The Beautiful Villages of France Travel Guide - A Vagabond Life
The Beautiful Villages of France Travel Guide
The France plays host to a number of gorgeous villages. As you drive around the country you will come across quaint, cute, picture perfect villages at every turn. At the very top of this list are a number of villages that have received the prestigious classification as “Most Beautiful Villages of France” (Les Plus Beaux Villages de France). There are 152 Beautiful Villages of France or “Les Plus Beaux Villages de France”. The South West of France has the highest concernatration of designated Beautiful Villages of France so head to the regions of Nouvelle Aquitaine or Occitane to see many beautiful villages with in easy reach of each other.
Beautiful Villages
- Allier
- Charroux
- Cantal
- Salers
- Tournemire
- Haute-Loire
- Arlempdes
- Blesle
- Lavaudieu
- Pradelles
- Puy-de-Dôme
- Montpeyroux
- Saint-Floret
- Saint-Saturnin
- Usson
- Ain
- Pérouges
- Ardèche
- Balazuc
- Vogüé
- Drôme
- La Garde-Adhémar
- Mirmande
- Montbrun-les-Bains
- Le Poët-Laval
- Haute-Savoie
- Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval
- Yvoire
- Isère
- Saint-Antoine-l’Abbaye
- Loire
- Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez
- Rhône
- Oingt
- Savoie
- Bonneval-sur-Arc
Beautiful Villages
- Côtes d’Armor
- Moncontour
- Finistère
- Le Faou
- Île-de-Sein
- Locronan
- Ille-et-Vilaine
- Saint-Suliac
- Morbihan
- Rochefort-en-Terre
Beautiful Villages
Burgundy
- Côte-d’Or
- Châteauneuf-en-Auxois
- Flavigny-sur-Ozerain
- Saône-et-Loire
- Semur-en-Brionnais
- Yonne
- Noyers
- Vézelay
Franche-Comté
- Doubs
- Lods
- Haute-Saône
- Pesmes
- Jura
- Baume-les-Messieurs
- Château-Chalon
Beautiful Villages
- Cher
- Apremont-sur-Allier
- Indre
- Gargilesse-Dampierre
- Saint-Benoît-du-Sault
- Indre-et-Loire
- Candes-Saint-Martin
- Crissay-sur-Manse
- Montrésor
- Loir-et-Cher
- Lavardin
- Loiret
- Yèvre-le-Châtel (in Yèvre-la-Ville)
Beautiful Villages
- Bas-Rhin
- Hunspach
- Mittelbergheim
- Haut-Rhin
- Eguisheim
- Hunawihr
- Riquewihr
- Moselle
- Rodemack
- Saint-Quirin
Beautiful Villages
- Dordogne
- Belvès
- Beynac-et-Cazenac
- Castelnaud-la-Chapelle
- Domme
- La Roque-Gageac
- Limeuil
- Monpazier
- Saint-Amand-de-Coly
- Saint-Jean-de-Côle
- Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère
- Lot-et-Garonne
- Monflanquin
- Pujols-le-Haut (commune of Pujols)
- Pyrénées-Atlantiques
- Ainhoa
- La Bastide-Clairence
- Navarrenx
- Sare
- Corrèze
- Collonges-la-Rouge
- Curemonte
- Saint-Robert
- Ségur-le-Château
- Treignac
- Turenne
- Haute-Vienne
- Mortemart
- Charente
- Aubeterre-sur-Dronne
- Charente-Maritime
- Ars-en-Ré
- La Flotte-en-Ré
- Mornac-sur-Seudre
- Talmont-sur-Gironde
- Deux-Sèvres
- Coulon
- Vienne
- Angles-sur-l’Anglin
Beautiful Villages
- Ariège
- Camon
- Saint-Lizier
- Aveyron
- Belcastel
- Brousse-le-Château
- Conques
- La Couvertoirade
- Estaing
- Najac
- Peyre (commune of Comprégnac)
- Saint-Côme-d’Olt
- Sainte-Eulalie-d’Olt
- Sauveterre-de-Rouergue
- Haute-Garonne
- Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges
- Gers
- Fourcès
- Larressingle
- Montréal-du-Gers
- Sarrant
- Lot
- Autoire
- Capdenac
- Cardaillac
- Carennac
- Loubressac
- Saint-Cirq-Lapopie
- Tarn
- Castelnau-de-Montmiral
- Lautrec
- Monestiés
- Puycelci-Grésigne
- Tarn-et-Garonne
- Auvillar
- Bruniquel
- Lauzerte
- Aude
- Lagrasse
- Gard
- Aiguèze
- La Roque-sur-Cèze
- Hérault
- Minerve
- Olargues
- Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert
- Lozère
- La Garde-Guérin (commune of Prévenchères)
- Sainte-Enimie
- Pyrénées-Orientales
- Castelnou
- Eus
- Évol (commune of Olette-Évol)
- Mosset
- Villefranche-de-Conflent
Beautiful Villages
- Maine-et-Loire
- Montsoreau
- Mayenne
- Sainte-Suzanne, Mayenne
- Vendée
- Vouvant
Beautiful Villages
- Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
- Moustiers-Sainte-Marie
- Alpes-Maritimes
- Coaraze
- Gourdon
- Sainte-Agnès
- Bouches-du-Rhône
- Les Baux-de-Provence
- Hautes-Alpes
- La Grave-la-Meije
- Saint-Véran
- Var
- Bargème
- Gassin
- Seillans
- Tourtour
- Vaucluse
- Ansouis
- Gordes
- Lourmarin
- Ménerbes
- Roussillon
- Séguret
- Venasque
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