Best Places to Visit in France

France, in Western Europe, encompasses medieval and port cities, tranquil villages, mountains and Mediterranean beaches. Paris, its capital, is known worldwide for its couture fashion houses, classical art museums including the Louvre and monuments like the Eiffel Tower. The country is also renowned for its sophisticated cuisine and its wines. Lascaux’s ancient cave drawings, Lyon’s Roman theater and the immense Palace of Versailles are testaments to its long history.

France is just lovely as the Eiffel Tower, with its City of Love, Paris, you can't just resist but to visit this country that's full of love and foods from great chefs.

What you need to know

Capital: Paris

Dialing Code: +33

ISO Code: FRA

Currencies: Euro, CFP franc

Official Languages: French

Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower is a wrought iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower. It is also equip with stairs and elevators as per your choice leading to the observation decks.

Info:

Address: Champ de Mars, 5 Avenue Anatole France, 75007 Paris, France

Phone: Not Available
Floors: 3
Height: 300m
Opened: March 31, 1889
Construction Started: January 28, 1887
Architects: Gustave Eiffel, Stephen Sauvestre

Nearby hotel: Shangri-La Hotel, Paris | 5-star hotel | Located in 10 Avenue d'Iéna, 75116 Paris, France | +33 1 53 67 19 98

Louvre

The Louvre Palace is a former royal palace located on the Right Bank of the Seine in Paris, between the Tuileries Gardens and the church of Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois. It is home of the Roman sculptures to Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa."

Info:

Address: 75001 Paris, France
Established: 1792

Phone: +33 1 40 20 50 50
Director: Jean-Luc Martinez

Nearby hotel: Hôtel du Louvre, a Hyatt hotel | 5-star hotel | Place André Malraux, 75001 Paris, France | +33 1 73 11 12 34

Notre Dame de Paris

Notre-Dame de Paris, also known as Notre-Dame Cathedral or simply Notre-Dame, is a historic Catholic cathedral on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France. Towering, 13th-century cathedral with flying buttresses & gargoyles, setting for Hugo's novel.

Info:

Address: 6 Parvis Notre-Dame - Pl. Jean-Paul II, 75004 Paris, France
Construction Started: 1163
Opened: 1345

Phone: Not Available
Height: 96m
Architects: Pierre de Montreuil, Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Lassus, Jean de Chelles
Architectural Style: French Gothic architecture

Nearby hotel:  Hôtel Les Rives de Notre-Dame | 4-star hotel | Located in 15 Quai Saint-Michel, 75005 Paris, France | +33 1 43 54 81 16

Arc de Triomphe

The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile is one of the most famous monuments in Paris. It stands in the centre of the Place Charles de Gaulle, at the western end of the Champs-Élysées. It is an iconic triumphal arch built to commemorate Napoleon's victories, with an observation deck.

Info:

Address: Place Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France
Opened: 1836

Phone: Not Available
COnstruction Started: August 15, 1806
Height: 50m
Architectural Style: Neoclassical architecture
Architects: Jean Chalgrin, Jean-Nicolas Huyot, Jean-Arnaud Raymond, Louis-Robert Goust, Guillaume-Abel Blouet

Nearby hotel: Hidden Hotel | 4-star hotel | Located in 28 Rue de l'Arc de Triomphe, 75017 Paris, France | +33 1 40 55 03 57

French Riviera

The French Riviera (or Côte d'Azur) is the Mediterranean coast of southeastern France. It includes famously glamorous beach resorts such as Saint-Tropez and Cannes, and the independent microstate of Monaco. A health retreat in the 18th century, the area subsequently attracted aristocrats, artists and the 1960s "jet set." Today it’s an established holiday destination, with paths connecting many coastal villages and towns.

Info:

Address: Promenade Des Anglais, Nice, France

Phone: Not Available

Nearby hotel: Grand Hyatt Cannes Hôtel Martinez | 5-star hotel | Located in 73 Boulevard de la Croisette, 06400 Cannes, France | +33 4 93 90 12 34

Palace of Versailles

The Palace of Versailles, or simply Versailles, is a royal château in Versailles in the Île-de-France region of France. It is also known as the château de Versailles. Immense, 18th-century palace with gilded apartments, chandeliered Hall of Mirrors & fountain show. Immense, 18th-century palace with gilded apartments, chandeliered Hall of Mirrors & fountain show.

Info:

Address: Place d'Armes, 78000 Versailles, France
Opened: May 6, 1682

Phone: Not Available
Area: 7 ha
Architectural Style: French Baroque architecture, Contemporary architecture
Architects: Louis Le Vau, Jules Hardouin-Mansart, Ange-Jacques Gabriel, Robert de Cotte, Philibert Le Roy, Jacques Gabriel
Function: Château, Palace, Museum

Nearby hotel: Trianon Palace Versailles, A Waldorf Astoria Hotel | 4-star hotel | 1 Boulevard de la Reine, 78000 Versailles, France | +33 1 30 84 50 00

Sacré-Cœur, Paris

The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris, commonly known as Sacré-Cœur Basilica and often simply Sacré-Cœur, is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in Paris, France. Iconic, domed white church, completed in 1912, with interior mosaics, stained-glass windows & crypt.

Info:

Address: 35 Rue du Chevalier de la Barre, 75018 Paris, France

Phone: +33 1 53 41 89 00
Opened: 1914
Height: 83m
Architects: Paul Abadie, Lucien Magne, Honoré Daumet, Jean-Charles Laisné, Jean-Louis Hulot and Henri-Pierre-Marie Rauline
Architectural Style: Ancient Roman architecture, Byzantine architecture

Nearby hotel: Hôtel Montmartre mon Amour | 4-star hotel | Located in 7 Rue Paul Albert, 75018 Paris, France | +33 1 46 06 03 03

Champs-Élysées

The Avenue des Champs-Élysées is a boulevard in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, 1.9 kilometres long and 70 metres wide, which runs between the Place de la Concorde and the Place Charles de Gaulle, where the Arc de Triomphe is located.

Info:

Address: Paris, France
Arrondissement: 8th arrondissement of Paris
Completed: 1670

Phone: Not Available
To: Place Charles de Gaulle

Nearby hotel: Fraser Suites Le Claridge Champs-Elysées | 5-star hotel | Located in 74 Av. des Champs-Élysées, 75008 Paris, France | +33 1 44 13 33 33

Sainte-Chapelle

The Sainte-Chapelle is a royal chapel in the Gothic style, within the medieval Palais de la Cité, the residence of the Kings of France until the 14h century, on the Île de la Cité in the heart of Paris, France. Ornate, 13th-century, Gothic chapel with relics & notable stained-glass windows of biblical scenes.

Info:

Address: 8 Boulevard du Palais, 75001 Paris, France
Opened: April 26, 1248

Phone: +66 38 367 229

Nearby hotel: Holiday Inn Paris - Notre Dame | 4-star hotel | 4 Rue Danton, 75006 Paris, France | +33 1 81 69 00 60

Jardin du Luxembourg

The Jardin du Luxembourg, or the Luxembourg Garden, located in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, was created beginning in 1612 by Marie de' Medici, the widow of King Henry IV of France, for a new residence she constructed, the Luxembourg Palace. 17th-century park with formally laid-out gardens, trees planted in patterns & statues on pedestals

Info:

Address: 6th arrondissement of Paris, 75006 Paris, France

Phone: +33 1 42 34 20 00
Construction Started: 1612

Nearby hotel: Luxembourg Parc | 4-star hotel | 42 Rue de Vaugirard, 75006 Paris, France | +33 1 53 10 36 50

Did You Know?

• The name "France" come from the Latin Francia, which means "land or kingdom of the Franks."
• France is the largest country by size in Europe at 248, 573 m2 (643,081 km2).
• France's forma name is La République Française (French Republic).
• France is divided into 22 metropolitan regions, and its five overseas regions called Dom-Toms.
• Louis XIX was king of France for just 20 minutes.
• There is only one stop sign in the entire French city of Paris.
• In France, you can legally marry a deceased person.
• French (along with Spanish) women have the highest life expectancy in the whole of the European Union.
• Jean Dujardin is the first and only French actor to have ever won Best Actor at the Academy Awards for his role in "The Artist" in 2011.

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