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           Essential France 8








        City to city, coast to coast, this grand tour visits some of France’s
        most unmissable sights. There’s some epic driving involved, but
        this is one trip you won’t forget in a hurry.

         TRIP HIGHLIGHTS
                                                     21 DAYS
                                      335 km         3060KM /
                                      Bayeux         1902 MILES
                             Check out the world's
             # Caen lL         longest comic strip
            # # #
           #                                         GREAT FOR…
            4
                                                     JGB
                      # _ PARIS
                         2100 km                      BEST TIME TO GO
                          Chamonix                    April to June
                          Savour sky-high views
               # Poitiers  of Mont Blanc                  ESSENTIAL
                                                      I
                                        #                 PHOTO
                                        # # #
                                        10
                                                      Overlooking the
                          # ‚
                        Clermont-                     Parisian panorama
                  # # #
                  #      Ferrand                      from the Basilique du
                  8
                                    m K               Sacré-Coeur.
                                      13
                                      # # # #             BEST FOR
                                                     K    FAMILIES
                                         # Cannes
       1445 km                   Gorges du Verdon    Brave the space-age
                                 Experience France's
        Sarlat-la-Canéda         answer to the       rides and roller-coaster
        Explore the medieval     Grand Canyon        thrills of Futuroscope.
        heart of this gorgeous
        Dordogne town           3060 km
    Gor                                                            121
    Location Caption details to go hereges du Verdon Ravine through Haute-Provence
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