5 sporty French destinations to check out after the 2024 Paris Olympics, from the Tour de France in Nice to a polo event in Chantilly.
France is well known for wine, for fashion, for food—but sporting prowess should also be high on that list. After all,, soccer matches kick off in Lyon, Saint-Etienne, Nice, Bordeaux, Nantes, while sailing is set in Marseille. Basketball and handball fans are making their way to Lille, while the Loire Valley will welcome the shooting competition. Surfing will be held in a different hemisphere entirely, in French Polynesia.And it doesn’t stop there.
“What I like about food in Marseille is that it reflects the diversity of the city,” says Fabienne Völlmy of Marseille’s urban wineryYou don’t need a sporting excuse to tack on a visit to the home of Champagne once the Games wrap up, but here is one just for the record: Reims played host to long-distance shooting events at the 1924—and even saw a gold medal performance by home favorite, France’s Pierre Coquelin de Lisle.
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