WHEN VISITING PARIS, connoisseur visitors know where to start at. On occasions, part of visiting Paris is to break away from what the City of Love encompasses; in which case, connoisseur visitors know where to go after visiting Paris.
Bring up the chair, and have a glance at their places of predilection.
» Chamonix is jewel of the French Alps. She is grecefully located in a valley next to the imposing and majestic Mont Blanc, and settled at the highest altitude in France. Her beauty, location, and imposing surroundings makes Chamonix highly valued and prized by mountain and snow enthusiasts from accross the world who populate all her 14 ski resorts to do cross-country and ski-touring, snowboarding, ice climbing, and paragliding.
Chamonix is not about snow and ice only, however.
In summer time, you may want to ride a bicycle to experience scenes that stimulate and renew your relationship with nature, or you may wish to experience exhilaration doing white water sports, or you may prefer to explore stunning views that keep breathless people with the sensibility. If you are willing to persue such a thing, they will remain engraved in your heart and memory forever. Chamonix will certainly not disappoint you.
» Champagne is the well-known wine-region 90 miles from Paris. It is a location where the "brothers! come quickly! i am drinking stars!" originated at when Monk Don Perignon drunk the wine with bubbles he just discovered. Champagne is the producer of an estimated 320 million bottles of wine the majority of which are sold throughout the world. Moët & Chandon has headquarters in the region as well as the finest champagne and Wine Houses in the world.
» Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur stretches from the French Alps to the Mediterranean Sea. She has 300 days of sunshine which makes her the warmest region in all of France. It is where one of French cuisines originates, and where some exquisite wines from valleys Côtes de Provence and Côtes du Rhône in the same region go with that food.
Côte d'Azur is home to Perfume Country, and the city of Grasse is at the heart of it all. She is strategically well-located with short distances to Cannes, Nice, and Antibes. There are reasons to celebrate beauty in 70 miles of scenic views of towns and beaches.
Without exceptions, everything one can do, see, visit, and savor in Côte d'Azur fills eyes, rejuvenate and revitalize our bodies, and lift our souls as one engulfs ourselves in the same palette of colors and sweet smells that fascinated frequent visitors like Catherine de Medicis, Napoleon, Pablo Picasso, Elton John, Brigitte Bardot, and Queen Victoria.
If you ever wonder what to do in a Paris visit to sites that enrich folks who are refined, it may well be a break away from all that Paris sites encompass. If you elect to do so, you now know places celebrities in the past ~and today's connoisseurs travelers~ have all come to pamper themselves in.
About Author Mr. George Josserme
Our editor elaborates on what is needeed to see why Paris and France are for anyone, but both are more adept to folks with certain qualities.
