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Triplandio France guide covers 82 travel guides with 6 cities across 222 areas, complete with hotel picks. Explore 323 self-guided walking tours in France with 1,777 POI, spanning 1211.9 km in total. Get inspired by 69 local dishes, complete with recipes and our unique Food Flavour DNA graph.
City & Country Data France
Key travel data — cost of living, safety, healthcare, local currency and essentials, curated by Triplandio.
🌍 France
Cost
MID
Safety
52
Health
96
Lifestyle
64
Infra
91
Rank
#29
Score
61
Tourists
117.1M/y
GDP/cap
$49.0k
Life Exp
83.0 yrs
Population
68.7M
Currency
EUR €
Language
French
Payments
Cards OK
Emergency
112
Traditional Local Food France
Local Flavours of France — Explore recipes, history, our unique food flavour DNA graph and more.
Snack
Meat
Rosette Sausage
Rosette de Lyon
Roh-zet duh lee-oh
A dry-cured pork sausage seasoned with garlic and pepper.
Main course
Meat
Quiche Lorraine
keesh loh-REHN
A savory open tart filled with a custard of eggs, cream, and lardons.
Starter
Fish & Seafood
Bordeaux Snails
Escargots à la Bordelaise
Es-kar-go ah la Bor-deh-lez
Snails cooked in Bordelaise sauce, richly flavored with wine and garlic.
Main course
Meat
Daube
Dawb
A traditional beef stew slow-cooked with wine, vegetables, and herbs.
Dessert
Vegetarian
Calissons
Kah-lee-sawn
A traditional confection made from a paste of candied fruit and almonds.
Dessert
Vegetarian
Tarte Tropézienne
tart troh-peh-ZYEN
A brioche cake filled with a cream mixture, originating from St. Tropez.
Side dish
Vegetarian
Lyonnaise Potato Sauce Dish
Gratin Dauphinois
Gra-tah doh-fee-NWAH
A creamy baked potato dish with cheese and garlic.
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Drink
Vegan
Entre-deux-Mers White Wine
Vin blanc d'Entre-deux-Mers
vahn blawnk d'ahn-truh-doo-MEHR
A crisp, dry white wine from the Entre-deux-Mers region known for its freshness.
Main course
Fish & Seafood
Aioli Platter
Le Grand Aioli
luh grawn eye-YOLE
A Provençal platter of boiled vegetables, fish, and garlic mayonnaise.
Main course
Meat
Lyon’s Marrow Bone Stew
Tablier de sapeur
ta-blee-AYr de sah-PEUR
A traditional tripe dish breaded and fried to golden.
Dessert
Vegetarian
Bugnes
Boon-yeuh
Sweet fried pastries similar to donuts dusted with icing sugar.
Snack
Meat
Croque Monsieur
crok muhs-yur
A classic French ham and cheese sandwich with béchamel sauce.
Main course
Meat
Pieds Paquets
Pyay pah-kay
Lamb's foot and tripe stew from Marseille.
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Starter
Vegan
Cèpes de Bordeaux
Cèpes à la Bordelaise
sehp a la BOR-de-layz
Porcini mushrooms sautéed with garlic and parsley.