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Places to visit in France

132 towns, cities and natural areas we have written up, with our picks first.

The horseshoe staircase of the Château de Fontainebleau

Île-de-France

Fontainebleau

Royal palace and ancient forest southeast of Paris
The Château d'Amboise above the town and the Loire

Centre-Val de Loire

Amboise

Loire Valley town with Royal Château and Da Vinci legacy
A stone medieval castle with steep slate roofs, multiple chimneys, and a conical tower, set against a clear blue sky with a low stone wall in the foreground.

Centre-Val de Loire

Chinon

Medieval town on the Vienne River with royal castle and wine
The image shows a large medieval stone castle complex with prominent round towers, crenellated walls, and a grassy foreground under a blue sky with scattered clouds.

Centre-Val de Loire

Loches

Medieval royal fortress town in the Loire Valley
A large medieval castle with conical-roofed towers and a massive stone keep sits atop a hill overlooking a wide river, with a row of European-style buildings and a road along the riverbank in the foreground.

Pays de la Loire

Saumur

Loire Valley town known for castle, horses, and wine
The image shows the Palais Pincé, a Renaissance-style palace with distinctive white stone facades, steep slate roofs, and ornate gables, situated adjacent to a larger Gothic structure (likely part of the Château d'Angers complex), with manicured g

Pays de la Loire

Angers

Historic Anjou capital with Apocalypse Tapestry and medieval castle
A street-level view of a modern tram on tracks running down a cobblestone street, with the twin-towered Gothic facade of the Cathédrale Sainte-Croix d'Orléans dominating the background under a cloudy sky.

Centre-Val de Loire

Orleans

Historic Loire city and city of Joan of Arc
A tall, cylindrical stone tower with a conical metal roof and weather vane, attached to a beige building with shuttered windows; a sign on the left reads "Palais de Justice de Vienne" and a black awning below says "Musique Club Vienne".

Rhône-Alpes

Vienne

Ancient Roman city on the Rhône with well-preserved temples and theater
The medieval village and abbey church of Conques in its wooded valley

Languedoc-Roussillon

Conques

Medieval abbey village on the Way of St. James in Aveyron
A scenic view of a stone bridge spanning a river in a village surrounded by lush greenery and traditional stone houses under a dramatic sky.

Normandy

Saint-céneri-le-gérei

Medieval village on the Sarthe River in the Alpes Mancelles
Riquewihr Village France Alsace House Old Houses Facade

Alsace

Riquewihr

Medieval walled village on the Alsace Wine Route with Dolder tower
The image shows the ruins of a medieval stone castle tower and walls atop a forested hill, overlooking a village with red-tiled roofs and a distinctive green-domed building in the mid-ground.

Alsace

Kaysersberg

Medieval village on the Alsace Wine Route

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