What are the things to consider when touring France for a seven day vacation?

Question

What are the places that you don't want to miss? I love museums and old historical buildings. Thanks.

Answer 1

well.. France is a really big country so you can't go everywhere in just 7 days.. i sugest you to choose one region and to tour over there because if you wanna see everything, you'll spend your holidays in the car (or train!) and you'll miss the best stuff!

Better do a lot of things in a specific area and get to know the region. :)

Now about the places to go.. well, as i live in Paris, i sugest you to go there because if you enjoy museums and historical buildings you'll love it!

There's also the French Riviera (Nice, Cannes, ..) where the countryside is gorgeous and you can visit museums and houses of great french artists like Renoir,Chagall or Matisse(but there is really lots of tourists and it's hard to find a place to seat on the beach!)

Another nice place is the Atlantic Coast near the spanish's border that we call "Pays Basque". You can visit, on the north, the city called Bordeaux, and surf on the beaches near Biarritz and St Jean de Luz....

But there are also beautiful places in the Alps where you can do a lot of sport;  in the center with the "Massif Central" (beautiful old mountains) ; or in the Northern Atlantic Coast like "Vendée", "Normandie" and "Bretagne"..

There are historical places, museums and castles all over France so you just have to make your choice!

Answer 2

If you're going to be in Paris at all, get the Paris Museum Pass. You buy the pass and then you get into most of the museums in Paris and several in the surrounding areas (including Versailles, I believe) for free, and in most cases without waiting in line. It was a huge time and money saver for me.

Answer 3

my favorite museum:

the "musée d'Orsay" in Paris !

Le Louvre, always le Louvre, grrrr, i'm tired of le Louvre !

a great historical place:

the "Mont St-Michel", which is definitely different from anything i've ever seen.

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omg, the previous comment is so right ! I could i possibly forget my own town Versailles ? ^.^

Apart from the palace and the garden, the best place there is the one called "hammeau de la reine" ("queen's farm") part of the park, where queen marie-antoinette used to dream she was a farmer, to get away from her complex queen life. It's just amazing.