10 most captivating destinations in France !

      La Francais!  A diversified cultural centre of the world well known for it’s exotic beauty and breathtaking heritage. This devine enthralling destination is one of the largest visited country of the world. France has been recorded with 84.7 million foreign tourists in 2013 . Incredible and impressive but this bewitching piece of land truly deserves it and more.
     France accepted modernism and devolupment a little later . That’s the reason the natural gift of this nation is still at it’s Virgin form , uninvaded, untouched and charismatic.
       If you are fed up of visiting Paris and Eiffel tower and other vineyards and local markets at France , then you should check our these 10 destinations which are still unexplored but if explored will leave you awwed with it’s charismatic beauty.
      First , is the

Walled City Of CarcassanneThis captivating landmark is the largest fortress of Europe, is an excellent example of medieval fortified town The massive defences here were constructed on walls dating from late antiques. Viollet-le-Duc carried out the second best of reconstruction work here in 19th century

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Walled city of carcassanne

       Second comes

The remote Queyras nationalpark in the Southern Alps With less than a half hour drive from Alp base , this region is the part of Haute Alps . The most electrifying feature of this site is the 650km colourful countryside which is pure and untouched by environmental destruction. Visit here to experience the pleasant charm of pastoral mount with Me’le’ze forests , fresh white water torrents and classic alpine meadow

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Queyras nationalpark

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Third is the

Chamonix

The amazing mounteneering area consisting of stunning views of white peaks of mont blanc and breathtaking arguille du midi cable car and other skiing points is surely a delightful place to spend some of your precious time in France .This skiing point prides with having languages from all over the globe spoken out here.

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Chamonix

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         Fourth onebeing

Mont Saint Michel It’s an iconic fortified town that’s the over 1300 years old . Every month of two the mont is completely surrounded by the sea and at low tide , it is surrounded by bare sand which offers a miracleous site for spectators.

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Mont saint michel

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         Fifth is the

Roquefort Famous for it’s blue cheese which is produced from ewe’s milk in natural caves, has been famous since 1401 .This cheese gets its distinctive blue green veins from microscopic mushrooms called

penicillium roquefort

Visit those mind blowing cheese cellars for a unique exploring experience.

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Roquefort cellar

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Roquefort cheese

      Sixth one , an intriguing one is

The Espelette

The Basque town of Espelette is known for it’s dark red chillies called

les pimento d’Espelette

It’s an important ingredient in traditional Basque cuisine. The most unique feature of this town is that in fall, these chillies are hung from the walls of the white washed houses to dry .On the last weekend of October ,

the fěte du piment

(festival of chilli pepper ) is held here which is enthralling to attend .

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Les piments d'Espelette

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         Seventh is

The Albi Midi Pyrėnèès

Located at the southwest part of the country on the base of Tarn river , the red town of Albi is renown for being the birth place of famous artist Henri de Toucouse.  Visit here to watch the impressive 13th century built gothic bricked St. Cecile cathedral , which is a UNESCO world heritage .

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ALBI

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      Eighth is the most enchanting place and can be counted as one of my favourites and yours too if you are a Nature lover .

The Provence

Located at the south of France, Provence is known for it’s coastline , cobbled streets and quaint little villages . From June to August , the provence lavender fields bloom with a sight so captivating , you will be forced to prolong your visit there .

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Provence lavender fields

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         Ninth is

The Camargue wetlands

. Consisting many salt pools , lakes,lagoons and fresh and marshed water , Camargue is Europe’s largest wetlands .It is a home of dwindling breed of French cowboys known as Guardians.This wetland prides in owning over 500 species of birds and especially famous for those awesome looking small white horses.

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Birds at Camargue wetlands
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Over 500 species of birds at Camargue wetlands
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Small White horses

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             Tenth being the most attractive of all , is the Gorges Du Verdon .Carved cliffside of the Gorges Du Verdon makes this Valley a magnetic attraction. Rocky outcrops , stunning views, scenery from mountains makes it a pleasant retreat for all nature lovers and mountaineering crazy
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Gorges du Verdon

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           Summed up all these places are exiting yet serene . A visit to France without a peep in to these enchanting wonders of the country would indeed be an incomplete exploration of the best tourist attraction country.  Well,  give them a peek a boo and get engrossed in the nature’s melodius retreats at it’s best !!

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