Twenty-six destinations, nine kinds of experience. Every city and region below links to everything we cover there — the guided experiences and the field guides. If you know where you’re going, start here.
Aix-en-Provence
Market-square Provence — calissons, rosé, and cooking classes under the plane trees. Aix-en-Provence Food Tour · Aix-en-Provence Cooking Class · Aix-en-Provence Pastry Class
Alsace
The Riesling road — half-timbered villages strung along France’s prettiest wine route. Alsace Wine Tour · Guide: The Alsace Wine Route: France’s Prettiest Wine Road, Explained
Arcachon
Oyster farms on the basin — tasting cabanes with the great dune in view. Arcachon Oyster Tasting · Guide: Oysters in France: Where to Eat Them, Seasons & the Arcachon Farms
Avignon
The papal city eats between the Rhône’s great vineyards. Avignon Food Tour · Avignon Cooking Class
Aÿ
A grand-cru Champagne village where the maisons began. Aÿ Champagne Tour
Bordeaux
The world’s wine capital — canelés, the Cité du Vin, and the châteaux at the door. Bordeaux Food Tour · Bordeaux Wine Tour · Bordeaux Cheese Tasting · Bordeaux Oyster Tasting · Bordeaux Cognac Tasting · Guide: Bordeaux vs Burgundy Wine Tour: Which Region Should You Visit?
Burgundy
Climat by climat — the world’s most obsessive vineyard map, tasted from Beaune’s cellars. Burgundy Wine Tour · Guide: Bordeaux vs Burgundy Wine Tour: Which Region Should You Visit?
Chablis
Steely chardonnay from Kimmeridgian chalk — Burgundy’s northern outpost. Chablis Wine Tour
Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Galet-stone grenache in the popes’ summer vineyard. Châteauneuf-du-Pape Wine Tour
Cognac
Double-distilled and cellar-aged — the town that named the spirit. Cognac Cognac Tasting · Guide: Cognac vs Armagnac: The Difference, and Which to Go Taste
Colmar
Alsace’s chocolate-box capital — a wine-route base with a sweet tooth. Colmar Chocolate Tour
Dijon
Mustard’s hometown and Burgundy’s gastronomic gate. Dijon Cheese Tasting
Hautvillers
Dom Pérignon’s abbey village above the Marne. Hautvillers Champagne Tour
Lille
Flemish France — estaminets, carbonnade, and strong-cheese country. Lille Food Tour
Loire Valley
Châteaux and chenin — cellar tastings in caves cut into the tuffeau. Loire Valley Wine Tour · Guide: Loire Valley Wine Day Trip: How to Do It Right
Lyon
The bouchon capital — France’s honest gut-cuisine at its source. Lyon Food Tour · Lyon Cooking Class · Guides: Paris vs Lyon for Food: Which City Should You Eat In?, What Is a Bouchon? Lyon’s Legendary Eating Houses, Explained
Marseille
Bouillabaisse orthodoxy and North African spice on the Vieux-Port. Marseille Food Tour · Marseille Cheese Tasting
Montpellier
Oysters from the étangs and the Languedoc’s young wine energy. Montpellier Oyster Tasting
Nice
Socca, salade niçoise done right, and the Cours Saleya market. Nice Food Tour · Nice Cooking Class · Nice Cheese Tasting
Paris
Every French region on one plate — pastry classes, cheese caves, and the great food streets. Paris Food Tour · Paris Cooking Class · Paris Wine Tour · Paris Champagne Tour · Paris Cheese Tasting · Paris Chocolate Tour · Paris Pastry Class · Guides: Champagne Day Trip from Paris: How to Do It Right, French Chocolate: From Bayonne’s First Beans to the Paris Chocolatiers, Paris vs Lyon for Food: Which City Should You Eat In?
Provence
Rosé, olive oil, and hilltop-village markets between Aix and the Luberon. Provence Wine Tour
Reims
The coronation city over Champagne’s deepest crayère cellars. Reims Champagne Tour
Saint-Émilion
Merlot’s medieval hill town — UNESCO vines in every direction. Saint-Émilion Wine Tour
Strasbourg
Choucroute, winstubs, and the Christmas-market table of Alsace. Strasbourg Food Tour
Toulouse
Cassoulet country — the pink city’s Victor Hugo market. Toulouse Food Tour
Épernay
The Avenue de Champagne — more bottles under the street than any address on earth. Épernay Champagne Tour
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