It is quite possible to feel abroad while staying in France: these natural wonders and unusual landscapes of France have an air of the end of the world.
No need to take an expensive and endless flight to feel out of place. France is full of sublime destinations with landscapes so varied that they will make you forget your road trip in the American national parks or your honeymoon in Polynesia! On the way for a world tour without crossing the borders of France:
- Do you dream of setting foot in one of the 11 national parks in the state of Colorado in the United States? Go instead to the Provençal Colorado in Rustrel in the Vaucluse or in the Ocher trail in Roussillon in the Luberon !
- In the Jura, the famous Baume Les Messieurs waterfalls, considered among the most beautiful waterfalls in Europe, have nothing to envy to those of the Erawan National Park in Thailand.
- THE Organs of Ille-sur-Tet in the Eastern Pyrenees, with its astonishing mineral structures nicknamed “fairy chimneys”, are reminiscent of Cappadocia in Turkey.
- THE Salagou lake in the Hérault is surrounded by a red earth of sandstone and clay called “ruffe” which gives impressions of the Australian desert.
- There Dune of Pilat in Gironde, the highest in Europe, gives the impression of walking in the Sahara desert.
- The pink lake of Aigues-Mortes Saltworks in the Camargue is reminiscent of the Rose Lake called Rëtba in Senegal, in the immediate vicinity of Dakar.
- THE Cap Fréhel in Brittanywith its landscape of moors and heather, evokes the landscapes of southern England.
- the awesome Meander of Queuille which forms a 2 kilometer long loop carved into the rock by the Sioule River, offers an exceptional panorama worthy of the landscapes of the Amazonian forest.
- The lake city of Port Grimaud in the Var, known for its colorful houses along pretty canals, is our French Venice or Burano.
- THE Lavezzi Islands and its hundred islets bathed in a turquoise sea and fine sand in Corse-du-Sud are reminiscent of the landscapes of the Seychelles.
- RiquewihrAlsatian village in the Haut-Rhin, has all the architecture of typical German villages!
- THE Etretat cliffs white chalk plunging into the sea are reminiscent of the famous Cliffs of Moher in Ireland.