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

 

PARIS

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.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.

Other French cities, towns, resorts

Lyon - Bordeaux - Cannes - Mulhouse - Nice - Perpignan - Reims - Toulouse
Cannes
www.cannes.com www.canneslife.com/ www.cannes-on-line.com/
Lille
www.lille.toutenville.com www.lavoixdunord.fr
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.

Magazines etc on France

www.francemag.com (France Magazine)

www.livingfrance.com (Living France magazine)

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.