Friday 28 September 2012

Top 5 Reasons to Visit France

With over 80 million tourists a year, France is the most visited country in the world. Here are the top five reasons why people from all over the world visit France – the very same reasons you should be planning your own French holidays, too.

1. The Most Romantic Place on Earth
2. Gourmet Dining
3. World-Class Art Museums
4. Shopping
5. Beautiful Beaches

Do you agree these are the top 5 reasons?

More about World-Class Art Museums
France is home to the Louvre, the world’s most famous museum, which, in turn, is home to over 30,000 priceless works of art. Its collection of paintings is the most impressive, containing masterpieces by the likes of Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Caravaggio and Rembrandt, although it also has various sculptures and artifacts from ancient Egypt and Greece. Aside from the Louvre, you should also drop by the Musee d’Orsay, which houses Monet and Renoir masterpieces among others, as well as the Musée National d’Art Moderne at the Centre Georges Pompidou, when you visit France. You can view exceptional works of art at the Palace of Versailles, too, and in many galleries outside Paris such as the Musee d’Unterlinden in Colmar.

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Video: Visit Paris Museums

Discover the Paris Museum Pass by video, the best way to visit more than 60 museums and monuments in and around Paris, without queuing, such as :
Louvre Museum, Towers of Notre-Dame, Pompidou Center - national museum of modern art, Orsay Museum, Army museum - Tomb of Napoleon 1st, Rodin Museum, Nissim de Camondo Museul, Triumphal Arch, Palace of Versailles

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