Our tips for France
France is practically on our doorstep, so we keep coming back. For a weekend in Paris, our favourite city for modern art and great coffee, or in our camper through the wine villages of Alsace, which we've now road-tripped three times. We've crunched along the pebble beach below the chalk cliffs of Étretat and dragged the kids from one Loire château to the next. And we rolled into Corsica by ferry from Sardinia, landing in Bonifacio, perched high on its white cliffs. Here you'll find all our tips, from Paris to Corsica.
- Capital
- Paris
- Population
- 69.1 million
- Currency
- Euro (EUR)
- Best time to visit
- May to September
- Clean air sticker
- Crit'Air needed in many cities
- Time zone
- CET (UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer)
Plan your trip to France
Everything you need to book your trip, in one place. From hotels to rental cars.
Our pickHotels in France: from a half-timbered house in Colmar to a boutique hotel in Le Marais
Flying into France? Rent a car with Discover Cars and compare the big rental companies in one go.
Fancy doing it by camper, like we did? Rent a campervan in Paris, Lyon, Nice and more with Campervan Planet.
Prefer everything arranged? Browse France tours on TourRadar.
No flight yet? Compare flights to France, from Paris to Nice or Corsica.Our best tips for France
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