This year, we can clearly draw a line on foreign travel! Fortunately, France is full of places, each more incredible than the next, which we mostly ignore! Zoom on 6 exotic destinations to know absolutely.
Due to the current health situation, traveling to France is undoubtedly the safest thing! If you used to go to another country to really feel like you were on vacation, know that our country is full of places, each more incredible than the next, which you probably did not know existed. So why bother to go abroad when you can be just as disoriented in your own country? Here is a top 6 of the best destinations for 2021 and we promise, we won't disappoint you!
Direction Colorado … to the ochres of Rustrel (Vaucluse)
Driving time from Marseille: 1h45
No, the landscape has not caught fire: here nature is playing 50 shades of orange. This unique landscape in France will enchant the eyes of young and old, and it's even more beautiful in real life! Formerly exploited, these multicolored ocher quarries can be visited today with or without a guide. Rustrel's Provencal Colorado has (almost) nothing to envy of the Grand Canyon, right?
Direction the Maldives … in the Desert of Agriates (Corsica)
Driving time from Bastia: 1h10
Price of a one-way ticket to the Maldives? 800 €. Price of the ferry to embark your car in Corsica? 70 €. And at this price, the choice is very quickly made! Arrived on the Island of Beauty, you will come across equally paradisiacal beaches, option translucent sea and white sand. In short, look no further, it is clearly THE best destination of 2021!
Direction Venice… to Port Grimaud (Var)
Driving time from Toulon: 1h10
Do you dream of a romantic gondola ride? No need to speak Italian or take the plane for that, you will find your happiness in the lakeside city of Port Grimaud, the little French Venice. We warn you, it's love at first sight guaranteed!
Direction the Sahara desert … to the Dune du Pilat (Gironde)
Driving time from Bordeaux: 1 hour
A real desert is 45 ° C during the day, 20 ° C cooler at night, and an oasis every 3 days. Otherwise, you have the Dune du Pilat in Gironde, certified as the highest pile of sand in Europe: almost as many grains, a slightly milder oceanic climate and glaciers every 20 meters. Perfect, right?
Head for Easter Island … to Saint Malo (Ille-et-Vilaine)
Driving time from Rennes: 55 minutes
What is the use of crossing half the planet to photograph the colossal statues of a lost islet in the middle of the Pacific … when you have 300 carved rocks at home? Go to Rothéneuf, near Saint-Malo, to admire the work of an abbot from the last century.
Head to India … to the Palais Idéal du Facteur Cheval (Drôme)
Driving time from Lyon: 1h30
It’s the story of a postman who stumbles upon a stone on his daily tour, flashes its shape and… decides that if nature can "sculpt", too. And here he is launched for 30 years in the construction of his own fairy-tale palace, half-Hindu, half-Egyptian. A must see !