Where to Go in France

This destination directory is organised geographically. Begin with a region, then use the available department and city pages to find local visitor sites. It is intended for travellers who know roughly where they want to go but need a clear route into the guide.

Eiffel Tower at sunset in Paris — The Eiffel Tower at sunset

Browse destinations by region

The regional headings below follow the structure of the NOTREFRANCE travel directory. They lead towards the departments and towns covered within each branch. The directory includes city entries for Paris, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Lyon, Marseille, Strasbourg, Nice, Lille and many other French cities; use the regional routes to continue through the geographic levels.

From regions to departments and cities

The next level follows the geographic groupings used by the directory. Alsace leads to Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin. Bretagne continues through Côtes-d'Armor, Finistère, Ille-et-Vilaine and Morbihan. The Île-de-France branch covers Paris, Essonne, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, Seine-et-Marne, Val-de-Marne, Val-d'Oise and Yvelines. In Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, the listed departments are Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Hautes-Alpes, Alpes-Maritimes, Bouches-du-Rhône, Var and Vaucluse.

The same pattern appears elsewhere. Aquitaine is divided into Dordogne, Gironde, Landes, Lot-et-Garonne and Pyrénées-Atlantiques. Midi-Pyrénées leads through Ariège, Aveyron, Haute-Garonne, Gers, Lot, Hautes-Pyrénées, Tarn and Tarn-et-Garonne. Rhône-Alpes uses Ain, Ardèche, Drôme, Isère, Loire, Rhône and Haute-Savoie. Corse is split between Corse-du-Sud and Haute-Corse. These are navigation levels used by the guide; the regional page remains the entry point.

The western and northern branches use the same method. Pays de la Loire continues through Loire-Atlantique, Maine-et-Loire, Mayenne, Sarthe and Vendée; Poitou-Charentes through Charente, Charente-Maritime, Deux-Sèvres and Vienne. Nord-Pas-de-Calais divides into Nord and Pas-de-Calais. Haute-Normandie lists Eure and Seine-Maritime, while Basse-Normandie lists Calvados, Manche and Orne. These intermediate levels narrow a large regional branch before the city pages.

At city level, the overview names Avignon, Grenoble, Montpellier, Poitiers, Nîmes, Nancy, Brest, Saint-Malo, Nantes, Cannes, Perpignan, Toulon, Carcassonne, Metz, Colmar, La Rochelle, Bayonne, Dijon, Reims, Arles, Annecy, Narbonne, Rennes, Rouen and Aix-en-Provence, as well as the larger cities noted above. These names are presented as destinations in the directory, not as a ranking or a suggested itinerary.

How the directory is organised

Choose the region associated with your destination and continue through the geographic levels available there. If you are still deciding between places, the list offers a neutral way to browse without limiting the search to one kind of attraction. City pages collect local tourist sites, while separate branches of the travel guide cover themes such as monuments, nature parks and accommodation.

The labels retain their established French forms, including accents, because they are geographic proper names. Several headings reflect the directory's existing regional organisation. Read them as navigation labels for this collection rather than as a replacement for a current administrative map. Where a branch offers both department and city levels, follow the sequence shown so that each place remains tied to the directory's own geographic organisation.