France - iconic culture and inviting scenery
France’s varied and highly individual landscapes range from the magnificent peaks of the Mont Blanc massif to the sandy beaches of the Côte d’Azur; and from the scented hills of Provence to the green valleys and rugged mountains of the Atlantic Pyrenees. In the heart of France, great rivers such as the Dordogne and Loire meander past medieval villages, fields of sunflowers and hill-top châteaux.
Not only is this a land of great culinary traditions, the most renowned of which are those of Burgundy, but it is also a land steeped in history, whose every monument has a story to tell, from the remarkable Roman aqueduct spanning the Gard west of Avignon, to the castles standing guard above the vineyards of Alsace.
