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Tourist Offices - all the regions of France

For cross channel day trippers, shoppers and visitors wanting information on tourism in French Regions, Departments, Cities and Towns.

The local or regional tourist office is always worth visiting when in France. They will have plenty of brochures and flyers about the region and local events.

The administration of France is divided into 22 regions, which are themselves sub-divided into 100 departments (96 in France and 4 overseas).

National Federation of Regional Committees of Tourism - 0033 1 47 03 03 10.

- Over the Top Tours. www.overthetoptours.net

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Brittany Ferries Offer. Daytrip from £75 (£29 a car plus £23 per passenger, minimum two people). Direct ferry booking links

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French Government Tourist Office

178 Piccadilly, London. W1J 9AL. Tel: (Help line) 09068 244 123 (75p per minute). Open: Monday to Friday 8.30am - 8.00pm. Saturday 9.00am - 5.00pm. Office hours; Monday to Friday 10.00am - 6.00pm, Saturday 10.00am - 5.00pm.

- Maison de la France. uk.franceguide.com

- Comités Departementaux Tourisme. www.fncdt.net

- Atoute France. Formed by the merger of Maison de la France, the promotional agency for foreign travel to France, and ODIT France, the tourism engineering agency, Atout France is now the sole national organisation for the tourism sector (from 2009).

We have pages with detailed information about the regions along the channel - those areas which concern shoppers and short stay visitors most.

- Pas-de-Calais (Department).

- Nord (Department)

- Brittany (Region).

- Normandy (Region).

- Picardie (Region).

- Belgium.

All the Regions of France

For more detailed information click on logo's. All the Departments and Regions of France.

- Alsace. Strasbourg. Tel: 0033 388 25 01 66 / 0033 389 24 73 73. www.tourisme-alsace.com

Bas Rhin - Strasbourg, Haut Rhin - Mulhouse

- CRT Aquitaine. Cité mondiale 23, Parvis des Chatrons. 33074 BORDEAUX Cedex. Tel: 0033 556 01 70 00. www.tourisme-aquitaine.fr / www.tourisme-aquitaine.info

Dordogne - Périgueux, Gironde - Bordeaux, Landes - Mont de Marsan, Pyrénées Atlantiques - Pau, Lot - Cahors, Lot et Garonne - Agen.

- CRDT Auvergne. 7 Allée Pierre de Fermat Parc Technologique de Clermont-Ferrand la Pardieu CS 50502. Clemont-Ferrand. Tel: 0033 473 29 49 49. www.auvergne-tourisme.info

Puy de Dôme - Clermont-Ferrand, Haute Loire - Le Puy, Cantal - Aurillac, Allier - Vichy, Vaucluse - Avignon.

- Brittany - Rennes Tel: 0033 299 36 15 15.

Morbihan - Vannes.

Ille et Vilaine -Rennes.

Finistère - Brest.

Cotes d'Armor - Saint Brieuc. www.baiedesaintbrieuc.com / www.mairie-saint-brieuc.fr

A short break in Finistère

- Burgundy. Dijon. Tel: 0033 380 28 02 80. www.burgundy-tourism.com

Saône et Loire - Macon. www.macon-tourism.com

Niveres - Nevers, Cote d'Or - Dijon, Yonne - Auxerre.

- Centre. Orleans. Tel: 0033 -. www.coeur-de-france.com / www.loirevalleytourism.com / www.37-online.net

Loiret - Orléans, Loir et Cher - Blois, Indre et Loire - Tours, Indre - Châteauroux, Eure et Loir - Chartres, Cher - Bourges.

- Champagne-Ardenne. Reims. Tel: 0033 326 21 85 80 / 77 45 00. www.tourisme-champagne-ardenne.com / www.tourisme-en-champagne.com

Reims Tourist Office. www.reims-tourisme.com

Chalons Tourist Office. www.chalons-tourisme.com

Fismes Tourist Office. www.fismes-tourisme.fr

Haute Marne - Chaumont, Marne - Reims, Aube - Troyes, Ardennes - Charleville-Mézières.

- Corsica. Ajaccio. Tel: 0033 495 51 00 00. www.visit-corsica.com

Corse - Ajaccio

- CRT Franche-Compté. Besancon. Tel: 0033 381 25 08 08. www.franche-comte.org

Jura - Lons le Saunier, Doubs - Besançon, Saône - Vesoul, Territoire de Belfort - Belfort.

- Île-de-France (Paris). Paris. Tel: 0033 156 89 38 00. www.paris-ile-de-france.com

Val d'Oise - Pontoise, Val de Marne - Créteil, Seine Saint Denis - Bobigny, Hauts de Seine - Nanterre, Essone - Evry, Yvelines - Versaille, Seine et Marne - Melun, Paris - Paris.

- Languedoc-Roussillion CRT. Nîmes. Tel: 0033 467 20 02 20. www.sunfrance.com

Pyrénées Orientales - Perpignan, Lozère - Mende, Hérault - Montpellier, Gard - Nîmes, Aude - Carcassonne.

- CRT Limousin. Limoges. Tel: 0033 555 45 18 80 / 555 11 05 90. www.tourismelimousin.com / www.cr-limousin.fr

Haute Vienne - Limoges, Creuse - Guéret, Corrèze - Brive. www.brive-tourisme.com

- Lorraine. Metz. Tel: 0033 383 80 01 80. www.cr-lorraine.fr / www.tourisme-lorraine.fr

Vosges - Epinal, Moselle - Metz, Meuse - Bar le Duc, Meurthe et Moselle - Nancy.

- CRT Midi-Pyrénées. Toulouse. Tel: 0033 561 13 55 55. www.midipyrenees.fr / www.tourisme-midi-pyrenees.org

Aveyron - Rodez, Tarn et Garonne - Montauban, Tarn - Albi, Hautes Pyrénées - Tarbes, Gers - Auch, Haute Garonne - Toulouse, Ariège - Foix.

- Nord (59), Pas-de-Calais (62) - Calais. Tel: 0033 320 14 57 57.

Nord - Lille, Pas de Calais - Dunkerque.

- Normandy - Basse - Caen. Tel: 0033 -.

Calvados - Caen, Manche - Saint-Lô, Orne - Alençon.

- Normandy - Haute - Rouen. Tel: 0033 -.

Seine Maritime - Rouen, Eure - Evreux.

- Pays de la Loire. Nantes. Tel: 0033 240 48 24 20. www.paysdelaloire.fr / www.westernloire.com / www.nantes-tourisme.com

Vendée - La Roche sur Yon, Sarthe - Le Mans, Mayenne - Laval, Maine et Loire - Angers, Loire Atlantique - Nantes.

- Picardie - Amiens. Tel: 0033 322 22 33 66. Interactive map. www.amiens.fr

Oise - Beauvais, Somme - Amiens, Aisne - Laon.

- Poitou-Charentes. La Rochelle. Tel: 0033 549 50 10 50. www.poitou-charentes-vacances.com / www.discover-poitou-charentes.com

Charente - Angoulême, Charente Maritime - La Rochelle, Deux Sèvres - Niort, Vienne - Poitiers.

Local news. www.thejournal.fr

- Provence-Alpes-Côtes d'Azur. Nice. www.visitprovence.com / www.decouverte-paca.fr / www.guideriviera.com

Tel: 0033 491 56 47 00.

Alpes de Haute Provence - Digne, Hautes Alpes - Gap, Alpes Maritimes - Nice, Bouches du Rhône - Marseille, Var - Toulon.

- Rhone-Alpes. Lyon. Tel: 0033 472 59 21 59. www.rhonealpes-tourisme.fr (CRT) / www.rhone-alpes-tourisme.com (unofficial site)

Ain - Bourg en Bresse, Ardèche - Privas, Drôme - Valence, Isère - Grenoble, Loire - Saint Etienne, Rhône - Lyon, Savoie - Chambèry, Haute Savoie - Annecy.

Other Tourist Offices

Annecy. www.annecytourisme.com

Chambery. www.chambery-tourisme.com (Tourist Office)/ www.chambery.fr (Town)

Grenoble. www.grenoble-isere-tourisme.com

Lyon. www.lyon-france.com

St. Etienne. www.tourisme-st-etienne.com

Valence. www.valencetourisme.com

Tourist Campaigns / Group sites

Beautiful villages and towns in France and Belgium (Villes Fleuris in France, Les Plus Beaux Détours de France, Beaux Villages in Belgium)

- Western France Tourism. www.westernfrancetouristboard.com

Useful Outside links

Communes. www.communes.com

Resau des Communes, some useful information here on many communes. www.reseaudescommunes.fr

- Annubel, a useful site, link direct to Tourist offices. www.annubel.com

- Boussole. Useful directory for many shops and institutions in France. www.boussole-fr.com

- Find a Town hall in France. www.mairiesdefrance.org

Maries France. A similar site, although not as comprehensive, may contain something you cannot find elsewhere. www.mairies-france.com

- Villorama, some useful information available. www.villorama.com

- Fédération Nationale des Offices de Tourisme et Syndicats d'Initiative. www.tourisme.fr

Other Tourism

Paris Tourist Office. www.parisinfo.com

Paris Tourist site. www.paris-anglo.com

Paris - walking tours. www.parisbalades.com

Palais Tourist Board. Tel: 0033 1 47 23 61 72.

The Paris Pass. "The Paris Pass has been specially designed for sightseeing in Paris and includes everything you will need for a great trip whilst saving you both time and money." www.parispass.com