Discover France With Someone Who Calls It Home.

Paris was made for romance — and February gives you every excuse to embrace it. Celebrate Valentine’s Day with a candlelit dinner cruise along the Seine as illuminated monuments drift past your table. Return to your hotel to Champagne and chocolates waiting in your room.

Spend an afternoon creating fragrances for one another during a perfume and cologne workshop, or learn the secrets of French pastry together during a private baking class. Arrange a professional photographer to capture the two of you at some of Paris’s most iconic locations.

Visit the Louvre, Notre-Dame and Versailles, climb the Eiffel Tower, attend an intimate concert at Sainte-Chapelle, or dress for an evening at the Paris Opera. This is Paris for two.

This is the Paris people dream about. Gardens burst into color, café tables spill onto sidewalks and longer evenings invite you to explore long after dinner.

Travel into the countryside to visit Claude Monet’s home and extraordinary gardens at Giverny. Back in Paris, stroll through the Tuileries and Luxembourg Gardens, visit the Musée Rodin and spend a day at the magnificent Palace of Versailles as its gardens come alive for spring.

Then trade flowers for feathers and Champagne with a late performance at the Moulin Rouge.

June carries special significance in Normandy as France commemorates the Allied D-Day landings of June 6, 1944.

Travel from Paris to Normandy, where a private historian and guide can create a deeply personal journey through the landing beaches, battlefields and memorials. Depending on your interests and family history, your day might include Omaha Beach, Utah Beach, Pointe du Hoc, the Normandy American Cemetery, Arromanches and the Canadian sites surrounding Juno Beach.

Stay in historic Bayeux or retreat to a beautiful château in the Normandy countryside. Continue west to the unforgettable Mont-Saint-Michel rising dramatically from the tidal flats. History, countryside, coastline and some of France’s most moving stories come together here.

August is made for the Mediterranean. Think Nice, Antibes, Cannes, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Èze, Menton, Monaco and Saint-Tropez — mixed with quieter coastal villages and carefully selected luxury retreats.

Charter a private boat for the day. Swim in secluded Mediterranean coves, stop for lunch overlooking the sea, explore colorful Provençal markets and end your day with cocktails as the sun disappears over the Côte d’Azur.

For travelers wanting something even wilder, consider adding Corsica with its dramatic mountains, turquoise water and spectacular coastline. August is also peak French holiday season, making thoughtful advance planning particularly important.

France turns gold. Vineyards change color, temperatures cool and the countryside becomes extraordinarily photogenic.

Travel through Burgundy, stopping in Beaune and tiny wine villages surrounded by legendary vineyards. Or follow the Alsace Wine Route through storybook towns including Colmar, Riquewihr and Kaysersberg.

October is equally beautiful in Paris, the Loire Valley and Provence. It is a wonderful month for travelers who want beautiful scenery, exceptional food and wine, and a slower rhythm.

France becomes magical at Christmas. Begin in Paris beneath sparkling lights, beautifully decorated boulevards and the spectacular holiday windows of the city’s famous department stores. Then board the train east. Welcome to Alsace.

Strasbourg transforms into the self-proclaimed Capital of Christmas, while nearby Colmar looks as though it has stepped directly from the pages of a storybook. Follow the Alsace Wine Route through timber-framed villages illuminated for the holidays, stopping for Christmas markets, local specialties and Alsatian wines along the way.

Continue to Champagne for intimate cellar visits and celebratory tastings in Reims and Épernay. Or travel south to Lyon for the spectacular Fête des Lumières, traditionally held in early December. Christmas markets. Champagne. Twinkling villages. Paris dressed for the holidays. France saves something very special for December.