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If you want to keep up-to-date on the latest France news, destination features and travel tips, be sure to subscribe to France Travel Newsletter. While you're there, brush up on...
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The Travel Budget Calculator allows you to enter your trip budget, including your spending money and all of your typical travel expenses, to determine if you have enough money for...
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If you plan to visit France, first you should consult my new visual step-by-step tutorial on popular and common street signs in France. It is very important to get familiar...
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The pretty village of Albi France, with its old building facades and its quaint old town, is probably best known for an ugly chapter in its history. This was the...
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August is normally a great vacation month, but in France (and especially in the north) it can be problematic. Most people get the month of August off in France, meaning...
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The Languedoc region includes five departments, and each one has an amazingly diverse personality for such a small geographic area. You could easily plan an entire vacation around exploring each...
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Today is the finale of the three-week Tour de France competition. I'm a little sad I won't be able to turn on the TV and see some amazing French countryside,...
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Just one day away from the end of the Tour de France, the cyclists have a time trial in central France. The day's cycling begins in Cérilly (in its debut...
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With the end in sight, the Tour de France today finally levels off, as cyclists travel from Rouanne to Montluçon. Here is the Tour de France description of Rouanne: Famous throughout the...
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Today's Tour de France passes through some of France's amazing Alpine territory. It starts in Bourg-dOisans, cuts through Grenoble, and ends in Saint-Étienne. This should be a day to turn...
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Today's Tour de France cuts through the stunning High Alpes, or Hautes-Alpes. It starts in picturesque Embrun, and ends in LAlpe-dHuez. The Tour de France description of Embrun: Many treasures from the...
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Today's stage crosses the Italian and French Alps, and cyclists are pedaling through the highest pass in all of Europe before a steep downhill race. The days' cycling begins in...
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Today's Tour de France starts in the Alps of France, but quickly moves into Italy. This is all followed by a rest day in Cuneo, Italy. Today's route starts in...
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Today's Tour de France route takes one of the more scenic journeys, one in fact made famous by the writings of Peter Mayle, through the lovely Luberon, into Provence and...
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The Tour de France passes through one of my favorite areas of France, the Languedoc and Cathar Country. The day starts in Narbonne, a lovely Languedoc city and beach village,...
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Today's Tour de France passes through the lovely Midi Pyrenees and Languedoc regions, riding from Lavelanet to Narbonne. Here is the Tour de France blurb about Lavelanet: Situated in Cathar country at...
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Today's Tour de France should have some interesting scenery as well as challenges as the cyclists hit the beautiful High Pyrenees. The day starts on Lannemezan and ends in the...
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Today's Tour de France route passes through one of the most magical, most awe-inspiring areas of France. The day begins in Pau, a city surrounded with breathtaking mountain peaks. It...
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Today's Tour de France starts in a city that is just a must-see in France. Called the "pink village," I have fond memories of sipping coffee at the Place du...
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The Tour de France enters one of my favorite corners of France, the Midi Pyrenees Region in lovely and undiscovered Southwest France. The day ends in one of France's prettiest...
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