France is known for its cultural sophistication and cultivation of the intellect. Its influence on art, music, literature, science, politics, fashion, food, and philosophy—just to name a few fields—is unparalleled.
Traveling around France is a great way to meet the heroes of its past. Its streets, museums, churches, and other famous landmarks bear witness to the people and the movements they inspired that built the country up into a world power—from the Sun King to Napoleon to Voltaire to Pasteur, and beyond.