How To Get The Best Out Of Your Holidays In France

By Andrea Harisson


To get the ultimate enjoyment out of your holidays in France here a few simple dos and don'ts in French Manners and information. First are a few French words you will use most often which include goodbye which is au revoir, hello which is bonjour and thank you which is merci.

Always carry with you wherever you go on your travels a guide for translating English to French in this case. This will help you figure out what some French people are saying to you and you will learn words or phrases you will most need while here. Pull out your most favorite new fashions for your journey here as the French are very much stylish and think everyone else should be as well.

While your family is here with you take them to see one of Paris popular attractions the Eiffel Tower. It is truly magnificent. Located in Paris you can also come upon ancient dwellings and monuments like palaces, museums and so much more. The Museum of Picasso is home to many of his lovely works as well as some of the great artist Leonardo DaVinci too.

Touring the Bastille is a part of history young and old would love to visit. Once called the Bastille Saint Antony this was a prison in earlier years and also a fort to help protect against attack. It was raided or stormed as they called it at the start of the French Revolution and the fourteenth of July came to celebrated and well known from then on as Bastille Day.

Poiter's city is home to the Chateau Notre Dame La Grande that has many sculptures within it from its very first opening. Gorgeous statues sculpted by ancient artisans are on display and one important of great history and importance called the Virgin of the Keys is housed in the choir loft. It was once paraded in the village and city every year on Easter Monday instead of Sunday.

You can visit a real ancient castle made of stone called Chateau-Fort de Lourdes were atop the walls and out looks you can take in the serene views of snowy peaked mountains known as the Pyrenees. The market here is outstanding and open only on Saturday and Thursday and is full of bright blooms and sweet local treats made from real honey, best French ingredients and more delicious items along with prime sheep milk cheeses and other savory delicacies.

Beautiful gardens surround this palace and are one of its many treasures. Basins, gravel walk ways, fountains and parterres which are most decorative can be found withing as can stone terraces that are exquisite in their placement and designs. King James the II gained this wonderful piece of property from King Louis XIV in sixteen and twenty two. All of this and more await you on your holidays in France.




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