Destination Northeast France

Northeast France includes the regions of Alsace, Lorraine, Champagne, Nord Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Open flat plains are surrounded by the beautiful mountains and forests of the Ardennes. Famous for it's fine wines, the region also offers some of the finest Gothic cathedrals in France.

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» Destination Alsace

Having been early and always densely populated, Alsace is famous for its high number of picturesque villages, churches and castles and for the various beauties of its three main towns, in spite of severe destructions suffered throughout five centuries of wars between France and Germany. Alsace is furthermore famous for its vineyards and the Vosges mountains …

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» Destination Champagne-Ardenne

Visitors often go to Champagne because of its history and its world-famous wine. However, their itineraries diverge when they discover the region's cultural heritage and its cuisine: some visit Troyes and its ancient houses, others visit Langres and its walls, and still others visit Epernay, Reims. The region contains some magnificent forests and lakes …

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» Destination Lorraine

Most of Lorraine has a clear French identity. For this reason, Bismarck only annexed about a third of today's Lorraine to the German Empire following the Franco-Prussian War. The disputed third, known as Moselle, had a culture not easily classifiable as either French or German …

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» Destination Nord-Pas de Calais

Inhabited since prehistoric times, the Nord-Pas de Calais region has always been a strategic region in Europe. Over the centuries, it was conquered in turn by the Celtic Belgae, the Romans, the Germanic Franks, England and Great Britain, the Spanish and Austrian Netherlands, and the United Provinces of Holland …

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