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Travel Destinations in France

According to Wikitravel, France is the world's most popular tourist destination (77.6 million in 2003) boasting dozens of major tourist attractions, like Paris and Disneyland Paris, Côte d'Azur-the French Riviera, Montreuil-Bellay and Mont Saint Michel. The country is renowned for its gastronomy (particularly wines and cheeses), history, culture and fashion.

There are too many places you can visit in France. In this site, I will only introduce places I have been to.

Paris

Paris is the capital city of France and a French département. The city, which is renowned for its defining neo-classical architecture, hosts many museums and galleries and has an active nightlife. The most recognisable symbol of Paris is the 324 metre (1,063 ft) Eiffel Tower on the banks of the Seine. Dubbed "the City of Light" (la Ville Lumière) since the 19th century, Paris is widely regarded as one of the most romantic cities of the planet. It is also the most visited city in the world, with more than 30 million visitors per year.

You can find plenty of useful information about Paris in Wikipedia. Here are some highlights in Paris that we recommend you to visit when you are in Paris.

Eiffel Tower	Eiffel Tower in red (French-Chinese cultural year 04)
Notre Dame	Notre Dame from rear
Montmartre	Sightseeing boat
Avenue des Champs-Elysées	Sacré-Coeur Basilica
Jardin du Luxembourg	La Louvre
Arc de Triomphe	Moulin Rouge
The river "La Seine"	Eating desserts in a restaurant
Artist	Artist

Mount Saint Michael

The Mont-Saint-Michel is a small rocky tidal island in Normandy, roughly one kilometre from the north coast of France at the mouth of the Couesnon River near Avranches, close to the border of Brittany, which has led to Breton claims to the mount. Originally the Couesnon formed the border between the two duchies, and every so often the river would shift its bank, leading to ownership of the mount shifting between them. The river's bed has now been fixed and Mont Saint Michel is now firmly in Norman hands. It is home to the unusual Benedictine Abbey and steepled church (built between the 11th and 16th centuries) which occupy most of the one-kilometer-diameter clump of rocks jutting out of the waters of the English Channel. The church is crowned by a gold leaf statue of St. Michael by Emmanuel Frémiet, reaching a height of 155 metres (510 feet) above the sea.

The Alps

The Alps is the name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east, through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west. The word "Alps" was taken via French from Latin Alpes (meaning "the Alps"), which may be influenced by the Latin words albus (white) or altus (high), or a Celtic word. The highest mountain in the Alps is Mont Blanc at 4,808 m on the French-Italian border.

Mountain View	Hiking
Small House	Mountain Bridge
Mountain Cow	Llamas
Mountain Sheep	Tour de France in Alps

Alsace

Alsace was part of the Holy Roman Empire and is still inhabited by people speaking a dialect of Upper German. In the course of the 17th century, Alsace was gradually put under French sovereignty and made one of the provinces of France. Its capital and largest city is Strasbourg. Alsace is frequently referred in conjunction with Lorraine, because these two regions (as Alsace-Lorraine) have been contested frequently in history, following a division among the successors of Charlemagne in the 9th century.