France: Perfect places to stay, eat & explore

Time Out France selects the country's most idyllic destinations and takes you straight to the loveliest hotels, best restaurants and most compelling sights and landscapes in each. It includes the most interesting and action-packed cities as well as pretty towns, spectacular beaches, breathtaking mountains and beautiful countryside.

• Eat, drink and party in dynamic Toulouse
• Ski steep and deep in the Charmonix Valley
• Feel the eart move in the Auvergne Volcanoes
• Gorge on chateaux and chilled chinon in the Loire
• Explore the fairy-tale villages of the Vosges
• Chill on the Northern Corsica's deserted beaches