Practical information and other useful pages

• Vital French words and phrases for tourists  with audio
• Printer friendly PDF version of Vital French words
• Sickness & accident - what to do in an emergency
• Paris emergency numbers and addresses
• Find and book a hotel in France
• Staying safe - avoiding trouble and problems in France
• Holiday in France; preparing your trip - tips and useful information
• France on a limited budget - making your Euros go further
• Sundays and public holidays in France
• The year in France - the busy holiday weeks and the low season weeks
• French school holiday dates
• Food and eating in France
•  Finding the best restaurants in France - a guide to the guides
•  Using Canadian & US cellphones in France
•  Foreign currency exchange; getting your Euros. Some tips
•  French banks, credit cards and paying for things in France
•  Buying a house in France
• Selling property in France, and estate agent contracts
•  Postage rates  from France, for letters, postcards & small items

Travel pages - route maps - getting to and round France

(by road, by rail, by air, by cycle, on foot)

Driving in France - Key pages:

• Driving in France, French motorways  
• Rules of the road in France
• Before taking a car to France - a checklist
• HGV rules and information for France - truck and lorry information
• Ferries to France: guide to cross-Channel services

Vehicle hire:

• Car hire in France - get quotes
• Car hire in Paris, and on the outskirts of Paris

Routes across France

• Through routes from Calais, avoiding Paris
• Route to the South or France and Mediterranean avoiding tolls
• Route to southwest France - no tolls
• Routes south via Rouen & Orleans, with hotels
• The A26 motorway route to the south of France, with hotels
• The A4 motorway route : Paris - Reims - Strasbourg - Germany, with hotels
• The A10 motorway to SW France via Tours, Poitiers, Bordeaux, with hotels
• Motorway service areas in France
• Routes through France to Spain
•  Route-finder map: find your journey across France
• The Millau viaduct on the A75 motorway
• Zoomable road map of France

Other ways to get around

General information

• Cheap travel to France; tips and warnings

By plane

• Flights to France - who flies where
• Airport guide Paris airports
• Airport guide: Lyon St. Exupéry airport

By train

• Rail travel: French railways; travelling by train 
• Scenic railway lines in France
• Selected hotels close to main railway stations in France
• Official Map of the French rail network
• Eurostar from London to Paris

Other forms of travel

• Coach and bus travel in France
• Cycling in France
• Hiking - long-distance footpaths
• France's rivers and canals
•   Maps of France   

Tourism in France pages:

Key page:

• Tourism in France
• The best of France
• Find and book a hotel in France
• French hotels - choosing a hotel.
• Choosing and booking a hotel in Paris
• Climate and the weather in France

General pages

• Different holiday options for France
• The main tourist attractions in France
• The main free tourist attractions in France
• Historic monuments in France
• The best towns and cities to visit in France
• Attractive traditional small towns in France 
• The best art galleries and museums in France
•  Art: Monet and the Impressionists in Paris
• France on a limited budget - making your Euros go further
• France for music-lovers; festivals, concerts and ideas

Rural France

• Wild France - France's great natural heritage 
• The beaches, coasts and seasides of France - an area guide
• The beautiful villages of France
• Attractive traditional small towns in France 
• Holiday cottages in France  
• Camping & campsites in France
• Wildlife in France
• France for bird watchers
• Wild flowers in France
• Autumn in France
• Hiking trails in France les sentiers de grande randonnée -
• Cycling in France - France by bicycle
• Touring on France's rivers and canals
• Map of the rivers of France

Seasonal

• Winter sports and skiing in France: the Alps
•  The Tour de France cycle race
• Autumn in France / France in the fall
•  France and Paris in the spring

Tourist sites and monuments :

• The Eiffel Tower
• Le Mont Saint Michel, Normandy
• Puy du Fou theme park - Vendée
• The bastide towns - south west France:
• The Palace of the Popes in Avignon
• Le Petit train Jaune - the Little Yellow Train of the Pyrenees

France regional and area tourist guides

Key pages:

• The regions of France  (click this page for links to individual regions)
• Paris guide - getting round Paris 

Subject pages

Paris

• Tourist attractions in Paris things to see and do
• Map of selected Paris hotels
• Paris free tourist attractions
• Paris on a budget: free attractions and other tips
• Choosing a Paris hotel
• The Eiffel Tower
• The quartiers or districts of Paris
• Easter in Paris and in France
• Disneyland Paris
• Printable central Paris metro map
• Paris airports
• Monet in Paris
• A week in Paris: a suggested programme

France divided into six tourist areas:

• The northwest - Brittany and Normandy
• The northeast - from the English Channel to the German border
• The heart of France - Paris, the Loire valley & Burgundy
• Upland & Mountain France, central southern France from Limousin to the Alps
• Southwest France - from the Poitou-Charentes to Aquitaine
• The South of France - from the Riviera to the Pyrenees

The Regions of France, A-Z, in more detail.

• Alsace a short guide to the region and its attractions
• The Aquitaine region - from the Dordogne to the Pyrenees
• Auvergne regional guide
• Brittany, an introduction
• Map of selected hotels on the Brittany coast
• Burgundy: a short guide to the region and its attractions 
• The Centre Region of France - Chartres, Loire, Berry
• The Champagne-Ardenne area
• Franche Comté and the Jura
• A guide to the Languedoc-Roussillon area of Occitanie
• Limousin - tourist attractions and regional guide
• A guide to Lorraine , including the Vosges
• The Midi-Pyrenées area  of Occitanie
• The Nord–Pas-de-Calais region Hauts de France
• Normandy: a visitor guide to the region and its tourist attractions
• The Pays de la Loire region - regional guide and main attractions
• Guide to Picardy - Hauts de France
• Guide to the Poitou-charentes area
• Guide to Provence
• Guide to the Rhone-Alpes area

Area and city guides:

• The Camargue : guide to France's finest wetlands
• The Dordogne area: a short guide to the region and its attractions
• Gascony
• The Massif Central mountains
• South west France: the bastide towns
• Walled cities and towns in France - the best examples
• The First World War in France - battlefield sites, monuments, museums
• Cathar country - Historic area in Languedoc and Midi-Pyrénées
• City guide: Albi
• City guide: Besançon
• City guide: Annecy
• City guide: Carcassonne
• City guide: Le Puy en Velay
• City guide: Lyon
• City guide: Marseilles
• City guide: Nice
• City guide: Nimes
• City guide: Rodez
• City guide: Saint Malo
• City guide: Toulouse
• City guide: Strasbourg

Maps

• Map of France with cities and towns
• Map of French departments
• Climate zone map
• Map of French regions
• Physical map of France - topography
• Regional map of France - physical
• Scrollable detailed map of France
• The waterways and rivers of France
• Map of the main rivers of France

Printable PDF maps

• The central area of the Paris Metro
• Cycling route maps Cherbourg to La Rochelle
  

Living and leisure, with food & drink:

• The French way of life
• Living in France
• Removals to France from the UK
• Buying and selling property in France
• Working and finding a job in France
• Wining and dining in France - a guide to eating
• Finding the best restaurants in France - a guide to the guides
• Recipes: French farmhouse pumpkin soup
• Shopping in France
• French wine guide 
• Map of French wine growing areas  
• Buying wine; labels and value for money  
• The breads of France - guide to French bread
• Guide to French cheese  
• French perfume - France's perfume industry
• The Markets of France
• Expat services: useful websites for residents

Accommodation and hotel pages:

Key pages:

• Holiday accommodation in France  - the choices and options

Subject pages

• Find and book a hotel in France
• Choosing a hotel in France  
• Choosing and booking a hotel in Paris
• Holiday cottages in France  
• Best value for money hotels in Paris
• Map of selected Paris hotels
• Map of selected hotels in the Alps
• Hotels beside railway stations in France
• Hotels beside the sea in Brittany
• Hostel accommodation in France
• Camping & campsites in France

Education

• Studying in France - language courses, university
• List of French universities and their websites
• The French education system, 1: schools in France
• The French education system, 2: universities
• Education: Dates of school holidays in France, 2016-2017

French language & grammar

• The French language, a concise overview and brief history.

Key page:

• About-France.com online French grammar Index page: links to other pages including.......
  
  
• Prepositions in French
• Articles in French
• Adjectives in French
• Personal pronouns - forms and usage
• French verbs: the present tense
• French verbs: using the past tenses
• Vital French words and phrases for tourists
• The days of the week in French

French  institutions, politics, economy, facts 

Key pages and hub pages:

• The French way of life and French institutions
• French art and culture  
• An A-Z  Dictionary of France
• France in brief
• About-France.com Academic - French area studies, index of articles

Subject pages

• The French state: constitution instutions and politics
• Political parties in France, compared to their UK and US counterparts.
• French presidential election 2017
• French presidential election 2012
• Short guide to the French legal system and judiciary
• The French Economy - an overview
• Essential facts and figures, economic data
•   Analysis: Can anyone change France ? (2014)
• The French national health service and  health care system
• Sickness & accident - getting a doctor or going to hospital
• Opening and closing: Sundays, holidays, what is open and when
• Media / press: daily newspapers in France
• Religion in France
• The main towns and cities of France, ranked by population
• Climate and the weather in France
• ► .... Education
• ► .... French language and grammar 

Cultural background

• An overview of medieval French art
• Renaissance art and architecture in France
• Neoclassical and romatic art

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