Top Countryside and Village Sightseeing in France
- The pretty village of Giverny in Normandy sits amongst attractive rolling hills dotted with fine old buildings and forested slopes. The highlight is Claude Monet’s garden, where the artist lived and worked for 50 years and painted his famous waterlilies series.
- Easily accessible from Marseille, Calanques National Park protects a series of beautiful fjord-like sea inlets, rock formations, and natural caves which can be explored both by road and by boat.
- Celebrated for its wines, the Burgundy region of central France is awash with row upon row of vines heavy with grapes, watched over by elegant chateaus with rounded towers and quintessentially French roof shapes that act as the perfect backdrop to a relaxed stroll or picnic.
- The French Alps such as Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur have their own unique style to its villages, which are perhaps best explored by taking on the likes of the 21 hairpin turns of the Alpe d'Huez, the renowned climb for cyclists but equally attractive on four wheels.