Things to Do
The best things to do in Paris and France (2026)
Museums, monuments, views and day trips — what is genuinely worth your time in Paris and around France, and what to skip.
We publish 35 things to do guides for Paris and France, including destination guides for Strasbourg, Provence, Paris, Normandy, Nice, Marseille, Lyon, Loire Valley, Cannes, Bordeaux. Every guide is hand-picked and written up with what each place is good at, where it is and what to know before you go.
The 10 Best Attractions in Strasbourg (2026)
The best things to do in Strasbourg in 2026 are the Gothic cathedral with its astronomical clock and rooftop platform, the canals and half-timbered ho…
Read the list Provence · AttractionsThe 11 Best Attractions in Provence (2026)
The best things to do in Provence in 2026 are the Palais des Papes and the Pont d'Avignon, the Roman Pont du Gard, Arles' arena and LUMA tower, the Th…
Read the list Normandy · AttractionsThe 12 Best Attractions in Normandy (2026)
The best attractions in Normandy in 2026 are Mont-Saint-Michel and its abbey, the D-Day beaches with the Normandy American Cemetery at Omaha Beach and…
Read the list Nice · AttractionsThe 12 Best Attractions in Nice (2026)
The best attractions in Nice in 2026 are the Promenade des Anglais, the old town of Vieux Nice, the view from Castle Hill (Colline du Château), the Co…
Read the list Marseille · AttractionsThe 11 Best Attractions in Marseille (2026)
The best attractions in Marseille in 2026 are the basilica of Notre-Dame de la Garde for the view, the Vieux-Port, the MuCEM and Fort Saint-Jean, the …
Read the list Lyon · AttractionsThe 11 Best Attractions in Lyon (2026)
The best things to do in Lyon in 2026 are the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière and its view, the Renaissance lanes and traboules of Vieux Lyon, the…
Read the list Cannes · AttractionsThe 8 Best Attractions in Cannes (2026)
The best things to do in Cannes in 2026 are walking La Croisette, posing on the red-carpet steps of the Palais des Festivals, climbing Le Suquet for t…
Read the list Bordeaux · AttractionsThe 11 Best Attractions in Bordeaux (2026)
The best things to do in Bordeaux in 2026 are the Place de la Bourse and its Miroir d'Eau, La Cité du Vin, the immersive Bassins des Lumières in a for…
Read the list Paris · AttractionsThe 12 Best Attractions in Paris (2026)
The best attractions in Paris in 2026 are the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, Notre-Dame Cathedral (reopened in December 2024), Sainte-Chapelle and the Musé…
Read the listThe 12 Best Museums in France (2026)
The best museums in France in 2026 are the Louvre and the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, the Louvre-Lens and Centre Pompidou-Metz in the north and east, the …
Read the list Paris · MuseumsThe 12 Best Museums in Paris (2026)
The best museums in Paris in 2026 are the Louvre, the Musée d'Orsay, the Musée de l'Orangerie, the Musée Rodin and the Musée Picasso. For something le…
Read the listThe 12 Best Châteaux in Loire Valley (2026)
The best châteaux in the Loire Valley in 2026 are Chambord for sheer scale, Chenonceau for its arches over the Cher, Amboise and Leonardo da Vinci's C…
Read the list France · ChâteauxThe 12 Best Châteaux in France (2026)
The best châteaux in France to visit in 2026 are Versailles, Chambord, Chenonceau, Fontainebleau and Chantilly. In the Loire Valley add Amboise, Villa…
Read the listThe 12 Best Villages in Provence (2026)
The best villages in Provence in 2026 are Gordes for its hilltop view, Roussillon for its ochre cliffs, Lourmarin for its Renaissance château and café…
Read the list France · VillagesThe 12 Best Villages in France (2026)
The best villages in France in 2026 are Gordes and Roussillon in the Luberon, Eguisheim and Riquewihr in Alsace, Rocamadour and Saint-Cirq-Lapopie in …
Read the listThe 9 Best Beaches in Nice (2026)
The best beaches in Nice in 2026 are the Plage des Ponchettes and Castel Plage below Castle Hill, Beau Rivage and Blue Beach for a private sun lounger…
Read the list France · BeachesThe 12 Best Beaches in France (2026)
The best beaches in France in 2026 are Palombaggia and Saleccia in Corsica for turquoise water, Pampelonne near Saint-Tropez for beach clubs, the Plag…
Read the listThe 8 Best Christmas Markets in Strasbourg (2026)
Strasbourg's Christmas market runs from November 27 to December 24, 2026, across eight sites. The best are the Christkindelsmärik on Place Broglie, th…
Read the list Paris · Christmas MarketsThe 7 Best Christmas Markets in Paris (2026)
The best Christmas markets in Paris in 2026 are the Tuileries (November 14 to January 3), La Défense, the largest (from November 12), Notre-Dame at Sq…
Read the list France · Christmas MarketsThe 12 Best Christmas Markets in France (2026)
The best Christmas markets in France in 2026 are Strasbourg's Christkindelsmärik (November 27 to December 24), Colmar's markets in the old town and Li…
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