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France

Annecy travel guide

Annecy's old town canals with the Alps beyond

Annecy old town

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karlheinz klingbeil
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Lake Annecy beneath the surrounding mountains

Lake Annecy

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Karlheinz Klingbeil
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The Palais de l'Île in Annecy's canal

Palais de l'Île

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Chabe01
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Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes travel guide

The Saône entering central Lyon with Fourvière above the river

The Saône and Fourvière

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Aldg692VX
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CC0
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Annecy's old town canals with the Alps beyond

Annecy old town

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karlheinz klingbeil
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Chamonix in its Alpine valley below Mont Blanc

Chamonix and Mont Blanc

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Murray Foubister
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Avignon travel guide

The Palais des Papes in central Avignon

Palais des Papes

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Txllxt TxllxT
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Pont Saint-Bénézet reaching into the Rhône at Avignon

Pont Saint-Bénézet

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Djngsf
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A street within Avignon's historic walls

Avignon old town

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W. Bulach
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Bordeaux travel guide

Place de la Bourse beside the Garonne in Bordeaux

Place de la Bourse

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Nataloche
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Stone façades around Place du Parlement in central Bordeaux

Place du Parlement

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Marc Ryckaert ( MJJR )
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Saint-Émilion surrounded by Bordeaux vineyards

Saint-Émilion

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JLPC
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Brittany travel guide

The walled city of Saint-Malo beside the coast

Saint-Malo intra-muros

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GQ
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Stone ramparts around Saint-Malo

Saint-Malo's ramparts

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Giorgio Galeotti
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CC BY 4.0
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The beach and tidal shore outside Saint-Malo

The tidal shore

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Pierre André Leclercq
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Cannes travel guide

Cannes and its Mediterranean bay seen from Le Suquet

Cannes waterfront

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Alberto Fernandez Fernandez
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CC BY 2.5
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Le Suquet old town above Cannes

Le Suquet

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Mike is Michi
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The Lérins Islands off the coast near Cannes

The Lérins Islands

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Florian Pépellin
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Centre-Val de Loire travel guide

Château de Chambord in the Loire Valley

Château de Chambord

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Hernán Piñera from Marbella
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Château de Chenonceau spanning the River Cher

Château de Chenonceau

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Ra-smit
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Amboise and its château above the Loire

Amboise

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W. Bulach
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Chamonix-Mont-Blanc travel guide

Chamonix in its Alpine valley below Mont Blanc

Chamonix and Mont Blanc

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Murray Foubister
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The Aiguille du Midi above the Chamonix valley

Aiguille du Midi

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Christian David
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The Mer de Glace above Chamonix

Mer de Glace

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Guilhem Vellut from Annecy, France
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CC BY 2.0
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Colmar travel guide

Half-timbered houses beside the canal in Colmar

Petite Venise

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Rolf Kranz
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Vineyards around Eguisheim near Colmar

The Alsace wine country

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AlineRockstud68
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Vineyards and an Alsace village near Colmar

The Alsace wine country

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M.Strīķis
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Corsica travel guide

Bonifacio's citadel above white sea cliffs in Corsica

Bonifacio

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Pierre Bona
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CC BY 3.0
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Red rock formations in the Calanques de Piana in Corsica

Calanques de Piana

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Myrabella
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Corte's citadel in the mountain interior of Corsica

Corte

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Dega180
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CC0
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France travel guide

The Eiffel Tower seen from the Trocadéro in Paris

The Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro

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Ajith
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Lavender fields across the Provence countryside

Lavender country in Provence

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Marek Gehrmann
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The white cliffs and sea arch at Étretat in Normandy

Étretat

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Mathieu Chollet - MChollet
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French Riviera travel guide

The Mediterranean coast around Èze on the French Riviera

The coast around Èze

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Dennis G. Jarvis
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Menton's old town and harbour on the French Riviera

Menton

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Berthold Werner
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Public domain
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Antibes old town and Port Vauban on the French Riviera

Antibes and Port Vauban

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Новиков Евгений Александрович
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Grand Est travel guide

Strasbourg Cathedral above the historic centre

Strasbourg Cathedral

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Ji-Elle
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CC BY-SA 4.0
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Half-timbered houses beside the canal in Colmar

Petite Venise

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Rolf Kranz
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CC BY-SA 4.0
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The west façade of Reims Cathedral

Reims Cathedral

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Provence13
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Île-de-France travel guide

The Eiffel Tower seen from the Trocadéro in Paris

The Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro

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Ajith
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The Louvre courtyard and glass pyramid in Paris

The Louvre courtyard

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Benh LIEU SONG ( Flickr )
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Sacré-Cœur Basilica above Montmartre in Paris

Sacré-Cœur in Montmartre

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Giò Terra ( Terragio67 )
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Loire Valley travel guide

Château de Chambord in the Loire Valley

Château de Chambord

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Hernán Piñera from Marbella
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CC BY-SA 2.0
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Château de Chenonceau spanning the River Cher

Château de Chenonceau

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Ra-smit
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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Amboise and its château above the Loire

Amboise

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W. Bulach
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Lyon travel guide

The Saône entering central Lyon with Fourvière above the river

The Saône and Fourvière

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Aldg692VX
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CC0
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Historic buildings and a narrow street in Vieux Lyon

Vieux Lyon

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4net
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CC BY 3.0
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A central square on Lyon's Presqu'île

The Presqu'île

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Acediscovery
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Marseille travel guide

Marseille's Vieux-Port with Notre-Dame de la Garde above

The Vieux-Port

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Sandro Agénor
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A street in Marseille's Le Panier district

Le Panier

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Mike is Michi
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Limestone cliffs and blue water in the Calanques near Marseille

The Calanques

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Amanda Hinault
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Mont-Saint-Michel travel guide

Mont-Saint-Michel rising above its tidal bay

Mont-Saint-Michel

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Fjaubert
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The cloister inside Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey

The abbey cloister

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Benh LIEU SONG ( Flickr )
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Mont-Saint-Michel seen from the walkway across the bay

Approaching Mont-Saint-Michel

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Hammondtravels
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Nice travel guide

Nice old town and the Promenade des Anglais beside the Mediterranean

Nice and the Baie des Anges

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Tobi 87
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Colourful buildings in the old town of Nice

Vieux Nice

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Zairon
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Nice seen from Castle Hill above the coast

View from Castle Hill

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Miccaela
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Normandy travel guide

The white cliffs and sea arch at Étretat in Normandy

Étretat

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Mathieu Chollet - MChollet
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Historic waterfront buildings around Honfleur harbour

Honfleur

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René Cortin
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The Normandy coast at Omaha Beach

Omaha Beach

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Mike McBey
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CC BY 2.0
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