Medieval hilltop town of St. Paul in the French Riviera is known for modern museums and galleries.
Famous medieval walled town of Carcassonne.
St. Emilion in the Bordeaux region has fascinating Romanesque churches and ruins stretching all along steep and narrow streets.
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Amboise with imposing castle is famous for the Clos Lucé manor house where Leonardo da Vinci lived (and ultimately died) at the invitation of King Francis I.
Mont St. Michel, strategically built surrounded by water, is one of France's most recognisable landmarks.
The picturesque harbor town of Honfleur on the Normandy coast was a summer haunt of the Impressionsit painters.
The town of Rouen is where Joan of Arc was burned at the stakes.
