Grignan
Grignan is a pretty village dominated by its large chateau, in the Drome department (Rhone Alpes region) to the north of Vaison-la-Romaine.
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Puygiron
Puygiron is a small but charming village with excellent views in the Drome department (Rhone Alpes region) near to Montelimar.
Saint-Martin-de-Londres
Saint-Martin-de-Londres is a picturesque village in the Herault department of Languedoc-Roussillon, not far from Montpellier, in the south of France.
Caunes-Minervois
Caunes-Minervois is a medieval village in the Aude department of Languedoc-Roussillon in the south of France. It lies at the foot of the Black Mountains.
Montaigu-de-Quercy
Montaigu-de-Quercy is a small market town towards the north-western border of the Tarn-et-Garonne department, and about 30 kilometres east of Villeneuve-sur-Lot, in south-west France.
Palavas-les-Flots
Palavas-les-Flots is a sea-side town in the Herault department, just 6 kilometres south of Montpellier, in the south of France.
Les Matelles
Les Matelles is a picturesque village in the Herault department, not far from Montpellier, in the south of France.
Niort
Niort is a large town situated on the Sèvre river about half way between Poitiers and La Rochelle in the Poitou-Charentes region of western France.
Niort has an interesting historical centre, with houses and other buildings dating from the medieval and renaissance era and also several monuments of interest to discover, as well as a substantial amount of more recent development - it is an important centre for local business and finance in this region of France.
Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez
Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez is a small village in the Parc naturel regional de Pilat in the Loire department of the Rhone Alps, 37km from St Etienne and 48km from Lyon. It is classed as one of France' most beautiful villages.
Barjols
Barjols is a small town in the Var department of Provence, on a gently sloping hillside in the quiet countryside east of Aix-en-Provence and west of Draguignan.
Saint-Etienne
Saint-Etienne is the capital of the Loire department in the Rhone Alpes region.
Saint-Floret
Saint Floret is one of the most beautiful villages in France. It is in the Puy-de-Dome department in the Auvergne region.
Le Poet-Laval
Listed among the 'most beautiful villages in France, Le Poet-Laval is situated in the Drome department (Rhone-Alps region) about 20 kilometres to the east of Montelimar.
La Garde-Adhemar
La Garde-Adhemar is a listed 'most beautiful village of France', along the crest of a hill to the south-west of the Drome department (Rhone-Alps region of France).
Lavardens
Lavardens is one of about 150 classified 'most beautiful villages of France', situated in the Gers (Gascony) department of south-west France, to the north of Auch.
Beze
Beze is a small village about 25 kilometres north-east of Dijon in Burgundy. The village developed around an abbey founded here in the 7th century.
Aubres
Aubres is a village stretched out along the crest of a hill in the Drome department (Rhone-Alps), close to Nyons and north-east of Vaison-la-Romaine.
Yevre-le-Chatel
Yevre-le-Chatel (part of the commune of Yevre-la-Ville) is a village situated on a slightly raised area overlooking the Rimarde valley and about 40 kilometres north-east of Orleans, in the Loiret department of central France.
It is listed among the most beautiful villages in France (the only village with this award in the Loiret department).
Sarrant
Sarrant is a small village in the Gascony countryside to the east of Fleurance and about 50 kilometres north-west of Toulouse. It is near the eastern border of the Gers department with Haute-Garonne and Tarn-et-Garonne, in south-west France.
The village is a long established member of the 'most beautiful villages of France'.
Gargilesse-Dampierre
Gargilesse-Dampierre is a small village in the Indre department of central France to the south of Chateauroux and about 10 kilometres south-east of Argenton-sur-Creuse. It is situated in a peaceful setting in the valley of the river Creuse.
The village is a member of the 'most beautiful villages of France' organisation and perhaps best known as the village where the 19th century novelist George Sand wrote some of her works.
Montherme
The small town of Montherme is attractively positioned inside a broad meander of the river Meuse, at its confluence with the river Semoy. It was in this picturesque position surrounded by the tree covered hills of the Ardennes that an abbey was founded in 1128 and the around which the town developed.
It is situated about 100 kilometres north-east of Reims and 15 kilometres north of Charleville-Mezieres in north-east France (close to the French border with Belgium).
Rodemack
Rodemack is a small villlage to the north of Metz, in the Moselle department (Lorraine region) close to the border with Luxembourg and Germany in northern France.
The village is listed among the 'most beautiful villages in France' and often referred to as 'the little Carcassonne of Lorraine' because of the extensive fortified walls that still surround historic Rodemack.
Saint-Quirin
Saint-Quirin is a small village in the quiet Moselle countryside of the Vosges Massif (in the Lorraine region of north-east France) about halfway between Nancy (to the west) and Strasbourg (to the east).
The village takes its name from Saint-Quirin, a Roman tribune martyred in 132 AD whose relics were brought here in the 11th century and which made St quirin an important medieval pilgrimage centre.
Givet
The small town of Givet is situated to the north of Montherme and to the north of the Ardennes department in north-east France. The town is on the Meuse river on a narrow strip of land that is surrounded on all sides by the frontier with Belgium.
Vireux-Molhain
Vireux-Molhain is a small town 10 kilometres south-west of Givet in the northern Ardennes department.
Pesmes
The village of Pesmes is situated about 25 kilometres north of Dole and to the west of Besancon, in the countryside of the France-Comte region. On the banks of the River Ognon, Pesmes is listed among the 'most beautiful villages in France'.
The village has had an active history, belonging at various times to the Francs, the Spanish, and the Dukes of Burgundy, before becoming part of France in 1678.
Gravelines
Gravelines is a town on the Opal Coast in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of northern France, between Calais and Dunkirk and north of Saint-Omer.
Aire-sur-la-Lys
Aire-sur-la-Lys is a town in the Pas-de-Calais department of northern France, to the south-east of Saint-Omer and west of Boulogne-sur-Mer. The town is officially listed among the 100 'most beautiful detours' in France.
Eze
Eze is a medieval village perched high on a hill above the French Riviera in south-east Provence.
Breil-sur-Roya
The small town of Breil-sur-Roya is at the southern end of the Upper Roya Valley between Sospel and Tende, in an attractive location on a broad meander in the river Roya with steep hills rising all around the town.
Beaulieu-sur-Mer
Beaulieu-sur-Mer is a small resort town on the French riviera a few kilometres east of Nice.
Arles sur Tech
Arles sur Tech is a small town in the Pyrenees Orientales department. It is notable mainly for its abbey and cloister. Arles sur Tech is just 13km from the lovely town of Ceret.
Prats de Mollo la Preste
Prats de Mollo la Preste is an attractive medieval town town in the Pyrenees Orientales department near to the border with Spain. It has a medieval centre, an impressive fort and a spa. It is just 15km from the attractive town of Ceret.
Saint Cyprien - Pyrenees Orientales
Saint Cyprien is a coastal resort in the Pyrenees Orientales department near to the border with Spain. It has a large sandy beach and a back-drop of mountains including the splendid Mount Canigou.
Molitg les Bains
Molitg les Bains is a small village and spa located in and above the Gorges de la Castellane in the Pyrénées Orientale department.