France (Europe)

Hotels in France (Europe): lodgings with character, unusual or boutique hotels, charming bed and breakfasts or holiday cottages, rooms with a view or seaside vacations, the French provinces have always drawn travelers.

New accommodations are added every week.

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France is the country of romance, of gastronomy, of history, and culture. Some say that France is a small country with a large ego.
Whether or not this is true is a matter of opinion, but what is certain is that France boasts a wide variety of fascinating landscapes and diverse regions that are a joy to discover. A few examples: Paris -charged with history, filled with timeless monuments,and blessed with a unique atmosphere that never fails to move and delight visitors. Provence -alive with color, with its golden villages, Roman ruins, and ageless, thyme-scented hills. Then there's the French Riviera -sprinkled with beautiful towns and smart cities that shimmer in the sun on the edge of the brilliant Mediterranean Sea. And just off the coast is another jewel -the island of Corsica, justly called "The Ile of Beauty. France also offers seaside vacations on its shores, each of which has an evocative name: the Opal Coast, or the Flowery Coast near Deauville, the oyster-filled Mother-of-Pearl Coast in Normandy, the Armor Coast and the Wild Coast on the rocky shores of Brittany, the Vermillion Coast in Languedoc and Poitou Charentes. Many of these gorgeous coastlines border some remarkable regions, such as Languedoc-Roussillon, Aquitaine, Brittany, Normandy, and the North of France. Majestic seaside villas transformed into delightful hotels offer rooms with a view of the sea or the port, and sometimes with direct access to the beach. Skiers will appreciate the magnificent, snow-covered slopes of the French Alps at legendary resorts like Megeve and Courchevel.
Other regions, like the Limousin, the Dordogne, and the Midi-Pyrenees offer superb holiday opportunities, in areas with a past that reaches back to the dawn of history. In the center of the country lies another example: the green, rolling hills, mineral springs, and extinct volcanoes of ancient Auvergne. Wine is omnipresent in France; just about every region of the country is home to a world famous "cru," or A-list wine. Visitors are welcome to enjoy wine-tastings on-site at the vineyards in regions like Champagne, Bordeaux, Burgundy, the Loire Valley, the Rhone Valley, and Alsace.