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Welcome to the site that gives you all the contacts you need to book a great value holiday to France from the UK!

     
   
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Whole of France - All the French Regions - Paris - Provincial Cities
Museums & Attractions - WebCams
Transport - Magazines - Specialists
 
Direct to French travel favourites: - SNCF - Mappy/iTi -
   
Whole of France
www.franceguide.com (French Govt Tourist Office) Our comment: Very much improved, lots of news, regional informational, info about travel deals and links to related sites like SNCF/French Railways. Useful.
www.holidayfrance.org.uk (ABTOF) The site of the Association of British Tour Operators to France. Makes it easy to find and select operators specialising in the region, type of holiday, etc, that you want.
www.bonjour.com For wide range of information on all regions.
www.culture.fr (Culture France) Cultural events, attractions, venues, dates.
www.europeguidebook.com (Europe Guidebook - France) Place by place summary of events, attractions, sights, accommodations and restaurants, venues, dates.
www.ffs.fr (Fédération Francais de Ski)
www.tourisme.fr (Fédération Nationale des Offices de Tourisme et Syndicats d'Initiatives) All local French tourist offices.
www.tourist-office.org - comprehensive links to all local tourist offices by departement, region or town. Invaluable.
www.parcs-naturels-regionaux.tm.fr (Fédération des Parcs Naturels Régionaux de France) French Regional Nature Parks.
www.france-pittoresque.com/ (France Pittoresque) Addresses, villages, traditions, folklore, customs and crafts - all over France.
www.ottawa.ambafrance.org (French Embassy in Canada) Information, news, links.
www.info.france-usa.org (French Embassy in US) informative site.
www.ftp.fr (French Travel Partners) Group Travel Reservations for the whole of France.
www.france.com (France OnLine Travel) An American site offering French history, gastronomy, culture and tourism, including 4000 hotels, car rental, flights, and rail tickets. Brochure-style FranceScape travel section.
www.francetourism.com (French Govt Tourist Office in USA) A really informative and usable site mainly for American tourists wishing to visit France.
www.fr-holidaystore.co.uk (Tour operators' site) Cliches, brochure-speak and badly written sales copy for regions, but with links through to tour operators.
www.mappy.com (Mappy/iTi) Excellent free European Route Planner with emphasis on France, plus clickable access to traffic information, hotel bookings, sights, tourist offices, etc. Choose fastest routes, routes without tolls, routes without traffic, etc.
www.logis-de-france.fr (Logis de France) The Logis are a federation of over 3000 good-standard, independent, family-run small country hotels all over France.
www.michelin-travel.com (Michelin) Subscriber route planning service is OK.
http://wfc.pagesjaunes.fr (Pages Jaunes) Just look it up in the (French) Yellow Pages - simple, effective, invaluable online resource.
www.skifrance.fr (Ski resorts' site) In French. Good, useful.
www.toutesdirections.com (Toutes Directions) A general site about the basics of France, lots of useful information on all the country's regions, as well as an online phrasebook.
 
Paris
See also: Museums & Attractions
www.cafedelasoul.com/ (Black Paris) An African American perspective that takes you "beyond the Eiffel Tower"
www.paris-ile-de-france.com (Paris Ile de France regional tourist information)
www.paris-touristoffice.com (Paris Tourist Office) Listings and information.
www.pariscope.fr (Pariscope) Excellent site for forthcoming and current events in the city.
www.paris.org (Les Pages de Paris/The Paris Pages) 'A project all about Paris'. Our comment: Massive compendium of info about Paris and Paris life but no update for some time. One useful page on the site is
www.paris.org/Monuments/ - summary details of each of the city's historical sights.
www.paris-promotion.fr Now redirects to www.paris-touristoffice.com/
www.parisfranceguide.com (What's On In France magazine) Exhibitions, festivals, shows, everything. Plus hotel reservation service.
www.ratp.fr/Eng/ (RATP) The site of the Paris Metro and bus network. Not just tickets and timetables - plenty of information and ideas, even city walks. Interesting and useful.
http://thinkparis.com (ThinkParis) Features, events, restaurant tips, free classified ads and more in collaboration with the Paris Free Voice magazine.
www.paris-france.org/ (Ville de Paris) The city's official site.
 
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French Regions/& Provincial Cities
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Alsace
Aquitaine [SW France]
Auvergne [Massif-Central]
Bourgogne [Burgundy]
Bretagne [Brittany]
Centre Val de Loire ['Chateaux' region]
Champagne-Ardennes
Corse [Corsica]
Franche-Comté
Ile de France
Languedoc-Roussillon
Limousin
Loire: see Pays de Loire & Centre Val de Loire
Lorraine
Midi-Pyrénées
Nord-Pas de Calais [French Flanders]
Normandie [Normandy]
Pays de Loire [Western Loire]
Picardie [Picardy]
Poitou-Charentes
Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur
Rhône-Alpes

French provincial cities (we only just started this - it'll grow):
Lyon - Bordeaux - Cannes - Mulhouse - Nice - Perpignan - Reims - Toulouse -


www.tourisme.fr (Fédération Nationale des Offices de Tourisme et Syndicats d'Initiatives) All local French tourist offices.
   
Alsace
www.tourisme-alsace.com (Alsace Tourist Office)
www.alsace-info.com (Alsace Info)
www.visit-alsace.com (Alsace Online)
www.alsanet.com (Alsanet)

Aquitaine
www.cr-aquitaine.fr/ (Aquitaine Tourist Office)
www.saint-jean-de-luz.com (St Jean de Luz/Basque Country)

Auvergne
www.crt-auvergne.fr (Auvergne Tourist Office)
Yahoo's Auvergne listings -

Brittany
www.bretagne.com (Brittany Tourist Office)
www.brittanytourism.com (Brittany Tourist Office)
www.brittany-guide.com (Brittany Holiday Guide) travel and accommodation guide.
www.brittany-net.com (Brittany Network) business, tourism, art, education, entertainment, media etc, French and English.

Burgundy
www.bourgogne-tourisme.com (Burgundy Tourist Office)
www.burgundy-tourism.com (Burgundy Tourist Office)

Centre Val de Loire [Loire Valley]
- see Loire Valley

Champagne-Ardennes
www.aube-champagne.com (Aube departement, southern Champagne)
www.tourisme-champagne-ardenne.com (Champagne-Ardennes Tourist Office)

Corsica
www.lacorsemysterieuse.com (La Corse Mysterieuse) All about the island, walks, accommodations, facilities, etc.
www.corsica.net (Corsica Net) Purple prose tourist guide to the island.
www.corseresa.com (Corse Resa) A site of local tourism providers with links to accommodation reservation and tourism information on Corsica.
www.go-to-corsica.com Multilingual promotional site for island, including tourism addresses and accomodation links.

Franche-Comté
http://interfrance.com (Interfrance - Franche-Comté)

Ile de France
See also:
Paris
www.paris-ile-de-france.com (Paris Ile de France regional tourist information)
www.tourisme-essonne.com/anglais/ (Essonne département Tourist Office)
www.val-doise-tourisme.fr/tourisme.html (Val d'Oise département Tourist Office)

Languedoc-Roussillon
www.cr-languedocroussillon.fr/tourisme (Languedoc-Roussillon Tourist Office)

Limousin
www.cr-limousin.fr (Limousin Tourist Office)
   
Loire Valley (inc.Western Loire)/Centre Val de Loire/Pays de Loire

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Centre Val de Loire [Loire Valley]
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www.loirevalleytourism.com (Centre Val de Loire Tourist Office)
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www.regioncentre.fr/tourisme/ (Centre Region) Tourism pages on official site. In French
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www.berrylindre.com (Berry and Indre regional tourist offices)
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www.chartrescountry.com/eure/ (Chartres and its region)
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www.berrylecher.com/cher/ (Cher departement)
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www.berrylindre.com/indre (Indre departement)
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www.loire-france.com/ (Loire France)
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www.tourism-touraine.com (Touraine district - Loire Valley)
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www.chambordcountry.com (Loir-et-Cher department - Loire and Loir Valleys)
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www.tourismloiret.com/loiret/ (Loiret departement)
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www.coeur-de-france.com (Coeur de France) useful promotional site, in French

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Western Loire [Pays de Loire]
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www.cr-pays-de-la-loire.fr (Pays de Loire Tourist Office)
- www.WesternLoire.com (Western Loire Tourist Office)

 

Lorraine
www.cr-lorraine.fr (Lorraine Tourist Office)

Midi-Pyrénées
www.cr-mip.fr (Midi-Pyrénées Tourist Office)

Nord-Pas de Calais
www.lavoixdunord.fr (La Voix du Nord) French Flanders' major newspaper online
www.toutenville.com/Lille (Voila Regions - Lille) The Lille page of this French site on regional cities
www.cdt-nord.fr/an/ (Nord Tourist Office)
www2.pas-de-calais.com/rubrique/homeuk.html (Pas de Calais Tourist Office)


Normandy
www.normandy-tourism.org (Normandy Tourist Office)

Picardy
www.amiens.com/tourisme/ (Amiens Tourist Office)

Poitou-Charentes
http://perso.libertysurf.fr/mikael1/Index/indexgb.html (Charente) Interesting eclectic site with plenty about Cognac and local links.
www.elements-reussite.com/ (Charente Maritime) French local site.
 
Provence/Riviera/Côte d'Azur
See also: Cannes - Nice
- www.provencetourism.com (Provence Tourist Office)
- www.provenceweb.fr (Provence Web) Online regional guide.
- www.monaco.mc Commercial 'Welcome to Monaco' site for visitors (yes, we know it's not in France - but it's on the French Riviera).
- www.beyond.fr (Beyond the Riviera) Quirky personal tourist material gathered about everywhere behind the Riviera.
- www.crt-riviera.fr/ (Riviera Cote d'Azur Tourist Office)
   

Rhône-Alpes

See also: Lyon

www.tourisme-rhone-alpes.com/ (Rhône-Alpes Tourist Office)
   
   
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Provincial cities of France
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Avignon - Bordeaux - Cannes - Lille - Lyon - Mulhouse - Nice - Perpignan - Reims - Toulouse -
Cannes
www.cannes.com
www.canneslife.com/
www.cannes-on-line.com/
   
Lyon
http://gatekeep.cal.fr/sitlyon/lyon.html - guide to Lyon
www.welcome.to/lyon/ - Danish-run guide to Lyon
www.mairie-lyon.fr/ - city site from Lyon Town Hall. Click 'tourism'
www.cybergone.com - lively Lyon site, in French, mainly for locals
www.cae.fr/croixrous/croix.htm - site by and for residents in the city's atmospheric Croix Rousse district.
http://globegate.utm.edu/french/vftourist/lyon.html - amazing list of links to other sites about Lyon - scores of 'em.
www.lyon-france.com/ - official Visitor Bureau site.
 
Nice
www.nicetourism.com - Nice Tourist Office
www.nice-coteazur.org/ - Official site of the City of Nice
www.nice.aeroport.fr - Schedules, information and facilities of Nice Airport
www.nicecarnaval.com/ - Nice Carnival 2005.
   
Lille
www.lille.toutenville.com
www.lavoixdunord.fr
   
   
French Museums & Attractions
www.chateauxandcountry.com Full information about over 150 French chateaux with details of their visits, accommodation, restaurants.
www.cite-sciences.fr (Cite des Sciences) The site of the famous Cite des Sciences museum and cinema complex in Paris.
www.disney.fr (Disneyland Paris)
www.tour-eiffel.fr (Eiffel Tower) Official site of the Paris landmark, with information and views from the tower.
www.nausicaa.fr (Nausicaa, the big sealife centre at Boulogne)
paris-story.com (Paristoric) The site of a popular Paris 'edutainment' - a panoramic film exploration of the whole story of Paris.
 
French Travel and Transport
www.autoroutes.fr (Autoroutes France) The information site for the whole French autoroute (motorway) network.
www.saprr.fr (Autoroute Paris-Rhine-Rhone) Yes, this autoroute company has its own website for travellers detailing events and services on their highways.
www.eurostar.com (Eurostar) Main site of the Eurostar London-Paris rail service.
www.ratp.fr/Eng/ (RATP) The site of the Paris Metro and bus network.
www.sncf.fr (SNCF - French Railways) Main site in English and French.

http://12-25.sncf.fr (SNCF) SNCF tickets/offers for 12-25 age group.
sncf.fr/ route planning page.
http://ter.sncf.fr (TER) TER are the important regional rail services in France.

 
WebCams on France
www.allocine.fr/live The Champs-Elysees on camera
www.tf1.fr/livecam/cam.phtml TF1's Eiffel Tower view
 
Magazines etc on France
www.francemag.com (France Magazine) Currently being redesigned, the site of a popular francophiles' mag - no travel info.
www.livingfrance.com (Living France magazine's website) Out of action at the moment.
 
Specialist operators to France
www.bicyclettegourmande.com (Bicyclette Gourmande) These people organise bike tours of gastronomic regions.
www.holiday-rentals.co.uk (Holiday Rentals) Our comment: Daily updates of availability and discounts on its French cottages, farmhouses and villas. All properties pictured.
www.cycling-for-softies.co.uk (Cycling for Softies) Out of the ordinary holidays for cycling gourmets.
www.inntravel.co.uk (Inn Travel) Short breaks in rural France.
 
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