The France Travel Guide: 64 Best Things to Do (Printable + iPad)

Planning a trip to France is exciting, and surprisingly overwhelming.

Paris alone could fill a week. Then there's Normandy's beaches and Mont Saint-Michel, the Loire châteaux, Provence's lavender and hill villages, the Riviera, Alsace, Bordeaux, the Alps and Corsica. Most trips can't cover it all, and it's hard to tell what's genuinely worth your days from what's just on every list.

This 26-page printable travel guide gathers the 64 best things to do in France, organized by region. Every entry has an in-depth note on why it's worth it, plus a detailed "Plan it" section: 2026 ticket prices, official booking sites, opening days, how to get there, how much time to allow and the pitfalls to avoid.

WHAT'S INSIDE

• 64 places, foods and experiences across 13 regions and themes
• A detailed "Plan it" tip on every entry (tickets, timing, transport, scams to skip)
• A one-page "Before You Go: France in 2026-27" checklist: entry rules, trains and Paris transport, booking ahead, money and manners
• A planning intro for each region: how many days it deserves and where to base yourself
• A progress page to track each region and the whole country
• Two editions: a printable PDF, and a 30-page tablet edition for GoodNotes, Notability and other iPad note apps, with a tappable contents page to jump between regions

UPDATED FOR 2026-27

Includes the Louvre's new non-EU ticket price, Notre-Dame's free timed entry and reopened towers, Disney Adventure World, the Calanques summer booking rules, and where the Bayeux Tapestry is while its museum is rebuilt.

EXPLORE FRANCE BY REGION

Paris: the Eiffel Tower, Louvre, Notre-Dame, Sacré-Cœur, Orsay, Versailles, Le Marais, the Catacombs, Sainte-Chapelle

Normandy: Mont Saint-Michel, the D-Day beaches, Monet's Giverny, Étretat, Bayeux, Honfleur

Loire Valley Châteaux: Chambord, Chenonceau, Amboise, Villandry, Cheverny

Provence: Gordes, the lavender fields, the Verdon Gorge, Avignon, Roussillon, Arles

The French Riviera: Nice, Cannes, Saint-Tropez, Monaco, Èze

Alsace: Strasbourg, Colmar, Kaysersberg, Eguisheim and the Christmas markets

Southwest France: Bordeaux, the Dordogne, Lascaux, Saint-Émilion

Languedoc and the Camargue: Carcassonne, the Canal du Midi, the Camargue

Marseille and Corsica: the Calanques, the Old Port, Corsica's coast, Bonifacio

The French Alps: Mont Blanc and Chamonix, Annecy

PLUS THEMED SECTIONS

French Food and Drink (5, from croissants and cheese to Champagne) and Festivals and Events (4: Bastille Day, Lyon's Fête des Lumières, the Tour de France and the Nice Carnival).

PERFECT FOR

• First-time France travelers
• Food and wine lovers
• History and art fans
• Couples and honeymooners
• Families planning a big trip
• Anyone deciding between Paris, Normandy, Provence and the Riviera
• Bucket-list keepers who like to tick things off

DIGITAL DOWNLOAD

You'll receive 2 PDFs. No physical item will be shipped.

• Print edition (26 pages): print at home on US Letter or A4
• Tablet edition (30 pages): open in GoodNotes, Notability or any PDF app on your iPad and tick items off with your pencil; tap any region on the contents page to jump to it

PLEASE NOTE

Opening hours, prices, booking rules and festival dates change. Prices are approximate and subject to change; please verify time-sensitive details on official sites before you travel. This is a guide to what's worth doing, not a day-by-day itinerary. The cover photo is illustrative. Researched and written with the help of AI tools.

Made by Global Trip Insight. For personal use only.