France is a country located in Western Europe. France is the worlds most popular tourist destination with 78 million in 2006, boasting dozens of major tourist attractions, like Paris, Côte d'Azur, the French Riviera, the Atlantic beaches, the winter sport resorts of the Alps, the Castles of Loire Valley, Brittany and Mont Saint Michel.
The Mediterranean Sea lies to the south of France, with the principality of Monaco forming a small enclave. To the west, France has a long Atlantic ocean coastline, while to the north lies the English Channel, across which lies the last of Frances neighbors, England
Lowland France consists of four river basins, the Seine in the north, the Loire and the Garonne flowing westwards and the Rhone which flows from lake Geneva to the Mediterranean Sea.
France is home to an estimated 770,000 Buddhists, according to the French Buddhist union, three quarter of them of Asian origin. The Dalai Lama has visited France a dozen times since 1982, meeting with city or government officials and once with the president, the late Francois Mitterrand, in 1993.
The French president is reforming his country more determinedly than many expected. France has an advanced industrial economy and an efficient farm sector. It has also produced some of the continents most influential writers and thinkers from Descartes and Pascal in the 17th century, to Rousseau and Voltaire in the 18th, Balzac, Baudelaire and Flaubert in the 19th and Sartre and Camus in the 20th.
Start dreaming about your next vacation in France by checking out more information online. Traveling by car is probably the best way to explore France in total freedom. Nevertheless, France today is one of the most modern countries in the world and is a leader among European nations.
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