Hi,
We are planning our first trip to France as our honeymoon leaving mid September. Our goals are to do some order of:
-Swimming and relaxing in the south of france... would love town suggestions. Our goal here is to be "true honeymooners" and unwind a bit in this stop; would love to do a private boat tour, etc. I envision splurging a bit more on a nice hotel here vs anywhere else. Definitely want to see the specialty art museums here as well.
-Hiking in the French Alps (we are very avid hikers, live in the pacific northwest) -- We are also open to suggestions if there are better towns!
-A decent chunk of time (thinking 5 days) in Paris to see art, eat, drink wine, sight-see, enjoy city life, potentially a cooking class, or a bike tour?
In a perfect world, potentially we could also visit some wineries in what I think of as the countryside...
Originally we were going to both fly into and out of Paris. But I think it makes more sense to do Nice >> Chamonix>> Paris.
Would you suggest renting a car for those drives or doing a train?
If we drive; are there any must hit towns on the way that we should plan to do a night in? We originally had Beaune on our must hit list.
Please don't hold back with advice, we're really open to suggestions! Thank you all!