Don't Move to France: Favourite links

Don’t Move to France ... until you’ve done your homework.

My favourite French links:

Airlines: French airlines and other airlines serving France:

Air France, British Airways, EasyJet, BMI, BabyBMI Ryan Air

Alsace: Photos of Alsace: http://www.virtourist.com/europe/alsace/index.html

Arthus-Bertrand: photos by Yann Arthus-Bertrand: http://www.yannarthusbertrand.com/ (apologies to Belgium).

Auvergne:

Panoramic photos of Auvergne by Hervé Sentucq: http://www.panoram-art.com/planche_auvergne.htm

Avignon: Photos of Avignon: http://www.virtourist.com/europe/avignon/index.html

Banks: French banks: Banque de France, Credit Agricole, Credit Lyonnais

Bassin-de-Thau: Photos of Bassin-de-Thau: http://www.virtourist.com/europe/bassin-de-thau/index.html

Biarritz: information: http://www.mairie-biarritz.fr/

Biarritz webcam: http://www.mairie-biarritz.fr/ANGLAIS/cgi-bin/webcam.asp

Biarritz 360x180 video: click on the video link to see a 360x180 panorama of the main beach at Biarritz.

Brittany:

Photos of Brittany: some nice landscape and wildlife pics: http://www.go-brittany.com/comm_gallery.htm

Photos of Brittany: http://www.raingod.com/angus/Gallery/Photos/Europe/France/Bretagne/index.html

Photos of Brittany: Camaret: http://www.virtourist.com/europe/camaret/index.html

Photos of Brittany: Oussant: http://www.virtourist.com/europe/ouessant/index.html

Photos of Brittany (and the Isle of Wight etc) by Peter Rivron: http://www.photoboxgallery.com/281305/index.html

Bordeaux:

Chateau de Clerac near Bordeaux: www.chateau-de-clerac.com This place looks fantastic. It claims to be a B&B, but it’s a lot more of a luxury villa, and is run by some very nice people .

Bordeaux tourism site: http://www.bordeaux-tourisme.com/

Bordeaux: Photos of Bordeaux: http://www.virtourist.com/europe/bordeaux/index.html

Burgundy:

Burgundy: Photos of Burgundy 1 : click on the arrows to move between galleries.

Photos of Burgundy 2: http://www.dmichaelphotography.com/ygallery/burgundyphotos.htm

Camping: French camp sites: Arcachon: http://www.petitnice.com/

Carcassonne:

Carcassonne: official site: http://www.carcassonne.org/

Carcassonne: photos: Go to the picture section of the above site: http://www.carcassonne.org/

Castles in France:

http://www.centralia.ctc.edu/~vfreund/FrenchResources/Frenchslides/frenchchateaux.html

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/guillonniere/loirevalley/

http://www.wfi.fr/tennessus/history.html

Centre: Photos of Centre: http://www.raingod.com/angus/Gallery/Photos/Europe/France/Centre/index.html

C’est La Folie. One Man’s Quest for a More Meaningful Life. Michael Wright’s website is: http://www.lafolie.co.uk/

CIA profile of France: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/fr.html

Corsica: Photos of Corsica: http://www.raingod.com/angus/Gallery/Photos/Europe/France/Corsica/index.html

Chartreuse: Photos of Chartreuse: http://www.alpesphoto.com/chartreuse/FrameSet.htm

Culture: French Culture:

http://www.culture.fr/culture/sedocum/bnf.htm

National monuments: http://www.monum.fr/index.dml?new=1

Medieval architecture: http://www.pitt.edu/~medart/menufrance/mainfran.html

http://www.archivesdefrance.culture.gouv.fr

Dijon photos: http://www.griffinbyteworks.com/travel/europe97/franceDijon.html

Disneyland Paris: www.disneylandparis.com

Don’t Move to France: www.dontmovetofrance.org.uk the pros and cons of moving to France to live.

Education: French education:

http://www.college-de-france.fr/site/general/index.htm

Colleges and universities: http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/cdemello/fr.html

Etretat: Photos of the Cliffs of Etretat: http://www.etretat.net/tourisme/vue-aerienne.htm

Ferries: P&O: http://ww9.posl.com/posl/index.jsp

Fishing:

Coarse fishing:

This place looks wonderful and is run by English people: http://www.chestnutpool.co.uk/france/Frameset.html they also have a fishery in England.

France (general links about France):

France at random: http://www.france-random.com/

The French information centre, an excellent site: http://www.france.com/

Franceway: http://www.franceway.com/

French food: http://www.bonappetit-france.com/

French life and property: www.livingfrance.com

Hautes Pyrenees photos: http://membres.lycos.fr/pduffour/

Internet:

French search engines: Alta Vista http://fr.altavista.com/ , Excite: http://www.excite.fr/ , Google: http://www.google.fr/ , Lycos: http://www.lycos.fr/ , Yahoo: http://fr.yahoo.com/ , Voila: www.voila.fr/ , Wanadoo: http://www.wanadoo.fr

ISP’s: French ISP’s: Tiscali: http://www.tiscali.fr/

French domain name registration: http://www.nic.fr/

Languedoc Roussillion:

Languedoc Roussillion tourism site: http://www.sunfrance.com/

Southern France from the Atlantic to Languedoc & Provence: http://www.le-guide.com/

Languedoc: Photos of Balaruc-le-Vieux: http://www.virtourist.com/europe/balaruc/index.html

Loire: Photos of Chambord: http://www.virtourist.com/europe/chambord/index.html

Lourdes information site: http://www.lourdes-infos.com/infodep.html

Lyon:

Lyon information: http://www.lyon-france.com/pages/fr/

Lyon: Photos of Lyon: http://www.virtourist.com/europe/lyon/index.html

Magazines: French magazines:

French Elle magazine: http://www.elle.fr/

French Photo magazine: http://www.photo.fr

Mont Blanc: photos: http://www.lowefoto.com/blanc/blanc-ndx.html

Mont St Michel photos (and Bayeux): http://www.griffinbyteworks.com/travel/europe97/franceNormandy.html

Moving to France to live: www.dontmovetofrance.org.uk the pros and cons of moving to France to live.

Museums: French museums: http://www.institut-de-france.fr/

Music: French music: http://www.jazzfrance.com/en/

Nature photography by Phillipe Richaud: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/philipperichaud/page_2ang.htm

News: French news:

http://www.afp.com/english/home/

http://www.francelink.com/

http://www.reuters.fr/

Newspapers: French newspapers: http://www.lemonde.fr/

Normandy:

Panoramic photos of Haute Normandie: http://www.panoram-art.com/planche_haute_normandie.htm

Panoramic photos of Basse Normandie: http://www.panoram-art.com/planche_basse_normandie.htm

The above sites by Hervé Sentucq are excellent.

Orleans: Photos of Orleans: http://www.virtourist.com/europe/orleans/index.html

Paris:

Paris information: http://www.paris-france.org/

Photos of Paris 1: http://www.virtourist.com/europe/paris/index.html

Photos of Paris 2: http://www.raingod.com/angus/Gallery/Photos/Europe/France/Paris/index.html

Photos of Paris 3: http://personal.udri.udayton.edu/klosterm/aparis.htm

Photos of Paris 4: http://www.dmichaelphotography.com/ygallery/parisphotos.htm

Post: French Post: http://www.laposte.fr/

Property: please click here for my favourite French property links

Provence:

Southern France from the Atlantic to Languedoc & Provence: http://www.le-guide.com/

Photos: miscellaneous French photos: http://photos.french-property.com/showgallery.php?cat=528

Photos of Provence: http://www.raingod.com/angus/Gallery/Photos/Europe/France/Provence/index.html

Pyrennees: These photo sites are outstanding:

http://www.pyreneesphoto.com/

http://www.jpf-photo.com/pyrenees/galeries_frame.htm

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/guy.malet/

http://www.photospyrenees.com/

Radio: French Radio: Radio France International: http://www.rfi.fr/ Radio France: http://www.radiofrance.fr

Real Estate: please click here for my favourite French property links

Regions: French regions in photographs: http://photos.french-property.com/showgallery.php?cat=501

Relocation to France: www.dontmovetofrance.org.uk the pros and cons of moving to France to live.

Rhone-Alpes:

Photos of Rhone-Alpes: http://www.raingod.com/angus/Gallery/Photos/Europe/France/RhoneAlpes/index.html

French Schools: private: http://privateschool.about.com/cs/frenchschools/

Sport in France:

Cycling: Tour de France: http://www.letour.fr/

Skiing: http://www.skifrance.fr/

Soustons information: http://www.mairie-soustons.fr/

Southern France:

Southern France from the Atlantic to Languedoc & Provence: http://www.le-guide.com/

Tarbes: information site for the town of Tarbes: http://www.ville-tarbes.fr/mairie/news/ includes a webcam that lets you move the camera around and zoom in and out.

Television: French television: http://www.francetv.fr/ http://www.france2.fr/ http://www.france3.fr/ http://www.france5.fr/

Toulouse information: http://www.mairie-toulouse.fr/

Toulouse photos: http://www.mairie-toulouse.fr/Phototheque/Album_Photos.html

Trains: French trains:

http://www.sncf.com/

Translations:

Automatic translation via the internet: http://babelfish.altavista.com/ Babelfish is great - we use it all the time.

Travel: for those preparing to travel to France:

2000+ French travel links: http://www.cybevasion.com/

Discover France: http://www.discoverfrance.net/

The Official French Tourist office web site: http://www.franceguide.com/

France on your own: http://www.franceonyourown.com/