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Spotlight on France

Spotlight on France

November 14, 2014

Key Cities & Attractions:

Paris: City of Light is one of the most beautiful cities in the world with graceful boulevards, green parks, Gothic bridges arching over the Seine River.  Some key sites include the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, Notre Dame cathedral and the Arc de Triomphe.

Popular 1 day excursions from Paris include Versailles (palace of Luis XIV, with enormous grounds and spectacular Renaissance architecture) Chartres and Fountainbleau. It's a long day, but you can also make it to Disneyland Paris.

Worth a visit...

Bordeaux
:  Center of the famous wine region of France, it is a lovely city with parks, museums and a casino.

The French Riviera:  Epitome of Mediterranean resort ambiance; major cities here are Nice, Cannes and Monaco.

Beaches of Normandy:  Especially important for Americans because Omaha Beach is one of the areas where the allies landed at the "beginning of the end" of World War II.

French Alps:  Features the famous and trendy ski resorts of Chamonix and Val d'Isere.

Mont St. Michel:  An unusual and romantic attraction, which si an 11th century fortified abbey totally surrounded by water at high tide.