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What to book before you travel to France?

Most visits can be booked on the spot. A few sell out days ahead. Here they are, stop by stop, with what you can do without booking underneath. Keep the rest of your time free.

Trip length
21 days

11 activities to book

Bayeux

Days 2-3
Days 2-3Guided tour of the D-Day beachesOmaha Beach, the American cemetery at Colleville, the artificial harbour at Arromanches and the Pointe du Hoc, with a guide to say what happened where.Book on GetYourGuide →

No booking needed: The cliffs of Étretat · Honfleur · The D-Day beaches · Bayeux Cathedral

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Saint-Malo

Days 4-5
Days 4-5Guided walk across the bay at low tideThe crossing to the Mont-Saint-Michel over the sands, on foot, with a guide who reads the tide.Book on GetYourGuide →

No booking needed: The Mont-Saint-Michel · The ramparts of Saint-Malo · Cancale and the Pointe du Grouin · Dinan

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Amboise

Days 8-9
Days 8-9Ticket for the Château de ChenonceauThe château built on arches across the Cher, 15 km south of Amboise.Book on GetYourGuide →

No booking needed: The Château d'Angers · The Château de Chenonceau · The Château de Chambord · The Château d'Amboise and the Clos Lucé

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Avignon

Days 13-14
Days 13-14The Palais des Papes and the Pont d'AvignonThe 14th-century Gothic palace where the popes lived for nearly 70 years, and the four arches of the bridge from the song still standing in the Rhône.Book on GetYourGuide →

No booking needed: The Pont du Gard · The Palais des Papes · The Pont Saint-Bénezet · Les Baux-de-Provence

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Frequently asked questions

What can you do in France without booking anything?

42 visits on this itinerary need no ticket or time slot, starting with The Louvre, Montmartre, The Palace of Versailles, The cliffs of Étretat. They make up most of your days: booking ahead only concerns a handful of sites with limited places.

At which stop should you book earliest?

Paris, with 1 activity to book, against 1 at the quietest stop. That is where slots go first.

The rest of the trip

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