Trip to France in May

Hello there! My husband and I are planning a trip to France and want to start or end in Paris. We would like to travel more around France but really have no idea where to go. Any suggestions? We are open to anything!

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How many days are you allocating to your trip? What type of travel are you planning? Budget? What are your interests? Outdoor activities? Museums?

Please provide more information so that people can advise you.

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Yea I would need to state what other places you guys would like visit, how much time you are looking to spend in Europe, what time of year, what type of transportation you plan to use, etc. But I always think planning the trip is half the fun.

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Personally I would head for the Mediterranean coast and visit Provence!

Avignon, Aix-en-Provence, Saint Remy, Gordes, Les Baux, Marseille, Cassis,... some names to start researching!

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I would suggest your first step should be to get your hands on a couple of good guidebooks for France. My recommendations would be the Michelin Green Guide and the DK Eyewitness Guide. Some general background reading wouldn%26#39;t be a bad idea either if you are into that kind of thing. Those should give you some idea, based on your own interests, which regions would offer you what you are looking for. You can then get a good regional guid for that area along with decent (Michelin) maps at 1:200,00 scale or larger and star some serious itinerary planning. We can then help refine your ideas.

As it stands your post is simply too vague for anyone to give you any useful answers, more especially since you have told us nothing about yourselves or the kinds of things you look for when you are travelling.

Just as a general suggestion, I think you should begin your trip with a week in Paris and allow at least 3-4 days at a minimum for any region outside Paris you want to visit. Don%26#39;t forget that you also need to allow for travel time from one region to another. So two weeks would perhaps allow you a week in Paris and a few days in each of two other areas.

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Train schedules here:

http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en

You can purchase tickets on the SNCF web site up to 90 days in advance.

For car rental, use the toll free number for Autoeurope.

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We are going to Paris in May also. We are starting in Amsterdam then Brussels, Bruge, Honfleur, Normandy, Mont St. Michel and then Paris for 5 nights. This board will give you wonderful information, but you have to have an idea where you want to travel to. Look at a European map and see what looks like it might interest you, then ask your questions. The information that you will recieve here is like gold! Good luck with your route. Where are you from in Jersey? We are from PA.

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Please AVOID Provence!

this is a VERY lovely region for sure but so is every OTHER region of France! Every single region has lovely landscapes, very old villages, castles and churches etc.

Why is it that so many people have so little curiosity and only want to go where everyone else go??? just becasue something is popular doesn%26#39;t mean that it is great, only that it has a better publicity agent.

READ a guide book about the whole of France..then Google various regions and towns...look at sites in French, even if you cannot read the language, as they may have great photos.

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Go to your local bookstore and have a look at %26quot;The Most Beaufitul Villages of France%26quot; (out of print so check the bargain section) or similar books with lots of photos. Determine which areas you would find most appealing.

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Hi.

We are going to France in May as well.

We are starting in Amsterdam and then to Brussels and then to Paris.

We haven%26#39;t decided how long we%26#39;ll stay in each city....but we%26#39;ve booked our flights. We are purchasing Rick Steves%26#39; books...we%26#39;ve used them before in other cities/countries.

We%26#39;re thinking of taking a few days in France...to leave Paris and see some of the countryside....I was looking on line for day trips or overnight trips from Paris to Loire Valley....just a thought....

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There%26#39;s also a website for the most beautiful villages: www.les-plus-beaux-villages-de-france.org/en You can select geographic areas to get an idea of the diversity of the different regions.

I agree with 3Conils not to visit Provence just because it%26#39;s the first place that comes to mind - have a look at what it offers and compare it with other regions. A couple of general guidebooks would be good, but if you prefer online browsing, every region has a tourist office linked off the France Tourism website: …franceguide.com/maps/…

For what it%26#39;s worth, I%26#39;d probably head for Provence myself too - May should be pleasantly warm and not too busy, but it would be a close decision, in competition with, well, just about everywhere else really.

Enjoy the planning!