Learn French in France and Abroad!
This is a free directory to learning French at French language schools in France, the Caribbean, French Polynesia and French Canada. Please feel free to contact the French language schools or their agents direct, or to email us if you want recommendations. Discover the fascinating world of France. There are hidden treasures just waiting to be explored .Choose to simply laze on the beach, taste amazing culinary fares or ski the famous slopes of the Alps and Pyrenees...
The French appear to have made a high art of daily life: eating, drinking, dressing, moving and simply living. The Pleasures of the palate run from the simplest picnic of crusty baguette, ham and cheese washed down by an inexpensive red wine through to worlds famous regional dishes such as cassoulet; the fruits of the sea; extravagant pastries and ice-cream cakes; to the trance-inducing refinements of the great chefs. And there are the great wines that France is famous for to match. The French people are true devotees to the art of life!.
History and Culture
The sheer physical diversity of France is barely enough for a lifetime of visits. The landscapes range from the rugged coasts of Brittany to the limestone hills of Provence, the canyons of the Pyrenees and the stunning half-moon bays of Corsica, from the lushly wooded valleys of the Dordogne to the glaciated peaks of the Alps. Each region looks and feels different, and has its own characteristic food and style of architecture. There is strong sense of regional identity. In French the word pays refers to the whole country. However, local people frequently refer to their own immediate vicinity as mon pays - or ‘my country’ . It is this sense of regionalism that makes the areas of France so different, and so interesting.
Perhaps the most striking aspect of the French countryside is the sense of space. There are huge tracts of woodland and barely developed land without a house in sight. Away from the main urban centres, hundreds of towns and villages have changed only slowly and organically, their old houses and streets intact, as much a part of the natural landscape as the rivers, hills and fields. Often is small towns you have the feeling that you are stepping back hundreds of years...
In France there is always something to explore - from the Gothic cathedrals of the north to the Romanesque churches of the centre and west, the châteaux of the Loire, the Roman monuments of the south, the ruined castles of the English and the Cathars and the Dordogne's prehistoric cave-paintings. There is also endless scope for all kinds of outdoor activities, from walking, canoeing and cycling to the more expensive pleasures of skiing and sailing.
If you need more than urban stimuli to activate the pleasure buds - clubs, shops, fashion, movies, music, hanging out with the beautiful and famous - then the great cities provide them in abundance. Paris, of course, is an outstanding cultural centre, with its stunting contemporary buildings and atmospheric back streets, its art and its ethnic diversity. And the great provincial cities like Lyon, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Marseille and Nice vie with the capital and each other, like the city-states of old, for prestige in the arts, sports, fashion and life.
The diversity of France makes it an ideal place to study French aboard. With French language schools located around the country, what can be better than to learn French in Paris or Antibes ...
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