Category: France

Among the food and wine itineraries in the region, the most famous is the one that follows the Alsace wine road (La route des vins d’Alsace), which is the oldest wine road in all of France. The tourist route was inaugurated in 1953 and extends along 170 km and 67 municipalities, between Thann to the south and Marlenheim to the […]

The climate of Strasbourg is continental with slight oceanic influences. This type of climate is characterized by wide variations in seasonal temperatures, by rather cold winters with the possibility of snow, by hot and humid summers, and by mild and pleasant intermediate seasons (autumn and spring). The city, being located between two mountain massifs, is […]

Strasbourg (about 270,000 inhabitants, the urban area over 700,000), is the capital of Alsace, capital of the department of Lower Rhine, is located on the border with Germany along the banks of the Ill river and in the vicinity of the Rhine, between the two mountain massifs of the Vosges and Forêt-Noire. Strasbourg is one […]

Colmar is a city in Alsace located in the northeastern part of France, along the Rhine valley at the foot of the Vosges massif. Colmar is located in the semi-continental climate area of the country, where the continental characteristics of the climate prevail over oceanic influences. Due to its position the city has a particular climate due […]

Colmar (about 75,000 inhabitants) is a beautiful town in Alsace, at the foot of the Vosges massif, near the border with Germany near the Rhine river, 64 km south of Strasbourg. The city is considered the wine capital of Alsace, it is in fact located along the Alsace Wine Route (Route des Vins d’Alsace), a […]

Brittany is a historical region of north-western France, formed by a peninsula wedged between the Bay of Biscay and the English Channel. Ancient kingdom and then duchy, independent since the Middle Ages, historical Brittany also included part of today’s department of Loire-Atlantique, today in the Pays de la Loire region, here is also the ancient […]

Normandy is a historical region of northern France, today divided between the two administrative regions of Upper Normandy (Haute-Normandie) and Lower Normandy (Basse-Normandie). The region that overlooks the English Channel to the north, and to which the Channel Islands also historically belong, today part of the United Kingdom, is bordered to the south-west by Brittany, […]

Normandy falls within the area of France with an oceanic climate, characterized by relatively mild winters along the coast, with temperatures varying between 6°C/8°C (average maximum in January) and 1°C/2°C (average minimum January), but colder inland. Summers are generally cool and humid, with average maximum temperatures between 22°C and 23°C in August, and average minimum […]

Between Saint-Martin d’Ardeche and Vallon-Pont-d’Arc is a canyon which creates one of the most beautiful natural landscapes in France, the Gorges de l’Ardèche. The Ardèche is a raging river that has formed a fantastic natural landscape, made up of deep gorges that the river has dug over the millennia. The Ardèche river flows in one […]

The Rhône-Alpes region, due to its richness and diversity of landscapes, is characterized by a great variety of climatic types. The region is in fact subject to its southern end to the Mediterranean influence (part of the departments of Drôme and Ardèche), this causes mild winters, hot and relatively dry summers and a high number […]

Rhône-Alpes is a region in south-eastern France, which represents the second economic region of France, after that of the capital Paris. The Rhône-Alpes is in second place among the French regions also in terms of surface area, it borders Italy and Switzerland to the east, the French regions of Franche-Comté and Burgundy to the north, […]

Capital of the Gard department, the city of Nimes (140,000 inhabitants) is located in the northern part of the narrow plain of Lower Languedoc which extends between the Rhone and the Aude, a short distance from the Rhone and a few tens of kilometers from the cities of art such as Arles and Avignon, or […]

Aquitaine (Aquitaine) is a historical region of south-western France, in the Middle Ages it was a duchy that was part of the possessions of the English crown. The region is administratively made up of 5 departments: Dordogne (24), Gironde (33), Landes (40), Lot-et-Garonne (47), Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), the regional capital and largest and most important city […]

Aquitaine is a region in south-western France bordered to the west by the Atlantic Ocean. The position of Aquitaine along the shores of the Atlantic Ocean means that the region is affected by the climatic influences of the ocean and the warm Gulf Stream, its climate, mild and sunny, has mild temperatures and well-distributed rainfall […]

The Pays de la Loire region is a region created arbitrarily for administrative purposes and does not correspond to any pre-existing historical region of France, it extends over the territories that were part of the ancient provinces of Anjou, Brittany, Maine, Perche and Poitou. The region, which has the city of Nantes as its capital, […]