Event locations in French republic

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Throughout the class of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Marriage, close to 400 events will be held across France. They will provide the opportunity for participants to discover the extent and wealth of French cultural and architectural heritage. These highlights will be organised in very diverse places and cities, and will provide an opportunity for French citizens throughout the territory to learn about European Spousal relationship activities.

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Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Grenoble

Nestled in the heart of the Alps, Grenoble is surrounded past 4 mountain ranges that provide an exceptional backdrop for the city. With 20 wintertime sport resorts in close proximity, of which four are Olympic-class (1968 Winter Games), the city offers its visitors an ideal surroundings for year-circular outdoor activities.

Grenoble has over a dozen museums including the Musée de Grenoble, established in 1798. Information technology as well offers history-laden castles and fifty-fifty the starting time urban cable car in France (dating dorsum to 1934), now in the course of "bubbles" that bladder their passengers upward to the Bastille fort at an distance of almost 500 chiliad. The city has business firm sights on sustainable evolution, coming second in France for urban cycling (320 km of wheel lanes) and with a public send network providing admission to every convention center and to the great majority of the city's hotels, allowing for eco-friendly events. In 2022, Grenoble volition be the Green European Upper-case letter.

The Grenoble Convention Centre can conform upward to 900 people.

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Lyon

Between the Rhône and Saône rivers, Lyon is a city bursting with architectural, cultural and gastronomic treasures.  Its narrow streets, covered passageways known as traboules, long, lively quays and prominent squares on the Presqu'île offer an extraordinary voyage through time and civilization in this metropolis inscribed on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) Globe Heritage list. The gastronomic capital, with its traditional restaurants chosen bouchons, its bistros and its Michelin-starred restaurants, was designated the 2019 European Capital of Smart Tourism and Europe's Leading Urban center Break Destination. The metropolis has also garnered international recognition for its major cultural events and amenities, with 24 museums, including the Musée des Confluences and the Fine Arts Museum, the Opéra national de Lyon, 51 theatres and 142 festivals every year.

The Lyon Convention Centre, housed within the Cité Internationale designed by Renzo Piano, is a prestigious events complex right in the city centre that is unparalleled in Europe and hosts over 300 events per year.

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Burgundy-Franche-Comté

Dijon

Towards the end of the Center Ages, Dijon was the capital of one of Europe's most powerful duchies. To this day, Dijon retains a wonderful and distinctive architectural and cultural heritage. Its preserved historic centre, steeped in art and history, is ane of the largest in France and sprawls over almost 100 hectares. It was placed on UNESCO's Globe Heritage list in 2015 thanks to the vineyards of the Burgundy Climats. The Musée des Beaux-arts, a fine arts museum dating dorsum to 1787, is housed in the vast Palais des Ducs.

Renowned for its cuisine and way of life, Dijon is too a gateway to one of the almost prestigious French wine regions, Côte de Nuits, which is famous the world over. Incidentally, the city is gearing up to launch an international gastronomy and wine heart in the spring of 2022. Discover the cardinal sites to visit in Dijon.

In the heart of Dijon, the Exhibition and Convention Centre is able to accommodate small-scale groups as well as conventions of several hundred participants.

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Nevers

Straddling the Loire river in rural Burgundy, the charming boondocks of Nevers has a rich heritage in which yous can immerse yourself by following a blue line painted along the urban center streets. The itinerary will take y'all on a discovery of numerous buildings such as the Palais Ducal, the Gothic Cathedral of Saint-Cyr and Sainte-Julitte, the Romanesque Church of Saint-Étienne, the remains of medieval ramparts and the more than recent Church of Sainte-Bernadette, a major pilgrimage site and the resting place of Bernadette Soubirous.

While Nevers owes a keen deal of its charm to the Loire river flowing through it, the town has its own major avails, such as the wealth of its produce and its creative and artisanal culture (of which the earthenware of Nevers deserves a mention).

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Brittany

Brest

Famous for having ane of the earth's nearly beautiful and imperial bays, where gatherings of traditional sailing vessels are regularly organised, Brest is the capital of the Finistère region.

Its rich seafaring history, festive grapheme and natural surroundings, combined with its urban and maritime heritage, give Brest vitality and cultural abundance that is unrivalled in Brittany.

The city's cable car provides a panoramic view over the ocean and takes yous to the Plateau des Capucins and the Atelier des Capucins, a public recreational space of civilization and innovation that replaced the former Ateliers de la Marine Nationale. Too worth discovering is the National Navy Museum, which occupies the medieval castle of Brest, as well as the Océanopolis Centre for the Scientific and Technical Culture of the Body of water. Discover the central sites to visit in Brest.

The Quartz Convention Eye in Brest is a five minute walk from the station and houses two auditoriums with a chapters of 300 and 1,500 people.

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Grand-Est

Nancy

A blend of the Renaissance, Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles, Nancy, the capital of the Duchy of Lorraine volition take you lot by surprise. A must-come across, the Place Stanislas, considered to exist ane of Europe's most beautiful squares, is listed every bit a UNESCO World Heritage site together with the Place de la Carrière and the Place d'Alliance. The town hall occupies the whole of the due south side of the square while the Opera and the Grand Hôtel de la Reine face the Fine Arts Museum overlooking the square. The Fine Arts Museum houses a collection representing all the movements of European art from the 14th century to the present solar day.

At a minute's walk from Nancy's railroad train station the Prouvé Convention Centre, with the latest engineering, offers 20,000 1000² of exhibition space right in the heart of the city.  Discover the key sites to visit in Nancy.

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Strasbourg

Grande Île, Strasbourg, has been on the World Heritage listing since 1988, as the outset urban heart to take been selected by UNESCO. The capital of Alsace has indeed managed to preserve its exceptionally diverse heritage, tracing the city's evolution from the Roman era to the present day. The Gothic Strasbourg Cathedral, with its 142 m spire, was the tallest in Christendom upwardly until the 19th century. Its unusual alleys and timber-framed houses give this pleasant city its present-solar day uniqueness, especially during the legendary Christmas markets.

Many international organisations and European institutions have their seats in Strasbourg, such every bit the European Parliament, Council of Europe and the European Courtroom of Human Rights. Strasbourg Events is an events complex with a surface expanse of 100,000 m².

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Hauts-de-France

Amiens

The spire of the Cathedral of Amiens and the Tour Perret skyscraper look over the metropolis of Amiens in the Hauts-de-France region. Amiens is a walkable city, perfect to discover on foot, first with a visit of the Amiens Cathedral. 2020 saw the commemoration of 800 years since the beginning of the construction of this masterpiece of Gothic statuary, listed as a UNESCO Earth Heritage site.

At the foot of the cathedral, don't miss the medieval commune of Saint-Leu, with the charming façades of its narrow houses built along the Somme. Today, the neighbourhood is an ideal place to go for a stroll and explore its bars, restaurants, antique stores and artisan boutiques.

The Hortillonages, or floating gardens of Amiens, are another must-run into of the city. Every Saturday forenoon, local market gardeners called hortillons supply the market with their produce.

Amiens additionally offers cultural experiences including the Musée de Picardie and the Maison Jules Verne, where the writer, an active member of the local customs, lived for the last 34 years of his life. The Mégacité Amiens is a venue offering 25,000 m² of space.

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Lens

Located in the Hauts-de-France region, Lens was a mining boondocks from 1852 to 1986. Today, the mining basin, in which the boondocks is situated and which stretches over 120 km, is on the UNESCO Earth Heritage list. The Lewarde Mining History Centre, half an hr from Lens, takes you on a true-to-life immersive journey to proceeds an agreement of what the daily life and work of a miner entailed for over 3 centuries.

The Louvre-Lens is an outpost of the famous Parisian Louvre Museum, congenital in an old mining region which boasts a UNESCO World Heritage site and is filled with history, culture and subconscious treasures. Since its modernisation and economical transformation, also as the installation of Louvre-Lens, the boondocks has become dynamic and welcoming, attracting many students.

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Lille

A stone's throw from Kingdom of belgium, Lille, the well-known capital of French Flanders, also nicknamed the "beauty of Flanders", is the cultural and gastronomic crossroads of the Hauts-de-France region.

As a city that was Flemish, Burgundian and Spanish earlier becoming French, Lille possesses a truly remarkable architectural heritage. A merchant metropolis in the Middle Ages, fortified with a citadelle by Louis XIV, Lille became an industrial hub in the 19th century and a city brimming with appetite in the 20thursday century. Lille wears its by on its sleeve, while also embracing the future by establishing itself as a student-friendly academy urban center. Civilization is the beating heart of the metropolis. Its Palais des Beaux-Arts is one of the largest museums in France and the excitement of the lille3000 festival, with its numerous exhibitions and performances, pulses through the metropolis'southward veins every three years. Another must-see is the Grande Braderie, which transforms Lille into Europe'due south biggest flea market, taking place every September. Lille Grand Palais has over 45,000 m² of modular spaces for events.

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Tourcoing

Tourcoing is a vibrant metropolis that has successfully reinvented itself. It is located approximately 15 km from Lille.

Information technology had already gained renown past the Center Ages thanks to its textile production, which was central to the urban center's development until the beginning of the 21st century. Today, what remains of this industrial past constitutes a formidable congenital heritage that has for the most part been rehabilitated to accommodate the numerous activities that breathe life into the city.

In the heart of Tourcoing, the Saint-Christophe church is ane of the most beautiful neo-Gothic buildings in northern French republic. Climbing the 200 steps of its bell tower will have you to the Carillon museum, only downwardly the street from the magnificent old Flemish-style Chamber of Commerce with its corner belfry.

The city also offers several museums, including the MUba fine arts museum housed within a beautiful mansion built in 1866, and the Arab World Found – Tourcoing (IMA), that since 2016 has been located in a former swimming school. Tourcoing's IMA is an extension of the Parisian plant of the same name.

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Île-de-French republic

Le Bourget

Later on condign the home of the get-go Paris airdrome in 1914 before Paris-Orly airdrome was congenital, Le Bourget in Seine-Saint-Denis developed effectually the airfield. Its history therefore has strong ties to aeronautics leading to the town's inauguration in 1973 of the National Air and Infinite Museum of France. The foremost aeronautical museum in France, it is one of the biggest and oldest in the world. Every two years, the town too hosts the Paris Air Evidence, bringing together global industry players and members of the public to showcase the latest technological innovations.

The Paris Le Bourget complex offers 80,000 thousand² of exhibition space.

Paris

Paris, a multifaceted city that is at once eternal and innovative, welcomes millions of visitors each year, enticed by its exceptional architectural and cultural heritage and eager to sample the unique Parisian way of life.

A global centre for fashion, gastronomy and shopping, the city is brimming with events and new projects including busily preparing to host the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The Eiffel Belfry, the Cathedral of Notre-Matriarch, the Sacré-Cœur and the  Arc de Triomphe are merely a few of the uppercase'south must-sees which are favourites among tourists. The city as well boasts a surprising variety of cultural institutions such every bit the Musée d'Orsay, the Arab World Institute, the Philharmonie de Paris, the Fondation Louis Vuitton and the Louvre Museum which welcomes more than nine 1000000 visitors every year. The capital attracts major projects and new experiences which continually eternalize its allure, as attested past the contempo openings of the Bourse de Commerce - Pinault Collection, the new Samaritaine, the Atelier des Lumières, and soon Chanel'due south Industry de la Mode.

From the Marais and Montmartre to the Latin quarter, the city's neighbourhoods each boast a unique atmosphere waiting to be discovered among its quaint boutiques, its art galleries and its café terraces.

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Versailles

W of Paris, Versailles is known worldwide for its Palace which is one of the finest achievements of 17th-century French art. The former hunting lodge of Louis Thirteen, transformed and expanded by his son Louis Xiv, the Lord's day King, who settled there in 1682, became home to the each of the successive kings of French republic up until the French Revolution. A UNESCO world heritage site since 1979, the palace, which today is a national museum, draws in several million visitors every twelvemonth, who come to discover the royal apartments, the famous Hall of Mirrors and the magnificent gardens whose fountains menstruation from Apr to October during the Musical Fountains Show.

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Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Bordeaux

Bordeaux, the wine capital of the globe, has been on the UNESCO World Heritage list since 2007 for its infrequent urban ensemble. With its façades and asphalt streets, its cathedrals – St-Seurin and St-André – and its Place de la Bourse, the entire historic center of Bordeaux boasts a unique architectural heritage. The major redevelopments undertaken in recent years have restored shine to the capital of Gironde, while also according cyclists and pedestrians whole squares and avenues.

Bordeaux is also the point of admission to some of the near famous vineyards in the earth; its internationally-renowned appellations making it an essential stopover forth the Bordeaux Wine Route through allegorical wine regions. On the banks of the Garonne river, the Cité du Vin welcomes you on a fun-filled and sensory journey through wine-growing civilisations, civilization and history. Seize the chance to discover the nearby Bassins de Lumières, a digital arts heart which opened in June 2020 in the city's erstwhile submarine base of operations.

The Bordeaux Convention Centre has an auditorium that tin can seat up to 300. Discover the key sites to visit in Bordeaux.

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La Rochelle

At the edge of the Atlantic Body of water, La Rochelle is a young, dynamic, student city with a rich cultural heritage including La Rochelle's Towers in the old port that have stood over the boondocks since the 14th and 15th centuries. Visiting them proffers the perk of a excellent panoramic view over the city equally well every bit the offshore Fort Boyard and the Île de Ré isle.

Numerous cultural events bring life to La Rochelle all year long, including the International Motion picture Festival, the Francofolies festival and the Grand Pavois evidence.

The city besides boasts 1 of the largest private aquariums in Europe, a museum of automata and a fine arts museum.

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Pau

The lively urban center of Pau sits at the foot of the Pyrenees and is a short distance from the Atlantic Ocean and Espana. Seat of the kingdom of Navarre in the 16th century, Pau was the birthplace of King Henry IV of France. At the Château de Pau, visitors can discover a collection of 12,000 works of art. The city also stands out for its pedestrian streets, its elegant squares, Beaumont Park and its bandstand, its fine arts museum and of form the Boulevard des Pyrénées. The Boulevard, built in 1900, offers a scenic stroll over two kilometres with a breathtaking view of the Pyrenees mount range.

Pau hosts many cultural and sporting events including the One thousand Prix de Pau, the oldest urban center motor race in French republic. It is too regularly a stage town in the Bout de France bicycle race.

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Poitiers

Located in the department of Vienne, Poitiers has over 80 listed monuments in an aesthetic marked past Romanesque art. One of its treasures, the Notre-Dame-la-Grande collegial church building is famous for its sculpted façade. The historic centre of Poitiers – with the Saint-Jean baptistery, the Sainte-Radegonde and Saint-Hilaire churches and the palace of Counts – will take yous through two,000 years of art and history.

ten kilometres outside Poitiers, the Futuroscope, a multimedia theme park, plunges its visitors into the magic of a futuristic earth. The park likewise has an ultramodern convention middle.

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Normandy

Rouen

On the banks of the river Seine, Normandy's capital Rouen is a lively metropolis. It invites you to stroll through its metropolis centre, where its pedestrian streets and little squares are framed past one-half-timbered houses.

Rouen is known around the world for its medieval heritage. The Bang-up Clock is 1 of the most emblematic monuments of the metropolis, together with the Notre-Matriarch Cathedral, a masterpiece of Gothic Art that has featured multiple times in the works of Claude Monet, and the Saint-Ouen Abbey Church. The Atrium of Saint-Maclou is a curiosity not to exist missed either. It is an aboriginal ossuary dating dorsum to the 16th century and listed every bit a historical monument since 1862.

The urban center besides boasts several museums and attractions such as the Fine Arts Museum of Rouen, which is one of the greatest French museums with its rich collections, a Natural History Museum and the Joan of Arc History Museum, where an immersive tour presents the epic story of Joan of Arc who died in the city in 1431.

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Occitanie

Montpellier

A southern city known for both its historical and contemporary treasures, just 10 km from the Mediterranean, Montpellier is a destination with character. Visitors from around the world are charmed past the narrow streets of its urban center centre and landmarks such as the Place de la Comédie, Place Royale du Peyrou and the Faculty of Medicine, the oldest in French republic. Don't miss Montpellier's imposing Cathedral Saint-Pierre, a typical example of Southern French Gothic architecture; the Musée Fabre, home to works by French and European old masters; the MoCo, Montpellier'south museum dedicated to contemporary art; or an evening at the Opéra Orchestre national Montpellier Occitanie.

Offering an like shooting fish in a barrel-going Mediterranean way of life and bordering Provence, Montpellier is the platonic place to stay to discover spectacular landscapes, from Camargue and the seaside to the Hérault Gorges and the Languedoc vineyards.

The Corum Briefing Centre is equipped to suit between 50 and 200 people for business events.

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Toulouse

Nicknamed la Ville Rose (the Pinkish Urban center), Toulouse is a dynamic hub for advanced technologies and industries, characterised by the easy-going mode of life typical to southward-w France.

Its city centre is brimming with exceptional heritage, from its Capitole and hôtels particuliers, such as the Hôtel d'Assézat, to the Basilica of Saint-Sernin and the cloister of the Jacobin Convent. The Occitan uppercase also offers numerous museums, including the Musée Saint-Raymond archaeological museum and the Musée des Augustins, the city's fine arts museum. Toulouse can besides exist your starting point for a scenic waterway prowl along the Canal du Midi.

The upper-case letter of the European aerospace and aeronautics sector, Toulouse has created the Cité de l'Espace, a scientific theme park centred around outer space and infinite exploration, which will delight the curious tourist. The Toulouse Convention Centre can adapt up to 12,000 people.

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Pays de la Loire

Angers

In the heart of the Loire Valley, with its châteaux, medieval city centre and gastronomic delights, Angers is famous for its douceur angevine, an expression referring non only to the mild climate but also to the Loire Valley's pleasant way of life. With its 17 defensive towers, drawbridge and blackness slate rock, the Château d'Angers takes visitors on a journey through six,000 years of history. The imposing fortress is notably home to a veritable precious stone of the Middle Ages: the Apocalypse Tapestry, the largest medieval tapestry in the globe. The city has additionally created an outstanding setting to house the works of its native sculptor, David d'Angers.

Angers is also an entryway to the Loire Valley wine-growing region, which extends from Sancerre to Nantes. The Angers exhibition centre has an auditorium that can accommodate up to 3,700 people.

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Nantes

On the Loire estuary, between sea and castles, the capital of the Pays de la Loire region houses rich heritage resulting from a dynamic history that goes back millennia. The city has been able to reinvent itself to become emblematic of the effervescence of French civilization.

Nantes has fabricated bold choices in order to renew its appeal. For example, it invested in culture past spreading contemporary artwork throughout the city for visitors to discover past following an itinerary marked by a green line painted on the footing. This itinerary as well takes tourists to the Château des Ducs de Bretagne, the city's various museums or the Île de Nantes, where they can marvel at the Gallery of Machines or the rings designed past Daniel Buren, which calorie-free upward at dark.

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Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur

Arles

Situated betwixt the Camargue and the Alpilles, Arles was one of the provincial capitals of ancient Rome and offers the opportunity to discover remarkable vestiges of the era, including the amphitheatre that dates back to the onest century, the baths of Constantine and the Obelisk of Arles, known every bit the Aiguille d'Arles.

Classical and colourful, with its narrow, sunlit streets and carefree way of life, Arles is known for alluring artists such as Vincent Van Gogh, , who moved there in 1888 to begin ane of the most fruitful periods of his painting career. The boondocks also holds the Rencontres d'Arles each twelvemonth, a photography festival founded in 1970. Don't miss the Museon Arlaten, an ethnographic museum dedicated to the history of Provence, which has only re-opened after xi years of renovations.

Today, Arles has established itself every bit a upper-case letter of contemporary art, with the opening of LUMA Arles on 26 June 2021. The arts centre offers spaces to create and connect every bit well as exhibition spaces for gimmicky art, housed in a building designed by Frank Gehry. The Palais des Congrès d'Arles briefing centre offers a one,200 one thousand² exhibition hall and can accommodate upwardly to i,000 people.

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Marseille

The second largest metropolis in French republic, Marseille is a vibrant metropolis on the shores of the Mediterranean with a dynamic energy that leaves no 1 indifferent. Formed in the heart of a natural rocky inlet over ii,600 years ago, French republic'due south oldest city has developed over the centuries. Today, it offers architectural treasures from various eras in addition to its remarkable natural heritage.

Along with the Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde Basilica, the Former Port of Marseille is one of the city'due south emblematic landmarks, located at the finish of its renowned thoroughfare, La Canebière. At the entrance to the port, connected to the magnificent Fort Saint-Jean, the  MuCEM is a 21st century museum inaugurated in 2013, which is the first major national museum dedicated to Mediterranean civilisations.

The Marseille Chanot Exhibition and Convention Middle offers sixty,000 yard² of exhibition space.  Notice the key sites to visit in Marseille.

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Nice

With its mild climate, exceptional quality of light, diverse landscapes and deep blue waters of its beaches, Nice is 1 of the world's height tourist destinations.

Capital of the Côte d'Azur, between the mountains and the sea, the city was already charming royalty by the 1860s, who enjoyed strolling down the Promenade des Anglais.

The Quondam Town of Nice is an especially lively function of the city with its narrow cobblestone streets, pastel-toned buildings and its shops selling typical local products. Its markets, in particular at the Place Massena, offer an authentic introduction to the flavours and colours of the Mediterranean, and to the numerous culinary specialities of Nice.

The city has an active cultural scene, boasting roughly xx museums and galleries including museums dedicated to Matisse and Chagall, and collections of works from the School of Nice creative movement. Don't miss the Prissy Carnaval and the Batailles de Fleurs parade, which are among the city'south near iconic events, held every yr in February. Squeamish Acropolis Convention Centre offers 38,000 yard² of modular space.

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Overseas Regions

Martinique

The isle of Martinique emerges as a jewel in the Caribbean area Sea, where in the due north you notice black sand beaches underfoot and golden sand beaches in the southward. Climb Mount Pelée to accomplish new heights or take a rejuvenating dive into the seabeds. The multi-coloured yoles, the exciting scents emanating from the market stalls and the rhythmic music of the Antilles are all live with Creole magic.

The preserved tropical nature on the island is rich in biodiversity. Explore the island's forests via marked trails suitable for hikers of all levels, its white and volcanic sand beaches, its waterfalls and its mangroves, or search its Caribbean coastal seabeds to discover coral, dolphins, turtles and barracudas.

In Fort-de-France, make certain not to miss out on the Schoelcher Library, the Fort Saint-Louis or the Fort-de-France Cathedral, which are steeped in the history of Martinique.

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Last reviewed on 3 March 2022