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Grasse Fragonard Perfumery (Parfumerie Fragonard)
- Most perfumery tour guides speak English.
- This attraction is not suitable for those with scent sensitivities.
- The perfume factory makes an ideal day trip or half-day trip from Cannes, Nice, or Monaco.
- Fragonard has additional museum and factory locations in Eze and Paris, though the Grasse location is the original.
Grands Boulevards
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Epernay
Where Dijon is a center for Burgundy's red wine production (and that of mustard), Epernay is the main entrepot for the wines of the Champagne region. Visitors from all over the world come to this small town to buy champagne and see how it is bottled. As it is the center for champagne production, its economy and tourism largely revolve around sparkling wines.
Like most other metropolitan areas in France, Epernay can trace its history to the last days of Rome. Indeed, the town is replete with the obligatory 16th-century church and Old Quarter; however, these quaint relics of long-gone eras have been somewhat overshadowed by a cheerily modern streak. This doesn't mean that the town's charm has disappeared under a bunch of apartments and malls; rather, Epernay's appeal spreads outside its limits to the surrounding countryside, where the wealthy wine merchants and champagne producers keep impressive maisons.
Also spread throughout the countryside are the region's many wineries, most of which offer tours and tastings. Driving around centuries-old vineyards is awe-inspiring in itself, and many producers offer tours of the champagne caves. Mined for chalk during Roman times, these caves were later found to be perfect for storing the effervescent wines that made the region famous.
L'Avenue de Champagne is probably one of the biggest tourist attractions in Epernay, as many of the most prominent champagne producers such as Moët et Chandon, Mercier and De Castellane keep their headquarters on this street. According to local hearsay, L'Avenue de Champagne is the most expensive street in the world, given all the bottles of champagne (numbering some 90 million) stored in the chalk cellars beneath the street.
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Chapelle Expiatoire
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Château de Chambord
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Carcassonne
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Chateau d'Amboise
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Chateau d'Azay le Rideau
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Château de Chantilly
- A number of admission options are available, including tickets to the entire complex; tickets to the grounds; or tickets to the Great Stables, Musée du Cheval, and an equestrian show.
- The château’s ground floor is accessible to visitors with mobility issues.
- There are several restaurants and a hotel on-site.
Belleville
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Grands Appartements du Roi
The highlight of a visit to Versailles is entering the Grand Apartments of the king and queen, built for Louis XIV by Le Vau in the 1670s. The King’s Apartments - or Grands Appartements du Roi - are a succession of salons dedicated to the gods and planets, used for court functions.
The opulent Queen’s Apartments include the private rooms and the golden queen’s bedchamber, whose hidden door was used by Marie-Antoinette to escape the Paris mob during the early days of the Revolution.
The most spectacular room in the entire palace is the glittering Galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors). The baroque mirror-lined hall was designed by Mansart in 1678, and features mirror-lined arched windows and gilt sculptures holding aloft crystal chandeliers.
The Treaty of Versailles was signed in the Hall of Mirrors at the end of World War I.
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The Grands Appartements du Roi and La Reine take up the principal floor of the wing known as the Chateau Neuf.
Espace Van Gogh
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Chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal
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Graves
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Berthillon
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Château d'Auvers-sur-Oise
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Espace Dali
Your entrance fee also covers the museum's neighbor, Galerie Montmartre, which features works by today's artists.
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Grosse Cloche
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Château d'Annecy
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Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG)
- There are three different terminals at Charles de Gaulle Airport. Regular shuttle buses run between them.
- All areas of the airport are wheelchair accessible.
- Power outlets and charging stations are located throughout the terminals, and free Wi-Fi is available to passengers.