Visit France - The Top 10 Towns in France
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- čas přidán 11. 11. 2012
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Thinking of visiting France? It is the most popular tourist destination in Europe and for very good reason. But where to go in France? That is a tough question. Here we go through our list of the top 10 towns to visit in France (and there are a lot more than 10 towns).
Filmed in Rouen, France
Copyright Mark Wolters 2012
Ive read most of the comments. Best places for your Top 11-25 :
- Lyon
- Provins
- Colmar
- La Rochelle / Ile de Ré
- Albi
- Carcassonne
- Dordogne / Lot
- Annecy
- Besançon
- Narbonne / Montpellier
- Basque Country
- Gorges du Verdon
- Ardèche
- Lubéron
- Marais poitevin
0:50 - #1 PARIS
1:40 - #2 THE LOIRE VALLEY
2:00 - #3 MONT SAINT-MICHEL, ST. MALO & THE NOMANDY BEACHES
3:05 - #4 BORDEAUX
3:35 - #5 NICE
4:30 - #6 AVIGNON
5:30 - #7 STARASBOURG
6:40 - #8 NANCY
7:20 - #9 AIX-EN-PROVENCE
7:40 - #10 ROUEN
8:25 - ## Quick List
Thank you, this helped me with my homework lol
@@sophiacongram413 sameee
all are awesome. it was so hard to really get down to 10, there are so many great cities in france and just places to visit and hangout. thanks for watching and commenting!
I visited France and I had a great experience.If you respect the French people they are wonderful! I went to Paris, which is the most beautiful city I have ever been to. I spent time in Clermont-Ferrand and everyone was great! I also spent a day in Lyon, which is a fantastic city. If you make an effort to learn a few French phrases and try to speak their language it goes a long way. The land, people, food and wine are remarkable there. I can't wait to go back!
This video feels so vintage I love it
Love Montpellier! I was an exchange student (Canadian) there for a semester (almost two years ago now, time flys!) It was an awesome experience. It is a very youthful and vibrant city with so much to do and see, and the perfect hub for southern France. And it isn't too touristy! :D
definitely worth it. they are all amazing. france is great
So much to see and do in Provence area too. It is hard to pick the top ten, France is so beautiful
France is so cool. I love living here. Quimper, Arles, Colmar, Menton ... love it!
I would surely have mentionned Carcassone, a medieval city very impressive. Overseas territories are not be omitted, Tahiti is so marvellous, Corsica is gorgeous
I am planning to visit Avignon this year, great to see that you included it in top ten. I've been in Loire valley and I really enjoyed it. Also I visited Bordeaux and I didn't have a very nice experience there, but it might be just my own experience. I'm looking forward to visit Nancy and also Lyon. I love your videos, I always listen to your advices when I'm planning to travel.
I was amazed how much I really enjoyed Montpellier. I just stopped there because my train was passing through and I thought "why not just hop off" and I did and it was just a really great time.
Thanks so much for these great videos- our family watches them nightly as we are planning our summer trip!
Me too! Great city. Thanks for watching and commenting!
I like that all your videos get straight to the point!
I stayed in paris for 15 days! I LOVE this city so much~~
I'd love to see a longer video like this or just more content about France outside of Paris! It's so hard to decide where to go next, and I think hearing your perspective on the regions would be helpful.
I was in Paris fro Bastille day many years ago and it was great. we watched the fireworks from the park behind the Eiffel tower. good fun.
never had thought about new brunswick. totally opens up new possibilitites. thanks!
it is an amazing city for sure!
I understand how this is a very difficult video to make, cause there's is a lot to visit in France. I do want to add my personal favourite region to this list though. You don't even mention it, so I guess you might not have been there in which case I highly recommend it.
I love the Dordogne, to the east of Bordeaux, most famous for all it's prehistoric sites. This one valley is actually known as 'the cradle of mankind' and it's a truely unique experience. On top of that the region has all the best France has to offer: beautiful nature, castles, lovely little medieval towns like Sarlat and utterly mindblowing food, even for French standards.
Yes, the Dordogne/Lot area. I just came from visiting Rocamadour, Figeac, Saint-Cirq Lapopie. Absolutely stunning region.
It's a challenge to name only 10 places in France, the country is fabulous!
While ten likes is suiting. I think 10k would be better
I visited France last April 2018 for 3 weeks and visit France about once a year I love France your video had great imformation
I will have to check it out. thanks for the tip!
Thanks. We are looking to spend about 3 weeks driving around so all ideas are appreciated :) thanks!
Great job man. Love your passion. Terrific job with the video.
That was really cool. You are a very likable chap and those places look lovely.
Nice! Thanks! I like the flashback pics. You know, you have a great life being able to travel so frequently and having a loving family alongside the entire time. Beats a desk job here in the states.
thank you
woltersworld can u plzz tell me , how much days does it take to visit all these towns you mentioned in the video ?
thats cool. thanks for the great tips. we are going to try and put it all together, unless my day job calls then our travel plans go on hold... dang day jobs!
Montpellier is my little secret! What I like about it is the mix of beautiful old "hotel particular" and the new young student cafe lifestyles. Also,the whole centre of town is pedistrianised and the cars run in a tunnel beneath it. It also has a sandy beach, lots of jazz bars, beautiful parks and wildlife (wild flamingos) and so many lovely fountains. Definately worth a trip!
I just returned from two weeks in France. Paris was nice, but we were really awed by Rocamadour, Saint-Cirq Lapopie and Auxerre. Angers and Chartres are quite nice too. It does help to have someone in your party that knows some French. Some people do not speak much English and there are things you will need to read to understand like informational signs, parking meters, menus. Of course, there are translators like Google Translate, but I would still take a short course in French for travel online or in a class.
thank you Wolter you help us a lot as usual for travel trip ,our plane next year will visit Paris, France
this is awesome!! Definitely want to check these cities out
always enjoy watching your videos. ordered a Wolters World shirt! lol
Annecy, lyon, Lille, toulouse, corse and many more...
Strasbourgggg yes I was supposed to go there ! the people are so nice
Thank you, Wolter! :D You are amazing! You are clever and gifted me giggles :) You just won yourself another watcher :p
I'll be there next month! Thanks Mark!
Hey Pal I really appreciate your videos! I've watched a lot over the years and they're very informative;)
dude dude Thanks Double D :) we appreciate you sticking with us!
Hey I was kinda curious. I did live in Bordeaux before, which was great. But I know very little about France. I was thinking about going back. I wanted to ask you, I heard that more people in France kind of have the brown eyes dark hair look toward the south. Does that include Lyon? Or is that more of a characteristic of Marseille? I happen to like those kind of girls and that's why i'm asking;) lol
I just discovered your channel and I really appreciate your work. You seem to quite like France and I live in Rouen, the city where this video was made, that's enough to enjoy your videos.
I just wanted to add that you should put annotations on the titles of the others videos you were pointing out. I don't mind browsing your uploads but a lot of people operate better with the annotations. Anyway.
Been many places in south of France 👌
Thanks. Right now we are either doing a (southern ontario tour which now needs a replan) or we will be heading back to europe for summer 2013.
Canada trip, basically Toronto to Quebec City & as much in between as we can see. Any recommendations?
I'm french and I highly recommend to all tourists to visit Bordeaux. There are a lot of things to see ! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bordeaux#Main_sights
Bordeaux comes highly recommended from all of my French friends too
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I recommend to you Lyon, Grenoble and Annecy !
nice video! You should really go near Marseille to the "calanques de marseille" because it's so beautiful, i love the city La Ciotat) :)
yeah I watched all the viideos last year helpful its was in 60s at the time last june best western hotel was a good place to stay at.your videos were very helpful to get advice last year since it was my first time in Europe. I feel like a more cultured person now, i'll look forward to seeing Italy and amsterdham. i'll have to check out more of videos the key phrases for Italian. your very nice and down to earth, person.
Nantes (the city of Jules Verne) in western France is a awesome city.
thanks for sharing :)
Nancy ! Yes! Still the number 1.. I'd put Marseille too, many great sights to check out and probably Bonifaccio in Corsica as well.
France is so pretty!
Oh my god! staying in Nice to visit Cannes and Monaco??? Nice is the nicest city of the south of France! You have to go to the old town of Nice and eat our amazing food : Socca, pizzaladière and so on!
I also think you miss Lyon! That's definitly the most beautiful city of France just after Paris.
There are "places" you must visit like Gorges du Verdon, Britany coast (Finistere), Corsica, Calanques of Marseilles, Etretat cliff (Normandy), Grottes of Lascaut, Basque Country etc...
Sour Deezal Yes! You do have some of my favourites there. The gorge du Verdon is really one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. In stead of Lascaut I'd recommend some of the other sites in the Dordogne valley though. Lascaut is like Disneyland. Why not go somewhere where you can visit the real cave with the real paintings rather than a reproduction.
There are 2 super-cute villages in France that I especially want to visit. First, Yvoire, which is off Lake Geneva & a steep-billed one, Eze, in the south.
Thanks Walter!
If you love great landscapes, there is the Auvergne's volcanos, and, in Auvergne, there is Clermont-Ferrant too, with the "Black Cathedrale", made in volcanic stones.
Great Video ;)
It's funny I went there for a vacation in August. That was perfect! The nature was beautiful and it was very clean (not littered). It seems like they only get the good type of tourists which was great for me (compared to Barcelona where I live). The people were very nice too. And the food was OMG 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
Nice reccomendations.Did you know there's a song about the Avignon bridge? A song for kids.
Beautiful place won't to go there some day
I love how you pronounce the French's names of the cities, it's funny for me ! :)
Very useful information. Since we plan to visit Paris in September and intend to take a day trip, it would really help you could which destination would be best for us. We want to experience the authentic 'flavours' of small town/rural France and we love history and architecture too. Thank you.
Hi wolters, if someday you come to Lyon I would be more than happy to have you as guest!!
Lyon worth it and is the 3rd city in France (2nd when talking about metropolitan area)
Cheers
I also love when you say: "Monet, Van Gogh - these kinda' guys!" hihihi
Nancy is in Lorraine ;)
If you come back to France, give a try to the Midi-Pyrenees region. Many departments with many cool cities like Albi, Cahors, Rodez and Toulouse.
It came out in August. It is filmed in Bassano del Grappa, Italy. I will email it to you so check your messages. I have a second one actually that will come out in December or late November
Hey Mark: I have been to Carcasonne, France in 2011 - that place is amazing. Where they filmed Robin Hood. Its on the border with Spain
I would also recommend peggys cove in nova scotia, it's very nice same with new Brunswick, Oh and one place I'd strongly recommend is going to tobermory, Ontario. It's the scuba diving capital of Canada, and there's lots of hiking and kayaking to do there, and you can take a ferry over some ship wrecks it's very nice!
I love your videos!
If you like champagne, visit Reims and Épernay. Take tours of multiple “caves”: each is unique in some way. There’s a tasting at the end of the tour.
My favorite Gothic cathedral is in Reims. Gorgeous rose windows, tons of history, majestic 👍💐
It's gorgeous. You are right!
Thanks for all this wonderful information. Can I ask did you know how to speak French before visiting?
I'd recommend starting in British Columbia it has stunning scenery, and also I recommend banff national park in Alberta and also Jasper Alberta it's just north of banff. Northern Ontario is beautiful and has very nice people.
Not too sure why people feel the need to complain on a video that you made to benefit them. Anyway, wonderful video. I can't wait to be in France, it looks beautiful. :)
France is amazing. we are going back again later this year and can't wait. it is fantastic. I love the people and the food and the sites. such a fun place to go.
been dreaming of a trip to Paris all of my life and about to start the actual planning. I have been subscribed to your videos for a couple of years now and love, love, love them, above all others out there. Thank you! Have you ever thought about offering and leading a group tour of France with your subscribers? I would rather pay you to be my tour guide.
Renee Ivey Thank you for your support over the years Renee :) I have done a few trips with some of my students and have wondered about taking bigger groups, but it has never really got off the ground. If we do end up doing something like that with subscribers I will definitely announce it and hope you will come :) All the best on your trip to France. Feel free to write me on our facebook channel if you have specific questions or anything. All the best! Mark
You are so welcome Mark, will do...take care and thank you for responding.
Renee Ivey If by any chance after Paris you feel like coming down to Belgium, I'll gladely be your guide here. A local for a guide is always a good idea I'd say. ;-)
Anyway: enjoy Paris!
thank you so much!!
Renee Ivey
You're very welcome!
We've just filmed a 4k city walk in Bordeaux, it may help to inspire and orientate any of you due to visit. I'd have to say it's at the top for me. It's encouraging to discover how we can share and learn so much from each other. Thank you.
Cool. I will have to check it out on our next trip to France. Merci!
Hi Marc! Have you ever got up quite freezing from the sea in Nice and layed down on the hot stones? It's such a great feeling!
Beaches Cannes/Nice: if you're a tourist, especially with small kids, the sand beaches of Cannes might seem more interesting, and if you're staying at a hotel where you don't need to bother about the apartment and the pipes getting "flooded" with all these tiny particles of sand it's a plus. But, if you live here and/or have your own place, the sand might become a problem. That's why, in my opinion, the BEACHES OF NICE ARE NICER! Actually, if you wear some kind of beach shoes, the "galets" - the big and flat stones we've got here in Nice, are not a problem. You don't get a lot of sand get stuck everywhere and your towel stays sort of clean, as well as your apartment, shower and pipes!
You might also go to Villefranche-sur-Mer, where there's no "galets" neither sand, but some kind of gravel.
Great videos, really ! Even if I born in France, you definitely saw more France than me haha
I started watching your videos few days ago and I was like "Whouah they went to so many places ! It seems like they're in love with travelling". I also think that we should see the world :)
Just a thing : you can't do a "Top 10 of the best city in France" without Lyon !
I mean that's the city of gastronomy in France, we have the "vieux Lyon" with its old history and its beautiful little street. So many things to see !
I hope you will go there :)
Bye !
Kiyane Baada Lyon by far was my most favourite city to visit in France. It was just beautiful and I actually preferred it over Paris (Paris was great, but Lyon was better lol). And don't get me started on the food! My god, I have never tasted such amazing food in my life in Lyon! It's just such a great city and I loved it.
Try Besançon in Franche-Comté, it's a small city but really nice, and birthplace of a lot of famous people such as Victor Hugo, The Lumière brothers, ect.. And the food is great, living close to the moutains and ski stations, a lot of cheese and sausages there!
Biarritz is nice. Surf scene by atlantic ocean and basque people. Also sarlat la caneda is cool small place known for foie gras. France is nice(nice also) since all regions are so different and unique. And all in one country.
When you come to the French Riviera, make sure to not only stay on the coast. There are beautiful cities and villages in the hills and the mountains, at not more than 50 km from the sea (Vence, Grasse). The Alps are very near, with 2000-3000 meters summits at only 100 km from Nice and a National Park (Mercantour). Cannes is nice, but next to it there is the Esterel, a formerly volcanic mountain chain that dives into the Mediterranean Sea ... nicer. And go to the Verdon gorges, one of the most amazing landscapes in the south-east of France. This region is all about landscapes !
It´s extremly hard to choose 10 favorite towns in France. If you´re intrested in history and the pittoresque and your base is Paris i would add Provins, Laon, Bourges and Le Mans. They are really easy to reach by train from Paris on a day tour and thanks for a wonderful channel!
Awesome video as always man! You should travel Canada when you get the chance, Canada's probably one of the nicest countries in the world (excluding southern Ontario it's crap) but besides that I'd highly recommend traveling here!
Nancy is not in Alsace! What are you saying? People die everyday by saying thoses kinds of thing! Run for your life! D:
I love France (and you videos about it)!...You should have made top 20...What about Lyon? :)
wolter can you recomend me the french city COLMAR in the Alsace Region for day trip from switzerland.
very nice video thank you :-)
Lille is nice too 😀
If you enjoyed St Malo, you should enjoy Carcassone in the South or Colmar in Alsace or Provins near Paris, a medevial town. Though I am French, there are still hundreds of places I haven't seen yet :(
@woltersworld 3 weeks would give you time to go from coast to coast because I drove from southern Ontario to British Columbia and it took roughly 3-5 days
In Verdon , South of France , north of St Tropez
Some of my friends visited the medieval town of Carcassone and loved it. I thought Carcassone would be in your list.
That's my favourite too
Man ! What about Lyon !! You've never been there ?? You'll love the Bouchon Lyonnais ^^
And also Pays Basque (South west, near Spain..)
etc
yaodian last time I was in Lyon was 1997... probably should head back there :)
Yes, Lyon is a great city I think. Bayonne, St Jean de Luz, Guettary also...
I've been abroad for a couple of years now, and it's true that France is a beautiful country, you just don't realize when you lived there all the time... And it's funny to see our own country from foreigner's eyes ! But I'm sure that when i'll go to the States I will be in the same mood as you !
Too bad in France we have too many political problems, and riffraff, and other things like this...
woltersworld You CANNOT talk about Rouen if you haven't talked about Lyon before !! It's a way greater city, you have to come back and talk about it! I'll show you around myself if that's what it takes! :)
Great Video! What kind of camera did you use to take the pictures of Paris? They are beautiful :)
Shannon C it was a Sony NEX5 I believe. it did take really good pictures, but the screen died on it :( we have a newer model now and it does really well too. thank you! hope you will subscribe :)
you are a super intelligent being that has transcended the human form to become a true being of intellect...
you should take a look at Annecy and its lake!
and Lyon, the 8th of december, but I suppose you already did..
@woltersworld No problem man!
I would change Rouen or Paris for Chartres. It's close to Paris and it has a beautiful cathedral and city centre (unesco ).
I'm from Rouen nice to hear how much you liked it, you should also check out Angers, Nantes and Annecy. But then again like you said, there are so many places to see in France. And a tip for people coming to visit France, you don't have to actually speak French, just learn how to ask people if they can speak English in French and people will try to help you even if they can't. It's just considered very rude to assume that people have to speak your language, and people that can't speak English don't like the fact that they can't even answer your question, you should ask in French so that the person in front of you doesn't feel stupid. By asking in French I guarantee you that people will try to help you regardless of the fact that they can or can't speak your language.
Also, the cities you talked about where often unimportant cities were there is little to do (exept for strasbourg and Paris). Cities that are worth a visit in Drance are Lille (at rhe belgien border) Lyon (near the alps) Marseille in the south east Toulouse ithe south west and Bordeaux, which about 150km further north tjan Toulouse
+The Fhy DMS there really are just so many great cities towns and regions in France. You are right so many more
I study in Bordeaux but live in Arcachon. I'm a little bit deceived not seeing my beautiful Arcachon Bay in this top ten because it's probably the most amazing place in France (yes, I know, I'm not objective at all !) !
But anyway, if you want to see very beautiful "beach towns" go to some villages around the Arcachon Bay (Le Cap-Ferret..) where oysters are very popular there, or also souther in France, in Basque Country where the Pyrenees mountains meet the Atlantic ocean (Hendaye, Biarritz..).
how would you recommend traveling to Nice??
oh I am surprised and proud Nancy is in the top 10. The Stanislas Square is the 4th most beautiful square in the world according to Lonely Planet :)
I remember the first time I visited stanslas square. I was just awestruck by its beauty. I love nancy