France


Gardens of Versailles, France England / Fat Tire Bike Tours / France / Germany / Spain

Fat Tire Bike Tours are without a doubt one of my favourite tour operators in Europe and are a fantastic way to see a city for the first time or a great way to reacquaint yourself with a city you haven’t visited for a while. Operating out of Paris, Barcelona, Berlin and London the Fat Tire Bike Tours team offers a wide range of tours...

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Schilthorn, Switzerland Busabout Hop On Hop Off / France / Switzerland

A new day and a new adventure awaits us this morning as we resume our journey on the Busabout Hop On Hop Off network of coaches and depart the French capital of Paris from the drop off/pick up point hostel St Christopher’s Inn. Our destination today is one of my favourite places to visit, Lauterbrunnen in the heart of Switzerland as well as Bern the capital...

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Tours to Paris – TGV Train vs Busabout Hop-On Hop-Off Flexitrip Busabout Hop On Hop Off / France

This morning the grand adventure around Europe continues, however today I’ll be doing something a little different and will detour away from the usual Busabout Hop On Hop Off coach network for one sector and will be travelling from Tours to Paris in style on the express high speed TGV Train. If I were to continue on Busabout, departure time from the pick up point would...

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San Sebastian to Tours via Biarritz – Busabout Hop-On Hop-Off Flexitrip Busabout Hop On Hop Off / France / Spain

Today our Busabout adventure continues as we depart Spain for the last time, where most of the time has been spent on this entire trip, and cross the border into France staying two nights in the Loire Valley city of Tours. We are slowly heading closer and closer towards our next major goal of attending Oktoberfest in Munich, also with Busabout. So far along this...

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Barcelona to Nice & Monaco – Day 08 & 09 Topdeck Mega European Tour France / Monaco / Topdeck Mega European

This morning we continue on our journey through Europe having already reach our second week on the Topdeck Mega European Tour. Our departure this morning will be from the Catalonian city of Barcelona as we head east back into France to check out the sites of Nice and Monaco on the French Riviera. The tour will stay in the area for two nights before we head onto Italy,...

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Lauterbrunnen to Avignon – Day 05 Topdeck Mega European Tour France / Topdeck Mega European

Today it is another early start to the the morning as we depart the beautiful village of Lauterburnnen at the foot hills of the Swiss Alps to continue our Topdeck Mega European Tour. On our travels today we head back into France and drive west with our destination being the small historic town of Avignon for just one night. This historic area is UNESCO World Heritage listed.


London to Paris – Day 01 & 02 Topdeck Mega European Tour England / France / Topdeck Mega European

Today is the first day of our epic 49 day tour of the European continent with tour company Topdeck, we are embarking on the longest tour they offer, the 49 Day Mega European Tour. The first two days of the tour take in the sights of Paris, but before making it to France we need to check in with our tour leader at the Clink Hostel where three other tours were leaving on the same day, very hectic.