France Vacations

France Vacations posts cover trip planning for a country with very different regions. Articles look at a week in Paris with day trips to Versailles, Giverny and Reims, the longer Loire chateaux loop by car or by bike, Provence in lavender season, the Cote d’Azur in shoulder months, ski weeks in the Three Valleys and around Chamonix, the surf coast from Hossegor down to Biarritz, and quieter inland regions like the Dordogne and the Auvergne. There are practical notes on the August holiday closures, on the difference between a gite and a chambre d’hotes, and on the rules for the Paris Pass Navigo.