The Gothic abbey of Mont Saint-Michel, called the “Merveille de l’Occident” (wonder of the west), is located on a granite islet surrounded by sandbanks exposed to powerful tidal forces, near the border between Normandy and Brittany. The islet measures approximately ...

Normandy is a historical region of France. In the past, this region was administratively divided into two regions. Upper Normandy (Haute-Normandie) with the capital Rouen and Lower Normandy (Basse-Normandie) with the capital Caen. Upper Normandy is made up of two ...

The splendid Roman aqueduct of the Pont du Gard is a truly fascinating work. This masterpiece of Roman engineering is located about 25 km from the city of Nimes and 22 km from Avignon. Uzes the starting point of the ...

Nimes is a city of about 145,000 inhabitants, the capital of the Gard department, in the new region of Occitania (formerly Languedoc-Roussillon). The city is located 40 km from Avignon and 30 km from Arles, at the foot of the ...

Carcassonne, the most beautiful example of military architecture of the Middle Ages in France. This is a small town of about forty-five thousand inhabitants located in the Occitania region (Languedoc-Roussillon) in the Aude department. Located at 90 km south-east of ...

The French region of Languedoc-Roussillon has now merged into the new region of Occitania. The old region included the French southern coast, along the Mediterranean Sea, between the Rhone delta and the Pyrenees on the border with Spain and Andorra. ...

Corsica (Corse) is, by size (8,680 km²), the fourth largest island in the Mediterranean sea. This large island is located west of the islands of the Tuscan archipelago (the island of Capraia is located just 30 km from Corsica). While ...

Chartres is a town of about forty thousand inhabitants located along the Eure river in north-western France, 95 km south-west of Paris. The city is the capital of the Eure-et-Loir department in the Center-Val de la Loire region. In pre-Roman ...

Bourges is a town of about seventy-five thousand inhabitants in central France, in the French region of Center-Val de la Loire. Capital of the Cher department, it is located on the Berry Canal, 220 km south of Paris. The city ...

The Center – Loire Valley is a region of France located in the heart of the country, is located south of Paris, and is made up of the four historic provinces of Orléanais, Berry, Touraine and Anjou. The region is ...

Brittany is the westernmost region of France, it occupies a vast peninsula stretching out towards the Atlantic ocean. In the Middle Ages it was an important independent kingdom. The current administrative region does not include the whole territory of the ...

Nevers is a town in central France, in the Burgundy region, in the Nièvre department. Located almost in the center of France, at the confluence of the Nièvre with the Loire, about 260 km south of Paris. The city has ...

Tournus is a small town of about seven thousand inhabitants of central-eastern France. Located in the French region of Burgundy, in the Saône-et-Loire department. The city is located on the bank of the Saone river, in the center of rolling ...

Autun is a town of about twenty thousand inhabitants of central-eastern France, in the French region of Burgundy, in the department of Saône-et-Loire. Autun is located on the left bank of the Arroux river, 50 km west of Beaune, and ...

Burgundy is a historical region of France, located in the central-eastern part of the country, between the Massif Central and the plain where the Saone (Saône) river flows. The region is the heart of France thanks to its location north ...