As one of the writers below notes, it's very easy for the tourist to assume that France is Paris and Paris is France. But nothing, he concludes, is farther from the truth. These articles take you on a tour of France beyond Paris, with its magnificent towns, ancient castles, elegant chateaux, Roman ruins, and rustic countryside. (The same author makes the interesting observation that the French landscape is the landscape of the peasant, not, like England, the landscape of the landlord.)

Palace of Charles the Bald [Pitres, Normandy] (Gentleman's Magazine, 1859)

The Castle of Chambord (Cassell's Family Paper, 1860)

Les Landes [Pyrenees] (Cassell's Family Paper, 1860)

The Needle and Chapel of St. Michael, at Le Puy (Cassell's Family Paper, 1860)

Mont St. Michel (Harper's Monthly, 1875A)

Wanderings in Brittany (Harper's Monthly, 1875B)

A Little Tour in France, by Henry James Jr. (Atlantic Monthly, 1878)

Winter Resorts in Southern Europe (Demorest, 1882)

A look at resorts primarily in the south of France, with suggestions on what to wear at a winter resort.

En Province, by Henry James (Atlantic Monthly, 1883)

A traveler's exploration of the various provinces of France.

From Nice to Genoa (Peterson's, 1883)

Our Holiday in Quimper (Girl's Own Paper, 1884)

Two Lady Alpine Climbers, by Edward Whymper (Girl's Own Paper, 1886)

The exploits of Mrs. F. Burnaby and Miss Lucy Walker in the French Alps.

Chantilly: The Chateau and the Collections, by Theodore Child (Harper's Monthly, 1887B)

The Winter Climatic Resorts of Three Continents, by William Smith Brown (Harper's Monthly, 1887B)

The winter resorts of the Nile; Southern France, Italy and the Riviera; and Algiers.

Easy Continental Trips, by James Baker (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1888)

Visits to St. Brieux, Auray, the stones at Carnac, and more.

Franklin's Home and Host in France, by John Bigelow (Century Magazine, 1888A)

A Girls' Tour in Brittany (Girl's Own Paper, 1889)

Another Easy Continental Trip, by James Baker (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1890)

Visits to St. Malo, Dinan, Mont St. Michel, Bayeaux and Caen.

Out-of-the-Ways in High Savoy, by Edward Eggleston (Century Magazine, 1890B)

A Provençal Pilgrimage, by Harriet W. Preston (Century Magazine, 1890B)

[Falaise] The Home of the Conqueror (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1891)

A Night at the Grand Chartreuse, by J.E. Muddock (The Strand, 1891A)

A visit to a Carthusian monastery in France.

In Picardy and Artois, by James Baker (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1892)

Memories of Fontainebleu, by Grant Allen (English Illustrated Magazine, 1892A)

Carcassonne, by May Crommelin (Girl's Own Paper, 1893)

An Embassy to Provence, by T.A. Janvier (Century Magazine, 1893A)

Down an Oubliette [in a French dungeon] (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1894)

A Pilgrimage to Lourdes, by Stephen Bonsal (Century Magazine, 1894A)

A Jaunt into Corsica, by Charles H. Adams (Century Magazine, 1894B)

The Churches of Provence, by Mrs. Schuyler (M.G.) van Rensselaer (Century Magazine, 1895A)

Aix-en-Provence, by Walter Herries Pollock (English Illustrated Magazine, 1895B)

The Chateau D'If, by Walter Herries Pollock (English Illustrated Magazine, 1895B)

Marseilles, Old and New, by Walter Herries Pollock (English Illustrated Magazine, 1895B)

The Churches of Périgueux and Angoulême, by M.G. van Rensselaer (Century Magazine, 1896A)

A Real Underground Country (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1895)

Exploring the caves of France.

A Feast-Day on the Rhone, by T.A. Janvier (Century Magazine, 1896A)

The Mushroom Caves of Paris, by M. Dinorban Griffiths and D. Bril (The Strand, 1898B)

A Town in the Treetops, by Ellsworth Douglass (The Strand, 1899A)

A French hotel in the treetops.

About Some Normandy Dairies, by Lady Georgina Vernon (Girl's Own Paper, 1899)

The Hon. Lady Murray's Home of Rest for Authors and Artists, by E. Leuty Collins (Windsor Magazine, 1899B)

A home of rest at Antibes for authors and artists recovering from illness (and low on funds).

A Spring Ramble in France, by Constance Countess de la Ware (Lady's Realm, 1901)

See also

• Paris

• France: Life & Culture