one of the oldest, largest and most famous art galleries and museums in the world. The former palace of the kings of France is dedicated to art of the Ancient world, of Western world and of Islam, until the mid-19th century. In addition to these collections, a section is devoted to Arts of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas. Several temporary exhibition areas and a section dedicated to the history of the Louvre complete the permanent display.

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Maison de Victor Hugo

Maison de Victor Hugo Between 1832 and 1848, Victor Hugo lived on the second floor of the former Hôtel de Rohan-Guéménee, situated in the Place des Vosges.

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Meteorite Museum, Rochechouart (Espace Météorite)

The meteorite of Rochechouart fell from the sky over 200 million years ago. Over 1 kilometer in diameter and weighing 6 billion tons, it eradicated in just one minute any form of life within the surrounding area.

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Mont Blanc

Mont Blanc (French for white mountain) or Monte Bianco (Italian, same meaning) also known as "La Dame Blanche" (French, the white lady), in the Alps, (4,808 m / 15,774 ft), is the highest mountain in Western Europe.

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Mont St Michel

This Gothic abbey has stood proudly for well over 1,000 years, and today is one of the most visited tourist attractions outside of Paris. In July and August there is also a night-time tour, with music, light and sound.

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Moulin Rouge

Moulin Rouge (French for Red Mill or windmill) is a traditional cabaret, built in 1889 by Joseph Oller. Situated in the red-light district of Pigalle on Boulevard de Clichy, near Montmartre, it is recognized by the large red imitation windmill on its roof.

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Moulins Cathedral

The Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Moulins is a national monument of France located in the town of Moulins, Allier. The cathedral is two buildings built four centuries apart. The collegiate church was constructed in the Flamboyant style at the end of the 15th century, was made a cathedral in 1822, and a neo-Gothic nave, designed by the architects Lassus and Millet, was added at the end of the 19th century. The Treasury contains the famous triptych of the Maître de Moulins, commissioned about 1500 by the Duke de Bourbon.

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Musée Aristide Maillol

Aristide Maillol (1861 - 1944) was a French Catalan sculptor and painter. The Maillol Museum is located in a complex of three buildings dating back to the 18th century.

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Musée de l'Orangerie

The Musée de l'Orangerie houses the Walter-Guillaume Collection, consisting mainly of Impressionist and 20th-century paintings, and a set of monumental paintings offered by Monet to his country, representing the famous Nymphéas (water lilies) in the artist's garden at Giverny.

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Musée de la Musique, Paris

Musée de la Musique is a group of institutions dedicated to music. It was designed by the architect Christian de Portzamparc and opened in 1995.

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Musée des Monuments Français

Musée des Monuments França founded in 1880 on the initiative of Viollet-le-Duc, the great restorer of historical monuments, displays reproductions and full-size models of major French monuments of art and architecture.

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Musée du Compagnonnage in Tours

The Musée de Compagnonnage is housed in an 11th century guest house. The museum commemorates the men who built the chateaux and cathedral in Tours and the surrounding areas.

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Musée du Gemmail, Tours

Musée du Gemmail is located in the historical centre of Tours, Hôtel Raimbault, and its 12th-century underground chapel display a permanent collection of nearly 70 Gemmaux.

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Musée du Vieux-Montmartre

Musée du Vieux-Montmartre houses the prints, pictures and souvenirs that tell the real Montmartre story.

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Musée Marmottan

Musée Marmottan contains the world’s largest and most important collection of paintings by Claude Monet, notably the famous "Impression Soleil levant", and also many paintings of his friends: Boudin, Gauguin, Morisot, Renoir, Pissarro and Sisley.

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Musée National de la Porcelaine Adrien Dubouché

Musée National de la Porcelaine Adrien Dubouché was founded in 1845 and accorded national museum status in 1881. Limoges is the porcelain capital of France and one of the major centres for china in the west.

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Museum of Art and Archaeology, Aurillac

Founded in 1853, the museum has been housed since 1991 in a seventeenth century convent of the Visitandines in the centre of town. The Museum showcases Aurillac's History through photographs, household items, paintings, sculptures and more.

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Nantes Fine Art Museum

Nantes Musée des Beaux-Arts is housed in a 19th century building with light modern styled galleries.

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National Museum of the Middle Ages (Musée du Moyen-Âge-Thermes de Cluny)

The National Museum of the Middle Ages is one of the treasures of Paris. It is located in what remains of the famous Monastery of Cluny south of the Seine (and on the site of earlier Roman thermal baths).

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Notre Dame Cathedral

Notre Dame de Paris, often known simply as Notre Dame in (English), is a Gothic cathedral. It is still used as a Roman Catholic cathedral and is the seat of the Archbishop of Paris. Notre Dame de Paris is widely considered one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture.

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Opéra de Paris Bastille

Opéra de Paris Bastille was opened in 1989 to celebrate the bicentennial of the storming of the Bastille.

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Oradour sur Glane

A few kilometres north of Limoges is the village of Oradour sur Glane, totally destroyed by the Nazi’s in the Second World War, 642 men, woman and children massacred by a German Panzer Division.

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Orsay Museum, Paris

The Musée d'Orsay is a brilliant conversion, carried out in 1986, of a disused century-old railway station on the Left Bank following the idea of Jacques Chirac.

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Palais de Chaillot (The Trocadero), Paris

The Palais de Chaillot was built in 1937 by architects Carlu, Boileau and Azema as one of the highlights of the 1937 French last colonial exhibition.

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Palais de la Découverte, Paris

The Palais de la Découverte is a science museum aimed at hands-on education with permanent and temporary exhibits, lectures and experiments by real scientists rather than presenters.

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Palais de Tokyo, Paris

The Palais de Tokyo is a contemporary art museum in Paris.

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Palais des Congrès-Opéra

Housed in a listed Historic Monument (built by Badger in 1865 and extended by Lecoeur in 1900), Palais des Congrès-Opéra offers a surprising variety of different settings and is a unique tour through the styles of the Second Empire, the Belle Epoque and Modernism. In this building, the parliament of the French Third Republic decided to grant full powers to Marshal Philippe Pétain, thereby terminating the republican regime and inaugurating Vichy France (July 10, 1940).

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Palais du Luxembourg, Paris

The Palais du Luxembourg is the place where French senate meet. The gardens of Luxembourg surround the palace.

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Palais Royal, Paris

The Palais Royal was commissioned by the Cardinal of Richelieu, who had desired a palace within a stone’s throw from the Louvre.

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Parc Bellevue

An traditional adventure style amusement park with water slides as well as other rides, go-karting and a pet zoo.

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Pavillon de la Porcelaine

Pavillon de la Porcelaine Haviland has been exporting its porcelain to the United States and other countries since 1842, when a group of American entrepreneurs immigrated to France from Boston to found the first American-owned company ever established in Europe.

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Pere-Lachaise Cemetery, Paris

Pere-Lachaise Cemetery - Paris’s most famous cemetery gets the name from Louis, 16th century religious advisor, who previously owned the property.

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Petit Palais Museum, Paris

The Petit Palais is a museum in Paris, France. It was built for the Universal Exhibition in 1900 and now houses the Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris.

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Picasso Museum

Picasso himself donated works to the museum, most notably his paintings "The Goat" and "La Joie de Vivre". In 1990 Jacqueline Picasso gae away many works by Picasso to the museum. These included 4 paintings, 10 drawings, 2 ceramics and 6 etchings. These are displayed at the Château in addition to the 3 works on paper, 60 etchings and 6 carpets by Pablo Picasso which the museum collected between 1952 and 2001. Today the collection totals 245 works by Picasso.

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Promenade des Anglais, Nice

The Promenade des Anglais ("Promenade of the English") is a famous promenade along the Mediterranean at Nice, France.

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Pyrenees National Park

The Pyrenees National Park covers an area of over 45000 hectares across the Hautes-Pyrénées (65) and Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64) departments.

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Sainte-Chapelle, Paris

This Gothic chapel on the Île de la Cité in the heart of Paris is home to the most ancient stained-glass windows in Paris.

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St-Etienne Cathedral, Bourges

St-Etienne Cathedral is a gothic masterpiece begun by Henri de Sully in 1195, has impressive medieval stained-glassed windows and an incredible astronomical clock, designed in 1424 as a wedding present to Charles VII and Marie d''Anjou. The cathedral was added to the list of the World Heritage Sites by UNESCO in 1992.

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St-Etienne Cathedral, Toulouse

The Cathedral of Saint Etienne (St-Stephen) is the city's one of major ecclesiastical building. Being built between the 11th and the 17th century and even in the 20th century (north portal), it represents a mixture of styles. It is a building of great interest because of the abundance and the variety of the works of art that it houses. I has characteristic

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The Conciergerie

Built on the site of the substantial remains of Palais des Capétiens, the La Conciergerie bears witness to the remarkable civil architecture of the 14th century.

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The Jacquemart-André Museum, Paris

The Jacquemart-André Museum is situated in a luxurious late 19th century home in the eighth arrondissement just a stone’s throw from the Champs Elysées. The museum is open every day.

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The Matisse Museum, Nice

Housed in a magnificent red building, this museum stands on Cimiez hill, close to the city''s Arenes (ancient amphitheatre) and Musee archeologique. Matisse lived in Cimiez from 1917 until his death in 1954. Paintings, drawings and some of his earliest works are on display, along with pieces that reveal his lesser-known talents as a sculptor. Several black and white photographs offer glimpses of the artist''s private life.

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The Musée Rodin in Paris

The Musée Rodin in Paris, is a museum that was opened in 1919 in the Hôtel Biron and surrounding grounds. It displays works by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin.

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The Natural History Museum, Auxerre.

The museum houses collections of local palaeontology, bears from the Arcy sur Cure caves and fossils from Mailly le Château, stuffed animals (including 1,500 birds), shells, insects and an array of diverse species in the museum grounds. Every year, the museum puts on two temporary exhibitions: one in the winter and one in the summer (on scientific or environmental themes). The house is dedicated to Paul Bert, a great physiologist from Auxerre; a room is devoted to his life and work.

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The Panthéon

The Panthéon in Paris is an early example of Neoclassicism, with a façade modelled on the Pantheon in Rome, surmounted by a small dome. It was commissioned by Louis XV, ostensibly as thanks to Ste Geneviève, the patron saint of Paris, for curing him of illness, but also as part of a grand plan to emphasize the unity of the church and state, troubled at the time by growing divisions between Jesuits and Jansenists.

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The Roman theatre in Orange

The Théâtre Antique d'Orange is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, together with other Roman buildings of the city. It is a Roman theatre built early in the 1st Century A.D. for watching theatrical performances. It is owned by the municipality of Orange and is the home of the summer opera festival, the Chorégies d'Oran

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Tour Montparnasse Towers

Tour Montparnasse Towers is a 210-metre (689-foot) tall office skyscraper called "roof of Paris". From its panoramic roof terrace, you can see as far as 40 km in clear weather.

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Versailles Palace, Paris

The Château de Versailles is a royal château in Versailles, France. When the château was built, Versailles was a country village, but it is now a suburb of Paris. From 1682, when King Louis XIV moved from Paris, until the royal family was forced to return to the capital in 1789, the Court of Versailles was the center of power in Ancien Regime France.

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Vulcania Theme Park

Vulcania, Europe's largest volcano theme park, offering underground tours and film projections. This is the world's first tourist attraction devoted to volcanoes. Fittingly, it has been built in the mountainous French region of Auvergne, under the Chaine des Puys range of extinct volcano craters.

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Wildlife park – Les Loups De Chabrieres

Les Loupes de Chabrieres – Gueret is an unusual wildlife park dedicated to the wolf. It is set in the Chabrieres forest close to Gueret.

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Wildlife park – Parc de Reynou

Parc du Reynou is a 300 hectare safari park in the grounds of the magnificent estate of the Chateau du Reynou.

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