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France
- Overview
- The Basics
- Attractions
- Events
- Public Holidays
- Useful Contacts
- Airports
- Climate
- Currency
- Visa & Passport
- Phrases
- Tour Operators
- France Map
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Regions
- Alsace Lorraine
- Basque Country
- Brittany
- Champagne Country
- Corsica
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Resorts
- Aix-en-Provence
- Ajaccio
- Cannes
- Disneyland Paris
- Saint Jean de Luz
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Ski Resorts
- Chamonix
- Courchevel
- Flaine
- La Plagne
- Les Arcs
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Ports of Call
- Marseille
2016 Events in France
What's On In France
Cannes Film Festival
11 - 22 May 2016
The Cannes Film Festival is one of the most renowned film festivals in the world.…
French Open
22 May to 5 June 2016
Together with Wimbledon, the Australian Open and the US Open, the French Open…
Fete de la Musique
21 June 2016
Every year on the summer solstice, Paris hosts amateur and professional musicians…
Tour de France
2 - 24 July 2016
What started off as a far-fetched, unimaginable idea dreamed up by two gentlemen…
Bastille Day Celebrations
14 July 2016
France's most important national holiday, Bastille Day commemorates the beginning…
Paris Plages (Beaches)
Mid-July to mid-August annually
Two thousand tons of sand and some palm trees is all that is needed to annually…
Le Salon du Chocolat
28 October to 1 November 2016
An annual festival in celebration of chocolate is a dream come true for chocoholics,…
Nice Carnival
10 - 26 February 2017
The main winter event on the French Riviera and one of the major carnivals in…
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