Planning A Visit To France?

Having a vacation in France is one of the best decisions you can make. The country is often visited by
thousands of visitors every year in this part of Europe. Many of the travelers want to visit and personally see the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The city has over 2.3 billion inhabitants, with the Paris metropolitan area alone having 12 million people. Okay, first things first. So what are some important requirements that you must have or get from authorities before you can pursue your travel? And how are you going to get there?

1.       ID card or Passport. – People from the European have the privilege to travel to France. Provided, however, that they can present a national identity card. Those EU citizens who cannot present these ID card must possess a valid passport. This is also the same with people from other countries. You need to have a passport. Depending on the length of stay, people from non-Euro countries may need to secure a visa. But for the so-called citizens holding residence in any “Schengen” country, whatever their nationality. For short trips, countries like Argentina, Australia, United States, New Zealand, Mexico, Chile Japan and Brazil, citizens of these countries were given the privilege not to require their Visas.

2.       Getting to France by car. – If you come from UK, you can simply just turn up at a ferry boat or on what others call the

channel Tunnel and then secure a ticket for the next crossing. But I won’t advise in the peak holiday season, or even on busy weekends. If you are a
citizen coming from Germany, Belgium, Italy, Spain, and Luxembourg, your travel to France could be no hassle at all. Within the Schengen area, traffic flows smoothly just across the borders.   

3.       Getting to France by air: There many airports in France serving many flights from the UK as well as from other countries of the world. If you are identified as transatlantic passengers coming from other countries, the general arrival points would be Paris Charlesde Gaulle (CDG) airport. There are also very few intercontinental flights that use other French airports such as Toulouse, Lyon, Nice or Marseilles. The Geneva airport, known as having flights from the US and Asia, usually lies on the French-Swiss border, and they have direct exit to France. There are also the Luxembourg, Brussels and Zurich airports that are considered within the easy striking distance from France.