Check this page regularly: we will keep adding interesting links to help you get the best of the French experience on the Web.
Current Link Categories
Arts and Crafts
Boards and Chat
Cuisine
Culture and Language
Fun and Useful
Sports and Hobbies
Travel and Tourism
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Posters 2 France Arts and Crafts |
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| Description: Michelle offers a great selection of French posters: art, vintage, landscape, etc. |
| Special Features: Take a bird's eye view of Paris in 1630 or get a Métro map for your office wall! |
| www.posters2france.com |
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Francophile Forum Boards and Chat |
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| Description: A civil, and civilized, forum to discuss everything French: culture, politics, food, trips, restaurants and more. Very friendly, helpful and knowledgeable group. |
| Special Features: I post there... |
| forums.delphiforums.com/PBProvence/start/ |
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Chocolate and Zucchini Cuisine |
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| Description: Clotilde Dusoulier is a young food writer who lives in Paris. Her very engaging blog is filled with delicious recipes, interesting vignettes about French cuisine, and her own culinary adventures. |
| Special Features: Don't miss Clotilde's bloxicon: a fun way to learn French food terms. |
| www.chocolateandzucchini.com/ |
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Alliances Françaises in the US Culture and Language |
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| Description: Alliance Française offers cultural events and language classes all over the USA: find your local chapter here. |
| Special Features: Detailed background information on the lecturers involved in this year's lecture series. |
| www.afusa.org |
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Black Coat Press Culture and Language |
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| Description: An independant publisher that aims to bring French popular literature to an American audience. Specializes in mystery, fantasy, science-fiction and comic books. |
| Special Features: Check out Maurice Leblanc, Paul Féval and a new unabridged and illustrated edition of Gaston Leroux's Phantom of the Opera. |
| www.blackcoatpress.com |
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French culture in the USA Culture and Language |
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| Description: A great source of information on French art, books, cinema, music, news and the performing arts in the USA. |
| Special Features: Features a monthly listing of French films showing on American TV: broadcast, cable, and Pay-per-view. |
| www.frenchculture.org/ |
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French-Word-A-Day Culture and Language |
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| Description: Learn a new word everyday! A useful phrase, inspiring quote and an anecdote on life in France are also included. All words are archived on the web site or you can sign up to get a daily e-mail delivery. |
| Special Features: Check out the great pictures in the slide show. |
| www.french-word-a-day.com/ |
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Momes.net Culture and Language |
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| Description: A great site for francophone kids, their parents and French teachers. Of special interest is a section with hundreds of traditional French children songs, their lyrics and the melodies. |
| Special Features: You can even print sheet music of many favorite comptines. |
| www.momes.net/comptines/index.html |
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Paroles Culture and Language |
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| Description: Find and print the lyrics of 20,000 French songs: Piaf's L'Hymne à l'Amour, Souchon's Foule Sentimentale, Christmas songs... |
| Special Features: Search by title, artist or category. |
| www.paroles.net |
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Sacramento French Film Fest. Culture and Language |
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| Description: The 6th Sacramento French Film Festival will take place at the Crest Theater on 7/20, 7/21, 7/22, 7/28, and 7/29/2007. Programming details will be announced in June. |
| Special Features: Joie de Vivre is a sponsor of this exciting event! |
| www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/ |
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Online Conversion Fun and Useful |
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| Description: Convert just about anything to anything else. A very useful site for the math, metric or memory-challenged among us... |
| Special Features: Don't miss the Fun Stuff! |
| www.onlineconversion.com |
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Voila Translation Fun and Useful |
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| Description: Copy and paste French text to translate into English, or vice-versa. |
| Special Features: Will also translate all text of a specified Web page without altering graphics or layout. |
| tr.voila.fr |
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e-gravures Fun and Useful |
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| Description: An interesting twist on virtual postcards: this site offers a broad selection of 19th century gravures. |
| Special Features: I especially like the reproductions of the old métiers. |
| www.e-gravures.com |
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Pétanque America Sports and Hobbies |
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| Description: A large, and well-priced selection of O'But boules for amateurs and professionals. |
| Special Features: The rules of the game are posted. Check out pétanque on the moon... |
| www.petanque-america.com |
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French Webcams Travel and Tourism |
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| Description: Check out the tide at Mont St. Michel, the snow at Chamonix or the traffic on the Paris Boulevard Périphérique... |
| Special Features: Hundreds of webcams set up all over France, in large cities and small resorts. |
| www-compat.tf1.fr/livecam// |
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Intimate France Travel and Tourism |
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| Description: Specializes in organizing and leading regional tours for small groups. |
| Special Features: Download their free French Food Glossary; it's quite complete. You'll always know what's on the menu... or in your plate. |
| www.intimatefrance.com |
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La France Pittoresque Travel and Tourism |
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| Description: An excellent source of information on the history, geography, culture of smaller French towns and villages. |
| Special Features: Also: legends, traditions, old trades, clothing throughout the centuries. |
| www.france-pittoresque.com |
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Photos de Villes Travel and Tourism |
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| Description: Want to check what your Paris hotel or rental looks like? Enter an address: see a photo of the facade! |
| Special Features: Also works for addresses in Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Nantes, Nice, and Toulouse. |
| photos.voila.fr |
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Walking Tours of France Travel and Tourism |
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| Description: This Atlanta-based company offers a very extensive selection of walking tour guidebooks, hiking trail guides, and maps (such as IGN, and all Michelin products). Whether you want to do a randonnée in the Pyrénées or thoroughly explore Aix-en-Provence, their guides will help you plan your trip. |
| Special Features: You'll find walking tour guidebooks for over 100 French cities and Paris arrondissements. |
| www.francewalkingtours.com |
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