10 reasons to visit France and another

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

France. Musketeers. Eternal revolution. Croissants. Wine. Everybody comes up with something different when it comes to France. The famous phrase "See Paris and die" speaks for itself. Just look at the famous Parisian car park! Let's find reasons to go to France together with you.

France. Musketeers. Eternal revolution. Croissants. Wine. Everybody comes up with something different when it comes to France. The famous phrase "See Paris and die" speaks for itself. Everyone really needs to go there. Many beautiful palaces and museums, various architectural sights, beautiful French women. Just look at the famous Parisian car park! Let's find reasons to go to France together with you.

1. Park "Asterix"

Who among us has not watched cartoons and films about Asterix and Obelix? It turns out that in France there is a whole park dedicated to this little Gaul. Yes, this park is not as grandiose as Europa-Park, but almost 2 million people visit it every year. You can ride 31 rides in five parts of the park: Gaul, Roman Empire, Greece, Vikings and the Cross of Times.

2. Amboise

It will take a long time to count all the castles and palaces in France. One of the most beautiful is Amboise, one of the Loire's select castles. This castle is more than 1,000 years old. It is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. The castle was badly damaged during the revolutions. The chateau is currently managed by the Saint Louis Foundation.

3. Cheese dairy Graindorge

Have you ever been to a cheese dairy? No, not the kind where people bathe in cheese. I'm talking about good and correct cheese dairies, where the tastiest cheeses in the world are made. I wasn't there either. Visit the Graindorge cheese dairy. Livaro cheese has been made here from the freshest milk for over 100 years.

4. Nice

Well, who has not heard about this resort town? This is one of the central locations of the popular French Riviera. There are a lot of Russians here! I was also lucky to be in this city when the festival of Russian cinema was held there. Every third person I met was Russian. You should definitely take a walk along the Promenade des Anglais. It is very beautiful there and there are many beautiful yachts.

5. Lake Geneva

This is a unique lake. It is divided between two countries - Switzerland and France. There are many tourist spots here. All because of the purest water of a beautiful blue color. And, of course, the Alps. They are excellent.

6. Versailles

This is one of the main attractions of Paris, France and all of Europe. This is a palace and park ensemble in the city of Versailles. This monument to the "sun king" Louis XIV was built over 350 years ago. There are many expensively decorated rooms that cannot be walked around even in an hour. And the park is worth a separate day excursion.

7. Paris catacombs

Let's take a break from the popular tourist spots and move on to lesser-known ones. For example, the Parisian catacombs. It is a network of underground and winding tunnels. They appeared during the mining of limestone. The length of these tunnels is up to 300 kilometers! About 6 million people are buried in them. 2.5 kilometers are open for tourists. The cost of the visit is € 10.

8. Fort Boyard

This 150-year-old fortress became famous thanks to the TV project of the same name. This ship-like structure, 61 meters long, 31 meters wide and 20 meters high, was conceived as a fort. But while it was being completed, long-range weapons appeared in the world. It was decided to use the building as a prison. Tourists can approach no more than 500 meters.

9. Mont Saint Michel

This is a small and not very famous rocky island, from which the island-fortress was made. This island is visited annually by 2-3, 5 million tourists. Numerous defenses allowed the island to survive in 1091 and 1425.

10. Chartres Cathedral

I love cathedrals. Gothic buildings beckon me. I hope I'm not alone. And one of the finest examples of such buildings is the cathedral with a difficult to pronounce name - Chartres. This cathedral is located 90 kilometers from the capital of France in the city of Chartres. For more than 1,000 years, the cathedral has kept one of the greatest relics - the Holy Shroud of the Virgin Mary.

11. Paris

Is it possible not to name Paris among the reasons to go to France? Notre Dame de Paris (Notre Dame Cathedral), Arc de Triomphe, Montmartre, Sacre Coeur Basilica, Moulin Rouge, Champs Elysees and, of course, she is the Eiffel Tower. You can get tired while you list all the sights of Paris. You can queue up to see Paris from the Eiffel Tower. Or you can quickly climb one of the tallest buildings in Paris - Montparnasse.