Western Europe
France
A country large enough to contain four or five different holidays: a working Atlantic coast of oyster villages and wine harbours, a Mediterranean shore that invented the idea of a winter resort, and a capital best arrived at by water.
47 holidays go to France
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France
When to go
May
Warm, long days without July heat; Bordeaux vineyards are at their greenest and the Channel crossings are settled.
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