Is France the ULTIMATE Holiday Destination?

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  • @Saiban56
    @Saiban56 10 місяців тому +112

    S'appeler Loïc et ne pas mentionner la Bretagne, quel sacrilège🤣🤣🤣

    • @anterakk
      @anterakk 10 місяців тому +6

      Et Lyon pour la gastronomie 😪

    • @benjaminguillibert7879
      @benjaminguillibert7879 10 місяців тому +4

      en tant que normand... 😂🤣

    • @ratzou2
      @ratzou2 10 місяців тому +6

      Moins on aura de touristes mieux on se portera 😌

    • @theojycece9610
      @theojycece9610 10 місяців тому +3

      Il a su faire son choix, la Normandie l'a emporté...
      (❤)

    • @aaronaaronsen3360
      @aaronaaronsen3360 9 місяців тому

      ​@@anterakkJ'avoue qu'il aurait pu faire ça, parce que j'ai l'impression que Lyon, en France tout le monde sait où c'est mais personne y va. Ce qui est cool parce que du coup l'été c'est super tranquille 😁

  • @samsayyahi7218
    @samsayyahi7218 10 місяців тому +58

    Tu seras entièrement bienvenu en Alsace cher Loïc. Thanks a million for being such a great source of fun and knowledge at the same time!

  • @godefroy1990
    @godefroy1990 10 місяців тому +80

    Autres suggestions d'un Québécois : Puy du Fou? Versailles? Chenonceau? Mont Saint-Michel? Rouen, Colombey les deux Églises, île de Ré, etc.

    • @ptousig
      @ptousig 10 місяців тому +17

      Puy-du-Fou is the most hidden gem of France.

    • @akaviri5
      @akaviri5 10 місяців тому +17

      ​@@ptousigImpressive shows, but not great for historical accuracy

    • @ptousig
      @ptousig 10 місяців тому +6

      ​@@akaviri5 Next you're going to tell me that Disney World is not historically accurate. ;-)

    • @akaviri5
      @akaviri5 10 місяців тому +11

      @@ptousig Disney World doesn't sell itself as a "voyage through time" with "authentic decors"

    • @EricLallier
      @EricLallier 10 місяців тому

      Oh dear, That's so French @@akaviri5 Or ça c'est de la remarque bien française. I think Loic published a vidéo about that.🤭

  • @remif2659
    @remif2659 10 місяців тому +25

    For those who want more of south, "Dune du pilat" is a south west dune that you can climb and have a 360 view on all the ocean and land. "Les beaux de provence" is a village with a huge Marble quarry, where they project art and videos on the walls inside, it's my must see as a French southerner, and the amount of visitors is restrained, so it will not be overcrouded. You can also visit the old castle at the top of the village (english explainations available as i remember), and if you choose well your day, there are medieval battle reenactments.
    Have a beautiful day yall

  • @yannrousseau5437
    @yannrousseau5437 10 місяців тому +91

    😂 Tu devrais être sponsorisé par l'office de tourisme 😉

  • @francoisjeanmougin4405
    @francoisjeanmougin4405 10 місяців тому +94

    Well, well, well, the X in Chamonix is SILENT! ;)

    • @leleleclelec5830
      @leleleclelec5830 10 місяців тому +10

      I can see and hear "French" saying that so proud of himself

    • @rotteneffekt4416
      @rotteneffekt4416 10 місяців тому +2

      Cue confused English 😂. Actually all the ending Xs and Zs here are silent.

    • @oakpope
      @oakpope 10 місяців тому +9

      @@rotteneffekt4416 Except Rodez.

    • @rotteneffekt4416
      @rotteneffekt4416 10 місяців тому +7

      @@oakpope There was bound to be an exception somewhere 🤔. French wins.

    • @vincentperrollaz5261
      @vincentperrollaz5261 10 місяців тому +3

      Unless you are from Paris!😀

  • @JoRiver11
    @JoRiver11 10 місяців тому +43

    I don’t usually hear people mention Nîmes as a destination, but I loved it there. If you want to see Roman structures, that’s a great place to go. Very good art gallery too. (I haven’t been there in years, I’m probably forgetting a bunch of other things)

  • @MuusTri
    @MuusTri 10 місяців тому +24

    And there is so much more to see in France. Ardeche region, Bretagne and the Perigord, just to name a few.

    • @KahlieNiven
      @KahlieNiven 8 місяців тому +1

      no, no ! not Bretagne ! leave us alone !

  • @happyslappy5203
    @happyslappy5203 10 місяців тому +13

    Fun fact: in France you can find: 44,000 chateaux… and 1,103,451 kilometres of various roads (national, departmental and municipal), 623,464 kilometres of rivers (428,906 in mainland France + 182,093 in Guyane + 12,466 in overseas Depts), 312,000 bridges (266,000 road bridges + 46,000 railway bridges) + 28,000 kilometres of railways.

  • @sietskevisser2125
    @sietskevisser2125 10 місяців тому +6

    Oh Loic you are so funny, especially your little dialogues in this video. I am Dutch but have travelled all over France and I even teach French ❤ I use a lot your videos about French makes no sense, my students love it! Merci pour tes vidéos et continuez comme ça!

  • @utilisateurlambda7983
    @utilisateurlambda7983 10 місяців тому +28

    Each time I have to make a long road in France, I choose to stop in a new city almost on the middle of the way. I've discovered Poitiers the last time.
    Périgord is a great region. There is the white, green or black Périgord.
    There is a lot of small island in Bretagne like Bréhat.
    Saint-Jean-de-Luz is great too.
    There is so much to visit.

    • @agarrigue002
      @agarrigue002 10 місяців тому +4

      I was born in Périgord, near the very touristic town of Sarlat. It's a very rural destination, catering mostly to people who enjoy visiting historic locations (the "vallée de la Dordogne" - Dordogne's vallee- is nicknamed the 1000 castles vallee for a reason), learning about prehistoric humans and how they lived, visiting geological wonders like the Gouffre de Padirac and also to anyone who enjoy nature, forest walks and swimming in the Dordogne is also a very enjoyable experience, one of the cleanest river you can find in France. It's a region known for its food and wine. It's near Bordeaux and now very accessible by plane/train.

  • @bretelle
    @bretelle 10 місяців тому +12

    Faut pas oublier les gorges du verdon quand meme ,le parc futuroscope , l ile de porquerolles , les chateux de la loire,les gorges du tarn en grand causes, nimes et le pont du gard, nantes et les machines de l ile, mont saint michel, les calanques a marseille..

    • @pernille2389
      @pernille2389 10 місяців тому +3

      Et les Pyrénées, côte Vermeille, Carcassonne, Toulouse.

  • @colleenmarin8907
    @colleenmarin8907 10 місяців тому +51

    Swimming in the Mediterranean in Nice is the most peaceful and calm experience I've ever had in my life

    • @Bosgek0
      @Bosgek0 10 місяців тому

      There is a downside to swimming in France as a male.

    • @Andovers848
      @Andovers848 10 місяців тому

      Iike what ?

    • @thijsmuilwijk8517
      @thijsmuilwijk8517 10 місяців тому

      ​@@Bosgek0what

    • @aikifab
      @aikifab 10 місяців тому +1

      I guess it wasn't in summer, then

  • @frenche2480
    @frenche2480 10 місяців тому +89

    That's a tourist trap, the real catacombes are miles and miles bigger than the one you can visit legaly, almost as big as paris, you can access them at secret locations... but for that you need to know "Cataphiles" wich are the people who know about the catacombes, the history and have a huge underground (literally) culture with loads of rules, of respecr and well not sharing the entrances with anyone, for preservation, and quietness, and it can be very dangerous, many people get stuck down there, no light, no Internet, no phone, no maps... scary stuff, but also must see

    • @peterevensen
      @peterevensen 10 місяців тому +3

      Loïc Suberville is the real tourist trap

    • @schasch7653
      @schasch7653 10 місяців тому +8

      Yeah probably not so good advice for those who are just in France for a one life time trip ^^ (which seems to be the public of this video )

    • @aaronaaronsen3360
      @aaronaaronsen3360 9 місяців тому +2

      Also the "real" catacombs have come cops patrolling the area, in case someone gets lost. And to dish out tickets because it's illegal to go there.

    • @lucas0594
      @lucas0594 Місяць тому

      If you really live paris u will see how is a fcking cut throat city ! Only shark are living around

  • @happyslappy5203
    @happyslappy5203 10 місяців тому +9

    Fun fact: the world’s oldest cycling race is Paris-Brest-Paris or PBP, 1st in 1891 with 206 French riders, 1,200 kilometres, within 90 hours. In August 2023 the event attracted 8,000 enthusiasts, from 70 countries, including Australia.😄

    • @Achillionable
      @Achillionable 10 місяців тому

      Hence the pastry "Paris-Brest" which represents a cycle tire

  • @deputyrook6232
    @deputyrook6232 10 місяців тому +11

    it's worth noting that the French also joke about how rude those in Paris are, often saying "Paris c'est Paris, la France est ailleurs." (Paris is Paris, France is elsewhere). That said, there actually is a reason for why those in Paris are so rude all the time. You see, France is very keen on being polite to one another, saying Hello when you meet someone, Please and Thank you, Good Bye, etc. small words that don't cost anything to say but show that you're willing to go a small extra step to make someone else comfortable. the problem is, it seems tourists in Paris rarely do those niceties, they enter a cab and instead of saying "Hello, to [destination], please." and then thank you and goodbye when they arrive, they plop themselves in your car, say a destination with nothing else, and then when you arrive they give you the money and leave without a word. it's the bare minimum when just a few more words don't cost anything. there are also some english speakers that get annoyed when someone in a non-english speaking country doesn't speak english, and that's never fun. it doesn't happen all the time, but it happens enough that they formed tourist stereotypes and get legitamately surprised and happy when they see atourist trying to speak french.
    so say Hello and Good Bye
    say Please and Thank You
    be Polite
    be Efficient
    have a plan to be nice to everyone you meet

  • @angelussun2038
    @angelussun2038 10 місяців тому +12

    Les châteaux de Tours et alentour de Tours sont magnifiques à voir

    • @KahlieNiven
      @KahlieNiven 8 місяців тому

      je préfère quand même Pierrefonds et Bouillon ... zut ce dernier n'est plus en France.

  • @ArandelaGriffe
    @ArandelaGriffe 9 місяців тому +2

    Vacations week-end : Le Puy du Fou en Vendée, Terra Botanica in Angers (inside my town :p).
    Historical Full-week : Nîmes (Biggest after Rome's Colosseum) next to the "Pont du Gard" (Roman aqueduc).

  • @ralfliebenstein1135
    @ralfliebenstein1135 10 місяців тому +9

    Da meine Frau Französin ist fahren wir oft in die Auvergne👍🏻 Montluçon,aber auch Clermont Ferrand ist durch seine Uni. Und die Vulkane sehr schön 😊wir waren auch schon in Roquefort❤St. Alban 🎉und natürlich im Elsass dort speziell Strasbourg in Paris hat es uns gefallen war aber nicht schön wir wollen noch einmal dort hin zum Peres la Chaise und Versailles ansonsten kann ich nur das Elsass wegen der gemeinsamen Geschichte empfehlen und natürlich das Essen ❤❤❤👍🏻🇫🇷🇫🇷🇩🇪

  • @clupean
    @clupean 10 місяців тому +26

    Loic, your dog teleported at 4m30 !

  • @bzhastro
    @bzhastro 10 місяців тому +9

    Attention avec la visite de Notre Dame de Paris ... actuellement tees difficile à visité 😅🔥🔥🔥

  • @AdaL0906
    @AdaL0906 10 місяців тому +3

    Lest we forget Futuroscope, Brittany and its legendary evening spectacles and festival in each little villages and big cities, the harbours and maritime activities, the villages of south in Dordogne, Lozère, Périgord… surrounding medieval Castel/cathedral in hills filled of thick forest alonging rivers under a stunning colourful sky. Or Ardèche and department around with its big river network to cold down during summer diving from top of cliffs. So many things then without mantioning overseas territories.

  • @boesvig2258
    @boesvig2258 10 місяців тому +20

    Oh man. My childhood summer vacations were spent in a small village called Villes-sur-Auzon, just south of Mont Ventoux. I miss France so much 😢

    • @Andovers848
      @Andovers848 10 місяців тому +2

      i litterally live about 1hour from this 😄

  • @minatonamikaze6400
    @minatonamikaze6400 10 місяців тому +14

    Non mais t'as oublié un détail sur la provence, c'est qu'il y a aussi les alpes, et donc qu'on peut avoir a la fois :
    - Le soleil
    - Les chevaux
    - La mer
    - Le pastis
    - La montagne pour aller au ski
    - Les champs de lavande
    Tout ça au même endroit, ce qui en fait la région ULTIME

    • @Skaelya
      @Skaelya 10 місяців тому

      oui et non... c'est hyper touristique donc hyper contrôlé malheureusement. l'endroit est jolie, mais c'est limite si respirer est illégal...
      en bretagne, en dehors des sacro sainte dune ultra protégés, la côte sauvage et les forêt tu fait bien ce que tu veux. dormir en bord de plage dans une tente ou un vanne n'est pas un crime, bref c'est la liberté. la provence chaque zone est réglementée.

    • @minatonamikaze6400
      @minatonamikaze6400 10 місяців тому

      @@Skaelya Me dit pas non j'y vis toute l'année !

  • @amxx
    @amxx 10 місяців тому +11

    You forgot to mention Lyon, the capital of gastronomy (and a beautiful city to visit)

    • @ash-crow
      @ash-crow 10 місяців тому

      Lyon is mentioned at 2:15.

  • @maandooNass
    @maandooNass 10 місяців тому +11

    la cote atlantique aussi ya des bon spot, beaucoup de bon coin et pas mal de truc a visiter.. :) en fait, partout en france x) on est bien ici pas besoin d'aller a perpete ^^

  • @tahaymvids1631
    @tahaymvids1631 10 місяців тому +15

    I’m going to Rennes this year I’m so excited!! ❤

    • @Kelty0656
      @Kelty0656 10 місяців тому +3

      I suggest you visit Saint-Malo and le Mont Saint-Michel if you can (it's not that far from Rennes)

  • @MrThomas20121
    @MrThomas20121 10 місяців тому +9

    although chamonix is cool, it doesn't have much ski slopes, like there is 4 differents area, they're kinda small and they're not next to each others so there is travel times between the areas.
    my go to ski stations is Les ménuires which is part of "les 3 vallées"(saint martin de belleville, les Ménuires, Val Thorens, Meribel, Motaret, Courchevel). it's the biggest ski resort in the world. you can go from les ménuires(1850m) to Bride Les Bains(600m) with just your ski/snowboard.
    notable place to go in the winter via ski : Le Sommet de la masse(top of the mass, les ménuires), La Cime Caron(Val Thorens), La Saulire(Courchevel)
    les 3 vallées is a place you also visit in summer, they have a bunch of path that you can take to visit the various mountains les 3 vallées has to offer.
    i've been going to les 3 vallées for the last 21 years, you never get bored of it(no i was not paid to make this post, i just really like the place)

    • @Kamiyu97
      @Kamiyu97 10 місяців тому +2

      C'est là-bas que je vais chaque été, les 3 Vallées ! C'est trop bien, j'adore ! Ils proposent plein d'activités dans les différentes stations aussi !

  • @Andovers848
    @Andovers848 10 місяців тому +4

    As a permanent resident from provence, this was very instructive 😀but yet... we h1ve the best food of the whole country 😜 thanks to a lot of salt, sea foods, and flavourish herbs

  • @joshhoyt9283
    @joshhoyt9283 10 місяців тому +7

    can't wait for the vlogs of you going to these places to show us live

  • @cyriltran1267
    @cyriltran1267 10 місяців тому +4

    Tahiti, c'est la France aussi ! :D

  • @dantefilsdesparda
    @dantefilsdesparda 10 місяців тому +1

    I live near the Mediterranean sea, so my favourite location for holidays is... the west coast of France, with the ocean. Yeah water again but with waves !

  • @chickflikguru
    @chickflikguru 10 місяців тому +2

    Love this video! I studied in Bordeaux and loved it. Also loved the TGV both the trains and the shots (tequila-gin-vodka + sirop)

  • @luchafonseca2653
    @luchafonseca2653 10 місяців тому +2

    I've been to Normandie and the sweet smell of food is something pictures can't take. 😊

  • @maxxie84
    @maxxie84 9 місяців тому

    I am from Provence! I fully agree... I miss the sun being in London now... ahah

  • @lunood1
    @lunood1 4 місяці тому

    Pour les châteaux vous pouvez partir de la ville d'Orléans ou d'une ville alentour (Meung sur Loire par exemple, qui outre son château propose de magnifiques zones de balade). C'est l'entrée des châteaux de la Loire et il y a également le zoo de Beauval qui n'est pas très loin et qui vaut le détour.
    Pour ce qui est d'Orléans et l'orléanais (la région), quelques vignobles à visiter dans la région, une zone balnéaire à l'île Charlemagne (un quartier de la ville d'Orléans) et de toute façon la ville est très belle. Accessoirement la région est très boisée et perclus de cours d'eau pour les adeptes de la nature.
    Bref de quoi s'occuper un long moment :)

  • @mickaelmx
    @mickaelmx 10 місяців тому +2

    Hahaha, the 3 times ChamoniXXX was painful 😅 great video for foreigners who only know Paris though

  • @Kate-qq3ez
    @Kate-qq3ez 28 днів тому

    I am French, for a while I lived in Asia ( Singapore ), in the US ( California) and now back to France. I have a lot of friends from everywhere in the world and they are all fans of holidays or even live in France ! My Australian neighbors, in my small village, are always so happy to come back to France in the stone house they bought a few years ago. …

  • @haninasayegh7623
    @haninasayegh7623 10 місяців тому +6

    talking of france i usually think directly to the town : Nice since it is where i was born and live all my life until i mooove to another country 3 years ago ^^

  • @RicardoCristofRemmertFontes
    @RicardoCristofRemmertFontes 10 місяців тому +3

    Awesome! Awesome family heritage! And also awesome, that this channel is becoming a train enthusiast channel! 😁👍

  • @liendel328
    @liendel328 10 місяців тому +2

    Good choice of touristic destinations, except it lacks my 2 favourite: Brittany for food and landscapes, and South-West for pretty much everything. You have Carcassonne a beautiful castle, the cassoulet which is one of the most iconic french dishes, the Pyrénées for hikes, etc...

  • @franzmannn
    @franzmannn 10 місяців тому +2

    You forgot to mention one of the most scenic regions with a wild and romantic landscape, la Bretagne.

  • @gdenfert6068
    @gdenfert6068 9 місяців тому

    And for all those years that I know that channel I thought that Loic was french because he nailed the accent. Bravo l'ami !

  • @deborahmoshier-dunn6269
    @deborahmoshier-dunn6269 3 місяці тому

    Just back from Paris and the Paralympics. It was totally amazing! The French people hired to be by the Grand Palais & help us were sooo fun and helpful. Random Parisians told us the city had never been so clean. Best time ever!

  • @Kamiyu97
    @Kamiyu97 10 місяців тому +2

    Loved the Instant Movement noise from Dragon Ball when your dog moved lol!
    Also, you are a Mexican who grew up in California with French origins... My my! And I thought my grandpa's history was complicated!
    Also, as a French person, I would like to try: le Jura (that's from where the word jurassic comes from so that must be interesting), Sète, and Nîmes.
    There is also the Futuroscope, near Poitiers, which is kinda like the Tomorrowland part of Disneyland that we don't have + the futurist part of EPCOT (no world showcase there, sorry!)

  • @chucku00
    @chucku00 10 місяців тому +3

    There's also a region where people go when they don't want to deal with too much heat in summer (AC isn't very common in France, except in cars) while still enjoying beautiful beaches, or when they don't want to feel too cold in winter. Add some nice seafood, charcuterie and local specialties and it's _plijus-tre..._

    • @EnginAtik
      @EnginAtik 10 місяців тому

      Not having AC and ice is the real culture shock otherwise Paris is just fine, too many mopeds on the streets whizzing by though.

  • @happyslappy5203
    @happyslappy5203 10 місяців тому +4

    Fun fact: France has got the world's largest EEZ exclusive economic zone: 11,691,000 sq km (4,514,000 sq mi). USA world's second largest EEZ 4,383,000sq mi. (Worldatlas)

  • @_Seb5
    @_Seb5 10 місяців тому +1

    À propos de l'Alsace, plus que les grandes villes comme Colmar et Strasbourg, ce sont surtout les petites villes et villages qui en font le charme, les chateaux, dont le fabuleux Haut Koenigsbourg.
    l'Occitanie et ses château cathares, l'abbaye de fond froide, et inévitablement la cité médiévale de Carcassonne.
    Sinon Lyon reste malgré tout une des plus belles grandes villes de France, autant y faire une halte avant Chamonix ;)

  • @happyslappy5203
    @happyslappy5203 10 місяців тому +3

    Fun fact: in the Northern Hemisphere, the remarkably unique latitude/longitude confluence point: 45°N 0°, where the Greenwich meridian and the 45th parallel north intersect. This point is situated in France, just 60 kilometres to the east of Bordeaux.

  • @LoreleyLz
    @LoreleyLz 10 місяців тому +19

    Oh no, toute la Haute-Savoie va te tomber dessus, on ne prononce pas le "x" à la fin de Chamonix 😰

    • @godefroy1990
      @godefroy1990 10 місяців тому

      C'est bien vrai

    • @alexandregarden6260
      @alexandregarden6260 10 місяців тому

      Got to love those redundant consonants. I live near a village named Cuzorn. Most everyone pronounces the N except the villageois who ignore it entirely. The word cerf can also be heard to be pronounced locally with the F at the end. But with you on the X in Chamonix!

    • @NorseGraphic
      @NorseGraphic 10 місяців тому +5

      I don’t speak French, but I knew this. Watching television (Winter Olympics), they always pronounced it “Chamoni” without the “x”.

    • @yannrousseau5437
      @yannrousseau5437 10 місяців тому +3

      @@NorseGraphic h aspiré et h muet ont quitté sur le champ la pièce 😜🤣

  • @zfrenchy1716
    @zfrenchy1716 5 місяців тому

    you need to make a ton of videos to cover all France has to offer to foreigner, I am from East side, and it should not be forgotten for the friendlies people and amazing food and history over centuries.

  • @Cris-ky1mq
    @Cris-ky1mq 10 місяців тому +5

    A Lyon je trouve qu on n a pas beaucoup de touristes, par contre pas mal de Québécois, ils ont bon goût eux.

    • @Difdauf
      @Difdauf 4 місяці тому

      Vous mangez les québécois ?

  • @Cynim
    @Cynim 10 місяців тому +1

    Venez aussi visiter la Suisse! C’est magnifique , et il y a de quoi faire (avec d’excellents trains, même à la montagne)!😉🇨🇭

  • @onepiecepedia
    @onepiecepedia 10 місяців тому +3

    2:33 This is an urban legend that even the SNCF had internal research about and did not find any (suspected old) law about. Unlike the fact that technically until 2013 women were not legally allowed to wear trousers.... So even if there was a -very old- law about not kissing on a train platform, nowadays it would never be enforced... nor respected haha!

    • @ash-crow
      @ash-crow 10 місяців тому +1

      The "woman can not wear trousers" thing was not a law but a decree from the Seine prefecture, a department that disappeared in 1968 (and said decree stopped being enforced well before that.)

  • @cfgp
    @cfgp 10 місяців тому +2

    2:06 french name, born in mexico, grew up in the US, now lives in france
    that is some backstory. it does explain the use of english, spanish and french in the videos, though

    • @asterixky
      @asterixky 5 місяців тому

      Yeap, he needs to talk a little about his background. I bet you it's interesting.

  • @Pynot
    @Pynot 10 місяців тому +8

    Loic ! You could have also talked about the Mont-Saint-Michel or just Brittany in general

    • @s.p.8803
      @s.p.8803 10 місяців тому +4

      Mont Saint-Michel is in Normandie, though.

    • @Pynot
      @Pynot 10 місяців тому +1

      @@s.p.8803 True I got mixed up, don't say that to the Bretons 😂

    • @u.s.1974
      @u.s.1974 10 місяців тому +1

      It'S more or less on the border Normandie/bretagne. Google maps says less than 5 km.

    • @s.p.8803
      @s.p.8803 10 місяців тому

      @@u.s.1974 Yes, but identity is very strong in these regions.

    • @sylvien3778
      @sylvien3778 4 місяці тому

      😂​@@Pynot

  • @jorgeamaral613
    @jorgeamaral613 10 місяців тому

    You made more for french tourism in 10minutes than french people since forever ahah

  • @Pazu84Vaucluse
    @Pazu84Vaucluse 7 місяців тому

    What's nice about france is that you can also travel by bus. Each region has their own regional transit lines, it takes longer but saves a lot of money, and there's room for luggage in the baggage compartment (also check flixbus for travelling to different european major cities). TGV always stresses me out because there's not much room for big lugagge and I'm always afraid someone will take mine. TGV is so pricey as well. Renting a car for a couple weeks could be a good idea, make sure you rent a large enough vehicle if you are a group with multiple luggage. Otherwise not everything will fit in the car. Or you'll have to rent a passenger van. Outside most TGV stations there are multiple car rentals, they offer a good variety of sizes from compact to passenger vans. Make sure you pay in advance to really book the car. So many people think that just booking a car on a website is enough to secure a rental, but a lot of rentals, by the end of the day have run out of cars, car insurance companies get priority as well. So pay for you rental in advance, or get it early in the day. France has lots to offer but sometimes staying in one area is best to really relax and enjoy. I think the French Riviera is awesome, and you can take day trips from there. The Paris region is great as well and you can visit Normandy or even England on a 1 or 2-day trip. Italy is not too far as well. Overall Europe is awesome for vacationing for sure. I haven't been to the Atlantic Coast but I heard it's really nice in Arcachon, Biarritz, Hendaye, near the Spanish Basque country. Alsace is nice and Germany is right there. Franche-Comté is awesome, for nature lovers, they have cabins/chalets, it's great for hiking, paragliding (summer time of course), and great cheese, and Switzerland is a few miles away. Switzerland is gorgeous BTW. Maybe Belgium can be a good homebase to visit neighboring country. The UK, is also a must-see and is connected to France by sea and tunnel, as well as to Belgium and the Netherlands (b Sea). Many options, hard to choose, but go where you want to go, or do a 2-week euro rail pass, and stay in youth hostels.

  • @Hyunckel101
    @Hyunckel101 4 місяці тому

    1:08 "This isn't just a video where I trash Paris" As a french person, I guarantee I would not be bothered watching a 10 minutes video trashing Paris, I'm on board with that.

  • @carolinedelisle589
    @carolinedelisle589 10 місяців тому

    J'adore visiter la France. La Provence et les Alpes sont mes endroits préférés.

  • @sophied.1647
    @sophied.1647 10 місяців тому +2

    The x in Chamonix is silent ;-)

  • @balsarmy
    @balsarmy 10 місяців тому +3

    I wish I could see Paris one day. But there are many places in France. Taxi movie was shot in Marcell

  • @KrishnaSaravanaNayagam
    @KrishnaSaravanaNayagam 10 місяців тому +1

    These videos need more views!

  • @halucca22
    @halucca22 10 місяців тому +1

    I’ve always wanted to spend a week renting a sort of houseboat and travelling on the French canals from village to village, working the little locks. I’ve heard too many bad things about Paris and the Parisiens, the countryside and other cities sound so much more enticing. Nice was nice, visited on a market day and flirted with a very handsome and sweet vendor 😘

  • @justafriend5361
    @justafriend5361 10 місяців тому +1

    I would rather spend two weeks camping in Auvergne, at the foot of Puis de Dôme, than spending two days in Paris.
    Did both, by the way.

  • @daviddewilde8041
    @daviddewilde8041 8 місяців тому

    It's 95% fantastic. From my 4th until now 48 I visit at least 4 times a year mostly always other régions. I love it.
    With the exception of Paris and 100 km around it. The sites are fantastic but the people and the safety are the worst if you're not in a group. Even Marseille feels safer.

  • @Lvestfold4143
    @Lvestfold4143 10 місяців тому +4

    I have to buy my plane ticket to Paris this month for my French study abroad in Pau this summer and now I’m scared 😂

    • @chucku00
      @chucku00 10 місяців тому +1

      Lucky you, Pau is not far from some of the greatest French surfing spots. And close to very nice ski resorts.

    • @Lvestfold4143
      @Lvestfold4143 10 місяців тому +1

      @@chucku00 i hear it’s going to be hosting the summer Olympics this year so I’m worried about travel cost and foot traffic.

    • @chucku00
      @chucku00 10 місяців тому

      @@Lvestfold4143 Pau is located in the very south west of France and there will be no olympics events in this region : most of the events will be in or around Paris, the football (soccer) tournament will be in Bordeaux, Nantes, Lyon, Saint-Etienne, Nice, Marseille (but it's business as usual since these cities also have big football matches with the regular French championship and the Euroleague all year long), handball and basketball tournaments qualifying stages will be in Lille, sailing will be in Marseille and surfing will take place in Tahiti. So if you take into account the fact France usually manages to get 80 million tourists per year, even half a million more will be dealt with easy peasy. _Plus on est de fous, plus on rit!_
      No reason to worry, and enjoy your stay in Pau.

    • @Phoca_Vitulina
      @Phoca_Vitulina 10 місяців тому +1

      I live in Paris, yeah summer is going to be hard with the olympics in aug, but Paris is so beautiful in the summer with the blue skies, greenery, and general good vibes. There's always too many things to do/see and too much good food from like every cuisine type, you'll have a great time don't worry (esp if you speak/attempt to speak French and know the cultural differences)

    • @chucku00
      @chucku00 10 місяців тому +1

      @@Phoca_Vitulina As long as you avoid Paris between july 26 and august 11, it's neat. BTW it's more interesting to visit Paris in may/june or september/october, there's less tourists, it's less hot and the city is more alive.

  • @samwisegamgee6532
    @samwisegamgee6532 10 місяців тому +1

    0:35 living in Paris, I must say those are not cultural schock symptoms. Those are just the normal psychological conditions in this city of Hell (and don’t get me wrong, I love to live there. Being aware of the nightmare it is while loving Paris is certainly the most Parisian thing that can be).
    But yes, France as a lot more to offer and to be honest the stress of the capital, especially outside its main attractions where you can really enjoy the quality of French life which would certainly be the better experience ever for an American tourist.
    Work to live, don’t live to work, don't do your holidays as what you should do, just enjoy what you find.

  • @juliemeierdirks7079
    @juliemeierdirks7079 10 місяців тому

    Our daughter studied in Aix-en-Provence; such a beautiful place! Another favorite in the south is Carcassonne.

  • @emom358
    @emom358 10 місяців тому

    I really enjoyed seeing Paris with my 12 year old granddaughter, but now I want to see Aquitaine.

  • @ruhak_9
    @ruhak_9 10 місяців тому

    Loving these types of videos!! I really hope you keep posting them

  • @VCRider
    @VCRider Місяць тому

    Strassbourg which is basically a German city taken by the French, has still got the imperial buildings like no other German city, since it was spared during the war. It’s def. one of the prettiest cities

  • @bjrni.3860
    @bjrni.3860 2 місяці тому

    My favorite French city is Arras. Stayed there for eight days. Being a Norwegian, it was a school of hard knocks discovering the Frenchies and their culture. I went to a restaurant for a well deserved steak. As I entered the place, I of course started with bonjour and asked parle vous angles s’il vous plaît. The serveuse, probably in her sixties, answered in the usual French way: NON! With a look, why are you still here. Thanks to her younger colleague, who witnessed the whole thing, I had a great dinner at the restaurant. In hindsight, when I asked if she knew how to speak English, I realize it was my own fault for her negative reaction. I should have started with bonsoir. 😂 Also, when purchasing a ticket for the TGV train to Paris. The guy behind the counter and his colleague didn’t know how to speak English either. Though, they were more friendly and helpful.

  • @Dodl1
    @Dodl1 10 місяців тому +4

    The cote da azur (sry for the spelling, I don't have the french keyboard) is probably unbeaten. I should try the northern gourmet regions though at some point!

  • @gpfifly
    @gpfifly 10 місяців тому

    Brilliant, i do love France, Bourgogne for some of the good stuff 🙂

  • @janet2583
    @janet2583 10 місяців тому +1

    Cute dog ❤😂

  • @crazyliebling
    @crazyliebling 10 місяців тому

    I was waiting for the Asterix mention 😂 I'm from Belgium, but remember going there as a child.

  • @AlFasGD
    @AlFasGD 10 місяців тому

    I appreciate this one so much, I will be traveling across Europe within the next few years and did not like the idea of Paris being the only popular destination when France is brought up. This definitely piqued my interest

  • @tonyscope
    @tonyscope 10 місяців тому

    You did not mention Reims with its Champagne cellars to visit and wine to taste, just 45 minutes away by TGV from Paris!! :D

  • @zzz1001ww
    @zzz1001ww 10 місяців тому +1

    I thought the 'x' in Chamonix is silent?

  • @angeronal
    @angeronal 10 місяців тому +1

    Strasbourg is lovely!!

  • @ramilehti
    @ramilehti 10 місяців тому

    If you are going to Paris and want to pop outside the city for a while, go to Monét's garden in Giverny. A lovely place.

  • @New_Wave_Nancy
    @New_Wave_Nancy 10 місяців тому

    Je suis New Yorkaise, mais je visite Menton deux fois par an (pour 4-5 semaines). J'adore la Cote d'Azur. (J'ai pense que Colmar est trop touriste.) Bien sur, je visite Nice quand je suis en Menton et Ventimille en Italie.

  • @christianmarcel7766
    @christianmarcel7766 10 місяців тому

    Watching this video from our vacation location: Chamonix Mont-Blanc! 😊we love this city!

  • @NoriTheBlackCat
    @NoriTheBlackCat 9 місяців тому

    Il y a aussi de très belles îles francophone à visiter !

  • @inesamy7606
    @inesamy7606 10 місяців тому +1

    Nice and fun video. You didn’t mention Bretagne…😢

  • @daito5114
    @daito5114 10 місяців тому

    About chamonix... Remember the silent letters in french? The X is one of those. (I asked google just to be sure)

  • @ogechter
    @ogechter 4 місяці тому +2

    English !! We say CHAMONI(x) !! The X is silent !

  • @josephturner7569
    @josephturner7569 10 місяців тому +1

    All mushrooms are edible. Some, only once.

  • @marybell5157
    @marybell5157 10 місяців тому

    OMG our French friend was born in Mexico City so that makes him a CHILANGO!!! Love him😅😅😅

  • @LillyP-xs5qe
    @LillyP-xs5qe 10 місяців тому

    The Being late part is highly familiar to me considering my Brazilian family, always tell them to arrive 2 hours early

  • @rondi4227
    @rondi4227 10 місяців тому

    I'm pretty sure le soleil du midi in Provence gave me melanoma.

  • @Adeith
    @Adeith 10 місяців тому +1

    Train à Grande Vitesse?
    Train of Great Velocity!

  • @amatije
    @amatije 10 місяців тому +1

    If you like parfumes you must visit Grasse, the capital of parfumes.

  • @Frederic1406
    @Frederic1406 9 місяців тому

    When you say French people spend holidays in French Riviera or in a chateau/ hotel... that is really a super small portion of the society, the very affluent. Average French people will go to camping sites, family hotels etc in cheaper areas like Cap d'Agde etc.

  • @juniorcj82
    @juniorcj82 10 місяців тому

    5:54, I recognize and appreciate your use of the cartoon scream.

  • @NeilImmortal
    @NeilImmortal 10 місяців тому

    You mentioned snow, sun, sea and food but forgot to mention you can also experience wind and rain, in the Nooooorth.... ;)

  • @martinpeirone9871
    @martinpeirone9871 10 місяців тому +1

    Why no mention of Corsica?

    • @pernille2389
      @pernille2389 10 місяців тому

      Shush, they don't like tourists, and I like that there isn't overcrowded when I go there.

  • @maxxie84
    @maxxie84 9 місяців тому

    I would have also mentioned the futuroscope and the puy du fou for parcs as they are pretty original and very unique (at least the puy du fou)

  • @kristenkim3681
    @kristenkim3681 10 місяців тому

    Never heard “Chamomix” pronounced like “Chamoniks”. I looked it up and saw that although both pronunciations exist, the silent “x” is what the locals say, like “Bruxelles”, either “ks” or “s”. I’m also from the San Francisco Bay Area, but live part time in Lille.