Last Minute Tips Before you Travel to France
- Time Zone: GMT/UTC +1 (Central European Time)
- Electricity: 220V, 50 Hz (bring an adapter/transformer for your hair drier, laptop, cellullar phone etc.)
- Weights & measures: Metric
- Currency: Euro (Euro)
- Country Dialing Code: 33
French Basic Words
Hello,Good morning - Bonjour
Good bye - Au revoir
Yes - Oui
No - Non
OK - D’accord
Excuse me - Excusez-moi
How are you? - Comment allez-vous?
Very well, thanks - Très bien, merci
Please - S’il vous plait
Thank you - Merci
You are welcome - de rien
How much is it ? - Combien ça coûte ?
Where are the toilets? - Où sont les toilettes?
Must See - Properties on UNESCO World Heritage List by
-Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay (Lower Normandy)
-Palace and Park of Versailles (Ile-de-France)
-Vézelay, Church and Hill (Burgundy)
-Decorated Grottoes of the Vézère Valley (Aquitaine)
-Palace and Park of Fontainebleau (Ile-de-France)
-Amiens Cathedral (Picardie)
-Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of Orange (Côte d'Azur)
-Roman and Romanesque Monuments of Arles (Côte d'Azur)
-Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay (Burgundy)
-Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans (Franche-Comté)
-Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance in Nancy (Lorraine)
-Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe (Poitou)
-Cape Girolata, Cape Porto, Scandola Nature Reserve and the Piana Calanches in Corsica
-Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct) (Languedoc-Roussillon)
-Strasbourg - Grande île
-Paris, Banks of the Seine (Ile de France)
-Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Remi and Palace of Tau, Reims (Champagne-Ardenne)
-Bourges Cathedral (Centre)
-Historic Centre of Avignon (Alpes-Côte-d’Azur)
-Canal du Midi (Midi-Pyrénées)
-Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne (Languedoc-Roussillon)
-Pyrénées - Mont Perdu (Midi-Pyrénées)
-Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
-Historic Site of Lyons (Rhône-Alpes)
-Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion (Aquitaine)
-The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes Provins, Town of -Medieval Fairs (Ile de France)
Renting directly from the owners assures very personal attention that the hotels are not able to provide. Please check https://www.exchangezones.com for rentals in France
Also check:
Best Beaches in France
Golfe Juan, France
Things to See in Paris - Monuments and Landmarks
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