Where are the 180 most beautiful villages in France?
We have visited many of these delightful villages and we consider this is an essential guide when touring France. See our photo gallery of French Beau Villages
Advantages of the 2025 guide compared to the February 2022 edition
- Now 180 Beautiful Villages with 16 new.
- Weighs 486g - 344g less.
- Cover flaps front and rear, with key.
- All maps together at front.
- 1 page per village in alphabetical order.
There are 180 delightful French villages to discover by motorhome or car that have been recognised as Les Plus Beaux Villages de France and published in the official guide by Flammarion.
Some of the villages are tiny hamlets that can be fully explored in under an hour making them great places to stop for lunch as you tour France by motorhome. These charming French villages are like living open air museums that are spread all over France.
QR codes link from the village pages to detailed tourist information pages hosted on the Beautiful villages website. There are many useful sub menus to enhance your visit at each village including; food, drink, accommodation, local activities, walks, and must see sights. You can link from the product pages shown here to see for yourself.
Click here to download a PDF preview of the previous edition
Some of the bigger villages, often nearer to main routes, have vast parking areas and some have dedicated motorhomes Aires because Plus Beaux Villages are popular places to visit for French camping car owners. Every year we inspect more and more of the most beautiful village parking areas that have allocated camper van day parking. They play havoc with our inspection schedules because we cannot help but go and have a wander around. It's a tough life being an French Aires Inspector.
Many of the historic and beautiful French villages have survived modernisation because they are located off the beaten track, but that does not mean that they are inaccessible by large motorhomes. Busses the size of RVs often service these quaint little hamlets, but it is important to choose the best route in and out on your road atlas because the directions in the official guidebook are too basic, although a small map on each entry identifies the rough location.
Traveling to Italy?
Consider taking The Most Beautiful Villages of Italy which follows a similar format to this publication.
Check out our beautiful villages blog posts
Plan your motorhome tours of France with ease with the following guidebooks:
