FLYING Main airports are in Paris, Nice, Lyon, Marseille and Bordeaux.
Paris : (http://www.aeroportsdeparis.fr/) Charles De Gaulle airport (30km north of the city – rail links and bus services) and Orly airport (Orly South and West) (15km south of the city – rail links and bus services)
Nice airport is located half way between Nice and Cannes.

TRAINS Travelling by train is highly usual and comfortable. Trains are operated by the national company SNCF. They depart very precisely and arrive mostly on time. You will be able to travel at a speed of about 300km/hr on the TGV lines (Paris to Burgundy, Lyon, Provence, Côte d’Azur, Brittany,  the Loire Valley, Bordeaux, North of France, Belgium and London ). Some of these trains leave directly from airport Charles De Gaulle.
Some examples : Paris to Tours (Loire Valley) 1hr. Paris to Bordeaux 3hrs. Paris to Lyon 2hrs Paris to Marseille 3hrs30. Paris-Saint-Malo (Brittany) 2hrs20

ROADS Travelling by coaches or cars is made easy by an extensive network of roads and highways (tollfee on highways) in excellent shape.

Local currency :  Euro (€). Credit Cards accepted in most places (Visa & Mastercharge –  Note that AE and DC are unusual)
Electricity : 220v
When to come ? Spring (april to june) an automn (september to november) are the most favored times of the year by visitors. Winters are usually rather mild (between 0° and 8° C), coldest months from december to february)
Accommodation A wide choice of hotels. One of the largest chains is Accor (http://www.accorhotels.com/) but there is a huge number of independent hotels. The more exclusive ones are to be found on pages like http://www.relaischateaux.com/ and http://www.chateauxhotels.com/
Eat and drink  A large variety of places everywhere, at all prices. From cheap fastfood, pizze an chinese food to three stars restaurants. Everywhere prices include service charge (15%). Note that most places won’t serve food before 12/12hr30 am (untill 2pm) and 7h/7hr30 pm. Late dinners very usual in Paris but not in smaller cities or villages (not unusual last order round 9hr30pm)