EU citizens under the age of 26 get free entry into most of France’s national monuments and museums, and many museums are free for the first Sunday of each month.
Some are classed as UNESCO World Heritage sites!
North-east
- Villa Cavrois – Croix near Lille/Roubaix (Nord)
- Château de Coucy – near Soissons (Aisne)
- Château de Pierrefonds -near Compiegne (Oise)
- Palais du Tau, Reims (Marne)
- Cathedral towers, Reims (Marne)
- Abbaye de Cluny – near Mâcon (Saône-et-Loire)
North-west
- Palais Jacques Cœur – Bourges (Cher)
- Cathédral de Chartres (Eure-et-Loir)
- The 3 Towers – la Rochelle (Charente-Maritime)
- see B&B Chambres d’Hôtes Eden Ouest in a restored house built in 1745 – wooden bathtubs!
- Château d’ Azay le Rideau (Indre-et-Loire)
- Château d’Angers (Maine-et-Loire)
- Megaliths at Carnac (Morbihan)
- Megaliths at Locmariaquer (Morbihan)
- Mont Saint-Michel Abbey (Manche)
Paris
- Arc de Triomphe
- Conciergerie
- Panthéon
- Sainte-Chapelle
- the towers of Notre-Dame Cathedral
- Basilica Cathedral of Saint Denis
- Château de Vincennes
- Villa Savoye
South-east
- Royal Monastery at Brou (Ain)
- Cathédral Cloisters at Puy-en-Velay (Haute-Loire)
- Abbaye du Thoronet (Var)
- Château d’If (Bouches-du-Rhône)
- Abbaye de Montmajour (Bouches-du-Rhône)
- archaeological site of Glanum– (Bouches-du-Rhône)
South-west
- the abbey of La Sauve-Majeure (Gironde)
- Tour Pey-Berland Bordeaux (Gironde)
- Towers and Remparts of Aigues-Mortes (Gard)
- Eyzies de Tayac (Dordogne)
- Fortress of Salses (Pyrenees-Orientales)
- Château et remparts of Carcassonne (Aude)
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