
France is the largest country in the European Union by area, reaching from the English Channel south to the Mediterranean.
Its terrain shifts from Atlantic beaches and the châteaux of the Loire Valley to Mont Blanc in the Alps and the Pyrenees along the Spanish border. The country is identified with cuisine and with wine regions including Bordeaux, Burgundy and Champagne. Itineraries usually combine Paris – the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, Notre-Dame – with Versailles, Mont-Saint-Michel and the Riviera.