In France, what is the age you must be over to drink alcohol?Or is it like Italy, where you can drink any age

Question

In France, what is the age you must be over to drink alcohol?Or is it like Italy, where you can drink any age

Answer 1

- 15 to be in a bar (even if you don't drink)

- 16 to buy beer, cider & wine

- 18 to buy hard liquor

- no legal age for drinking in a private setting, AFAIK

Answer 2

I dont think there is a drinking age, but i dont think they would tolerate minors getting really drunk, so you might want to avoid that

Answer 3

The sale of alcohol to persons below the age of 16 is prohibited in France and Italy.

Answer 4

You can't buy alchohol at just any age in Italy. Sale of alchohol is prohibited to minors in Italy. There is no law on the books about minors drinking alchohol, but drunkenness and drinking in inapproprate situations is not tolerated.