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• Cooking Schools in France
• Language Schools in France
• Universities Educational Information
• University [ French ] Teachers Associations

Shipping Services

• DHL France
• FEDEX France
• UPS France

Shopping

• Major stores of all kinds [all stores may not be in all Regions]
  • BHV (Bazar de l’Hotel de Ville) Hardware/Home Improvement
  • Bricolage France (like Home Depot & Lowe’s) home improvement
  • Carrefour super and hypermarché  stores (similar to our Target & Walmart super stores, but more) is the largest retailer in Europe  and consists of the following stores:  Carrefour, Champion, Contact GB, Dia, Di per di, Docks Market, Ed, 8 à Huit,   GS, Promocash, Prodirest, Proxi, Shopi  Marche M Plus, Norte, Ooshop, Puntocash
  • Castorama   (like our Home Depot & Lowe’s) home improvement
  • Darty for major appliances, computer & software, cameras, telephones,  televisions
  • FNAC Department Store for books, computers  & software,  dvd & video, music, mobile phones and more
  • France Loisirs   for cds, dvds, music and more
  • Galeries Lafayette Department Store (the capital of fashion)
  • Habitat inexpensive furniture and furnishings for your home
  • IKEA reasonably priced furniture & other home furnishings
  • Laserland   dvd equipment
  • Le Bon Marche Department Store
  • Le Printemps the trendy place Department Store
  • Monoprix department & grocery store chain that includes: BHV, Galeries Lafayette, Inno, Nouvelle Galeries & Prisunic
  • Sport 2000  France (brand names for sports)
  • Twinner / Groupe S.E.D mountain & skiing specialists
  • Virgin   on line catalog of the cds,dvds, music & more megastores

Spas/Thermales

Sports Activities/Sporting Events

• Official government site for Youth Sports
• Directory of Sporting Events and Tickets for Events

Telephone Usage and Information

• Telephone Codes for France
  • ACR's Calling Code Directory For France
• Telephone Usage
  • Useful information for using the telephones in Paris and France. This site has other useful information regarding phone related services.
  • U.S. site on French postal and telephone information
• White and Yellow Pages France
  • White Pages France [English and French]
  • Yellow Pages France [English and French]

Tours - Travel Agents - Sight Seeing

• Paris Bus Tours
  • The best and least expensive way to visit Paris and surrounding areas.
• Paris Minibus Tours
  • Travel for the weekend or faraway places
• Seine river cruises
  • Seine River Cruises are delightful, and a must do while in Paris.
• Eiffel Tower tours
  • The most visited monument in Paris is the Eiffel Tower - it's great!
• Illumination Tours
  • Travel for the weekend or faraway places
• Shows - Cabarets - Dinner and Dancing
  • Visit the Cabarets of Paris, combined with River Cruises & Bus Tours
• Special Places in France to Visit
  • The special places you'll want to visit on your trip to France
• Tours From Paris
  • The famous Yellow Bus Tours of Paris, from 2 tour groups.
• Travel Agents
  • Directory for Travel Agents and Tour Guides in France

Transportation Services & Facilities

• Airlines - Flight Package Deals
  • The Best Deals Going in Air Fares
• Auto Rentals
  • Official French Auto Rental Sites
• Bus
  • Tour Bus Companies
• Train Information & Schedules
  • A train station is called a Gare, select your train information from the following:  SNCF gare locator,  SNCF Paris,  the TGV (fast trains), the RER [regional trains], and the Eurostar
  • France Rail Passes and Regional Train Schedules
  • France to England Chunnel Passes

Useful Information - Weather - Calendar of Events

• Useful Information [Credit Card/Postal/Travel, etc]
  • General
    • Use of Credit Cards in France
    • Information on the Euro currency
    • Link to more useful information
  • Post Office and Zip Code Information for France
    • The Departement Denotes the Zip Code Information -
      Take Paris for Example: Paris is in Ile-de-France, the Code is 75000 for Paris.
    • Postal Codes in France, enter the town name in the 'Commune' box and hit rechercher. Example:  If the town is Aix-en-Provence, just enter Aix, it will bring up all the towns with Aix in them.  The same with Saint, or Ville [there's 587 Ville....something]
    • Infobel's zip code person/request form
    • La Poste's French/English Postal Dictionary
      La Poste English/French or French/English postal information dictionary
  • Weather
    • France Regional Weather Info
    • Weather Information  by City or Town [click on links]  
  • What to Wear
    • Complete how to pack light for your trip, with practical advice to boot!

Words and Phrases - English to French

French/English Cooking Conversions and Words/Phrases

French/English French Words and Phrase Link Words/Phrases

French/English Days, Months &  Time Words/Phrases

French/English Food Store Words/Phrases [3 pages]

French/English Restaurant Words/Phrases

French/English Vegetable Words/Phrases

French/English Link to more culinary words & phrases

Youth and Students

Student Information

• Link to Schools and Universities
• The Student in France

Youth & Family Activities

• Summer camps and family holidays in France

Youth Hostels

• FUAJ hostels click on map of France by Department
• GAF hostels with click on map of the Regions

Youth Organizations

• Scouts of France with links to scouting sites and the national organization.

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