Street in Eguisheim

For anyone who wants to see some of France’s most beautiful villages, a helpful hint is to plan your journey around the locations offically as ”The Most Beautiful Villages in France”.  They are easy to find.  Just check out:  http://www.les-plus-beaux-villages-de-france.org/en and start making your plans.  Some of the most magical and lovely places in France can be easily found this way.  The handy thing about this website is that you can pick a region and locate all the beautiful villages in it.  My French travel plans, regardless of the region, always include researching the villages listed on this site and including them in my itinerary.  It is certainly how I found some of my favourites including:  Yvoire (Haut Savoie), Beynac-et-Cazenac (Dordogne), Eguisheim (Alsace),  Roussillon (Vaucluse), and St. Cirq Lapopie (Lot).  On my “bucket list” is to check off visits to each and every village listed.  Be warned, however, the lovely spots in France are not limited to only the villages listed as France’s most beautiful.  Fortunately, or perhaps unfortunately as it opens up so much more to explore, just down the road from many of them are other delightful spots that will cause you to pause and wonder what blemish keeps them from making the list.  So, use the website as a trip planner but be open to going several kilometers in other directions to start compiling your own list!