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Sites and monuments

The Lyon Opera House

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The Lyon Opera House

Designed by French architect Jean Nouvel, the Lyon Opera House displays a remarkable combination of old and new. Its atypical structure and eclectic programme award it with a prominent place in French culture.

The Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel

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The Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel

Constructed on a small granite island, in the centre of a huge bay invaded by the largest tides in Europe, Mont Saint-Michel defies the centuries and is a real repository of French memories.
Palace hotels, a French tradition

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Palace hotels, a French tradition

George V, Meurice, Plaza Athénée, Ritz, Bristol, Crillon, Fouquet’s Barrière, Hôtel du Palais, Normandy, Négresco and Martinez… They are all prestigious stakeholders in France’s brand image and history. We take a little tour of the great French palace hotels.

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The most beautiful villages of France

The Cathedral of Amiens

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The Cathedral of Amiens

The Notre-Dame of Amiens Cathedral in the heart of Picardy is one of the largest typical Gothic churches of the 13th century in France, alongside Notre-Dame of Chartres or Notre-Dame of Reims. It was registered as a historical monument in 1862, and as a Unesco world heritage in 1981.
Château de Blois

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Château de Blois

Le château de Blois (The Castle of Blois) is located in Blois, a large city situated on the banks of the Loire River, halfway between Tours and Orléans. Previously the estate of the powerful Counts of Blois and also that of Charles d’Orléans, the Duke of Penthièvre, it became the favoured residence of Kings of France for over a century, beginning with Louis XII, born in Blois in 1462. It is a fascinating course of architecture and history.
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