Why travel to France?
France offers 3 curated city guides, 54 attractions and 21 signature dishes hand-picked by Korean travelers. Below you'll find essentials Korean passport holders actually need — visa requirements, daily budgets in USD, best season, and on-the-ground transport tips.
Best Season
May-September is the prime season. Long summer daylight is great for sightseeing, with the June Fete de la Musique and the July 14 Bastille Day celebrations as highlights.
Budget
Around $105-180 per day (lodging $55-105, food $30-45, transit and entry fees $20-30).
Visa
Korean passport holders can enter the Schengen Area visa-free for up to 90 days.
Transport
From Charles de Gaulle Airport, RER line B reaches the center in 35 minutes. A Navigo metro pass is recommended; the metro is the easiest way around the city. Prepaid SIMs are available at the airport (Orange, SFR, etc., about EUR 15-20/week). Card payments are widely accepted. Tipping 5-10% at restaurants is customary.
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🗺️ Attractions Across the Country
Eiffel Tower
Paris's iconic 330-meter iron tower, especially dazzling after dark.
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Louvre Museum
The world's largest art museum, home to the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo.
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Palace of Versailles
The Sun King Louis XIV's opulent palace and its dazzling gardens.
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Notre-Dame Cathedral
A Gothic architectural masterpiece on Île de la Cité — witness to 800 years of Parisian history.
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Montmartre & Sacré-Cœur
A gleaming white basilica crowning the artists' hill of Montmartre.
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Champs-Élysées & Arc de Triomphe
The world's most beautiful avenue and Napoleon's triumphal arch.
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Musée d'Orsay
An Impressionist treasure trove in a former train station — masterworks by Monet, Renoir, and Van Gogh.
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Seine River Cruise
Glide along the UNESCO-listed Seine and see Paris's iconic sights in one journey.
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Sainte-Chapelle
A 13th-century royal chapel famed for its 15 towering stained-glass windows that flood the interior with color.
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Pantheon
A neoclassical mausoleum in the Latin Quarter where Voltaire, Rousseau, Victor Hugo, and other French heroes are laid to rest.
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Musee Rodin
A museum devoted to sculptor Auguste Rodin, famous for its rose garden displaying 'The Thinker.'
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Palais Garnier
The opulent Beaux-Arts opera house opened in 1875 and made famous as the setting of 'The Phantom of the Opera.'
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Centre Pompidou
A radical inside-out building famous for exposing its pipes and structural frame, home to a major modern art museum.
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Musee de l'Orangerie
A museum in the Tuileries Garden best known for its oval galleries housing Claude Monet's monumental 'Water Lilies' cycle.
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Catacombs of Paris
An underground ossuary created in the late 18th century to relieve Paris's overflowing cemeteries, holding the remains of some six million people.
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Jardin du Luxembourg
The Left Bank's beloved French formal garden, framed by the Luxembourg Palace, fountains, and statues, and a favorite spot for locals to relax.
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Place de la Concorde
Paris's largest public square, once the site of Revolutionary-era guillotine executions, now marked by the Luxor Obelisk.
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Conciergerie
A former royal palace turned Revolutionary-era prison, where Marie Antoinette was held before her execution.
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Promenade des Anglais
Nice's beautiful palm-lined seafront promenade along the Mediterranean.
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Vieux Nice (Old Town)
Nice's old town, full of Italian flair and warm orange facades.
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Matisse Museum
Celebrating the light of Nice that Matisse loved — a museum spanning his entire artistic career.
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Castle Hill (Colline du Château)
A 92m hill overlooking Vieux Nice with an artificial waterfall and the best panoramic view in the city.
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Cours Saleya Market
The vibrant flower and food market in Vieux Nice — Provence's colors and aromas.
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Musée National Marc Chagall
The world's largest Chagall collection, including the 17 paintings of the 'Biblical Message' series.
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Èze Village (Day Trip)
A medieval cliff-top village overlooking the Mediterranean — the quintessential 'eagle's nest' village.
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Monaco Day Trip
The world's second-smallest country — city of the Casino, royal palace, and F1 Grand Prix.
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Promenade du Paillon
A 1.2km green corridor through central Nice, linking the old town and the modern city.
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Place Masséna
Nice's central square, famous for its red ochre buildings and checkerboard paving.
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Cathédrale Sainte-Réparate (Nice Cathedral)
A 17th-century Baroque cathedral at the heart of Nice's old town.
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Saint Nicholas Orthodox Cathedral, Nice
The largest Russian Orthodox cathedral outside Russia, famous for its onion domes.
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MAMAC (Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain de Nice)
A contemporary art museum spotlighting Nouveau Réalisme, Pop Art, and Nice-born artists.
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Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild
Baroness Ephrussi de Rothschild's Belle Époque villa on Cap Ferrat, surrounded by nine themed gardens.
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Villefranche-sur-Mer
A picturesque fishing village near Nice, known for its pastel buildings and deep natural harbor.
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Port Lympia (Port of Nice)
Nice's historic harbor since the 18th century, lined with pastel facades and pleasure yachts.
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Antibes
A French Riviera port town famed for its Picasso Museum and fortified old town.
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Menton
A mild-climate Riviera resort town on the Italian border, famous for its Lemon Festival.
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Vieux Lyon (Old Town)
A UNESCO-listed Old Town filled with Renaissance architecture and secret passageways (traboules).
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Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière
A lavishly decorated basilica on the hilltop overlooking Lyon, with overwhelming golden mosaics inside.
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Les Halles de Lyon Paul Bocuse
A temple of French gastronomy — the market where you can taste Lyon's finest ingredients and traditional dishes.
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Place Bellecour
One of Europe's largest pedestrian squares — home to the Louis XIV equestrian statue and the Little Prince.
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Parc de la Tête d'Or
A 117-hectare city park with a free zoo, botanical gardens, and rowboats on the lake.
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Traboules of Lyon
Secret passageways of silk merchants — about 400 hidden corridors weave through the city.
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Gallo-Roman Museum & Theatres
Roman ruins on Fourvière hill — a 1st-century BC amphitheatre and an excellent museum.
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Croix-Rousse Murals
Giant trompe-l'œil murals decorate Lyon's streets — a living open-air gallery.
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Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon
France's second-largest art museum after the Louvre, housed in a former abbey and holding paintings, sculpture, and Egyptian antiquities.
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Musée des Confluences
A striking science and anthropology museum at the point where the Rhône and Saône rivers meet.
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Lyon Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste)
A Gothic-Romanesque cathedral in the heart of Vieux Lyon, famed for its 14th-century astronomical clock.
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Institut Lumière (Musée Lumière)
The birthplace of cinema — a museum in the former Lumière family villa showcasing early film equipment and history.
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Opéra de Lyon
A distinctive opera house combining an 1831 neoclassical facade with a modern glass dome added in the 1990s.
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Place des Terreaux
Lyon's landmark square, ringed by the Bartholdi fountain, the City Hall, and the fine arts museum.
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Basilique Saint-Martin d'Ainay
Lyon's oldest surviving Romanesque church, tucked in the Presqu'île district's Ainay quarter.
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Halle Tony Garnier
A former 1928 cattle market hall converted into a major concert and exhibition venue.
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Musée Gadagne
A Renaissance-era mansion in Vieux Lyon housing the city history museum and a puppetry museum.
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Parc des Hauteurs
A green belt of walking paths, gardens, and viewpoints strung along the Fourvière hill ridge.
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