🇫🇷 Useful Links for Visiting France

Planning a trip to France? These websites and apps can make everything from booking trains and checking the weather to navigating cities and understanding entry requirements much easier. Bookmark this page before your trip!

✈️ France Travel Planning & Tourism

France.fr – Official France Tourism Website
Destination guides, trip ideas, events, regions, cities and practical travel information throughout France.
https://www.france.fr/en/

France Destinations
Explore destinations throughout France, including major cities, countryside regions, coastal areas and the French Alps.
https://www.france.fr/en/destination/

🚆 Trains & Transportation

SNCF Connect – Official French Train Booking
The main website for searching schedules and booking TGV, Intercités, TER, OUIGO and many international train journeys.
https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en

SNCF Train Tickets
Search routes, schedules and fares throughout France and neighboring European countries.
https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en/train-ticket

OUIGO
SNCF's lower-cost high-speed train service. Excellent for finding inexpensive tickets between major French cities when booked early.
https://www.ouigo.com/

TER Regional Trains
Regional trains connecting smaller cities, towns and villages throughout France.
https://www.ter.sncf.com/

BlaBlaCar
Popular throughout France for long-distance carpooling and bus transportation between cities.
https://www.blablacar.com/

FlixBus
Budget intercity buses connecting cities throughout France and Europe.
https://www.flixbus.com/

Rome2Rio
Useful for comparing different ways to travel between destinations by train, bus, ferry, car or plane.
https://www.rome2rio.com/

🚗 Driving in France

ViaMichelin
One of the best resources for planning road trips in France. Provides driving routes, estimated fuel costs and toll information.
https://www.viamichelin.com/

Bison Futé – Official French Traffic Information
Government traffic information, road conditions and forecasts for busy travel periods.
https://www.bison-fute.gouv.fr/

Crit'Air – Official French Emissions Sticker Website
If you're driving your own vehicle into certain French cities or low-emission zones, check whether you need a Crit'Air emissions sticker.
https://www.certificat-air.gouv.fr/

🎟 Attractions, Tours & Tickets

Centre des Monuments Nationaux
Official information and tickets for many historic monuments, castles, abbeys and archaeological sites throughout France.
https://www.monuments-nationaux.fr/