Top 5 Places to Visit in France
Do you need a list of reasons to visit Paris? The city of light is on everyone’s list when traveling to Europe. While the tourist attractions can’t be missed, spend more time off the beaten path. Eat in cafes and restaurants that aren’t in your guidebook, buy crepes from street vendors, buy paintings from sidewalk artists. The greatest joy to be had in Paris has nothing to do with what you can see and everything to do with what you can feel. The joy of Paris is the joy of being in it. This medieval city in the south of France was home to the great artist Paul Cezanne. You can sit and enjoy coffee at the same café as the famed painter and visit Le Mont Saint-Victoire, which features in much of his work. Aix is commonly referred to as the city of a thousand fountains—and once you go there, you’ll see why. Everywhere you turn there’s a different fountain. My favorite is the enormous Rotonde fountain on the Cours Mirabeau (pictured). The Loire …