Althought the ongoing coronavirus pandemic continues to halt most cruise lines have cancelled to spring 2021, with others suspending as far as summer. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still recommends avoiding cruise trips during the pandemic. The situation so far is that almost all cruises globally are suspended and will only restart depending on the authorities in each country, new health measures, and travel restrictions. Consult all applicable Centers for Disease Control travel advisories, warnings, or recommendations relating to cruise travel and check at official cruise line website.
Interested in cruising to France? Explore the rich culture, grandeur history and the picturesque towns and ports in France. It shows where the ships dock and some of the cruise ships that dock there. Easily find and compare all cruise itineraries from Southampton to France.
Bordeaux tourist information. Located close to the European Atlantic coast, Bordeaux, hub of the famed wine-growing region, considered amongst the best in the world, is a port city on the Garonne River in southwestern France. The crescent-shaped city of Bordeaux,[…]
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Saint-Nazaire tourist information. St-Nazaire, a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France makes a fascinating destination for boat and plane enthusiasts as well as fans of World War II history. The town has a major harbour, on the right[…]
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Honfleur tourist information. Honfleur, the most picturesque of the Côte Fleurie’s seaside towns is a city in northern France’s Lower Normandy region, sited on the estuary where the Seine river meets the English Channel. Much of its Renaissance architecture remains intact,[…]
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Rouen tourist information. Rouen, capital of the northern French region Haute-Normandie, is a port city on the river Seine, approximately 90 minutes drive northwest from the centre of Paris. The Seine is a major axis for maritime cargo links in the[…]
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Sete tourist information. Sète is a major port in the southeast French region of Languedoc-Roussillon between the Etang de Thau, a biodiverse saltwater lagoon and the Mediterranean. Sete is known as “Venice of the Languedoc” for its canal network. The town falls[…]
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Marseille tourist information. Marseille, the biggest Mediterranean port and the economic hub of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, has been a crossroads of immigration and trade since its founding by the Phoenicians in 600 B.C.E. It’s a place of tranquil squares and[…]
Read moreCannes tourist information. Cannes, a resort town on the French Riviera, is synonymous with A-list glamour thanks to its world-famous film festival, but scratch the surface and you’ll discover a city rich in culture as well as one of the loveliest marinas[…]
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Toulon tourist information. Toulon is a port city on southern France’s Mediterranean coast with the Mont Faron (542m) in the background, and opening out onto a magnificient arbour designed by Mother Nature, lined with sandy beaches and shingle coves. Toulon is home[…]
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Port of Villefranche tourist information. Villefranche-sur-Mer is a small beach resort and residential town on the French Riviera. Villefranche-sur-Mer adjoins the city of Nice to the east along Mont Boron, Mont Alban and Mont Vinaigrier, and 10 km south west of[…]
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La Rochelle, France tourist information. Known as La Ville Blanche (the White City), La Rochelle is one of France’s foremost seaports from the 14th to 17th centuries, and is a very pleasant place to visit and to pass a few days[…]
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Cherbourg tourist information. Known to the British above all as a ferry port, Cherbourg has a gritty history as a naval harbour. It also has glamorous connections with cruise ships and major yacht races. Cherbourg is at the western tip of[…]
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Le Havre Port tourist information. Considering it was bombarded 146 times during WW2, you might think there’d be little left to see in Le Havre – France’s second-largest port (after Marseille). The rebuilt city, with its uncompromising recourse to reinforced concrete and open[…]
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