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• Apartments in Auvergne
  • Appartments in France
  • Apartments & homes for rent in Auvergne
• B&Bs/Gites/Hôtes/Manoirs
  • Logis de France gites
  • Bonadresse B&B's or Chambres d'hotes or Hôtes a nice site
  • Likhom maison d'hôtes in Auvergne & Limousin
• Camping 
  • Listing of camping sites, by cities within their Départements; contains addresses, phones, faxes, etc [Language: English]
• Chateaux
  • Chateaux stays in the Auvergne area
• Hostels
  • http://www.fuaj.org/eng/activites/summer/aj_le-mont-dore.html
• Hotels
  • Allier listing of hotels   with restaurants, and a easy click on map  of the counties, with pop up listings.
  • Puy-de-Dome hotels with restaurant list
  • Hotels Travel for the Auvergne Region
  • 123 France hotels in Auvergne
  • FHR France – nice regional sites  
  • Relais-Auvergne petit Auberge in Saint-Gervais within the Puy de Dome and the Parc of Gorges and Volcanos.

Maps  

• Map of the Département of Allier
• Map of the Département of Cantal
• Map of the Département of Haute-Loire [Upper-Loire]
• Map of the Département of Puy-de-Dome

Medical

• A dentist and doctors directory for France   [click on Regional map]
• English speaking doctors in France
• Local student health information site
• Hospital directory by Region, voila your information is there
• Another great hospital site, with Regional click on map. [French]
• US State Departments medical information for Americans traveling abroad with a listing of travel insurance 
• Veterinarian Association
• World Organization for Animal Health, Paris
• Animal Poison Control Center, USA
• French pet products of all kinds
• French veterinarian site
• Veterinarian schools in France

Movies

• Buy your tickets before you go [opera, theatre, sports, museums etc.]at the following on-line agencies: FNAC, Ticketnet, Ticketclic, Billetel or for you Last Minute folks!
• FACSEA, the New York State program to promote French language and films.   

Museums/Monuments

• The museums of Allier are Musiques Populaires de Montluçon, Anne de Beaujeu de Moulins and Pays de Souvigny et de La Colonne du Zodiaque
• The museums in Cantal are Musée d'Art et d'Archéologie d'Aurillac, Musée de La Haute-Auvergne de Saint-Flour and Musée Alfred Douët de Saint-Flour
• Museums in Haute-Loire are Musée de Paléontologie,  Musée Crozatier and  Musée du Fer Blanc Ancien et Moderne de Saint-Arcons-d'Allier  
• There are 9 museums in Puy-de-Dome, they are Musée du Ranquet de Clermont-Ferrand,  Musée d'Archéologie Bargoin de Clermont-Ferrand,  Musée d'Histoire Naturelle Henri Lecoq,   Musée d'Art Roger-Quilliot ,  Musée de Céramiques Gallo-Romaines,  Musée Lapidaire de Mozac ,  Musée Francisque Mandet de Riom,  Musée de la Coutellerie de Thiers and the Musée Marcel-Sahut 

Newspapers/Radio/TV

• French Television 1 (TF1) 
• France Télévision 2 (F2) 
• France Télévision 3 (F3)
• Les journaux télévisés de TF1 : le 13 et le 20 Heures
• France 3 en ligne, les journaux en vidéo 
• Radio France Internationale (RFI)

Outdoor Activities

• Biking & Motor Biking
  • La Ligne Verte/Vacances à la Cartes Biking, hiking & walking, activities for all ages.
  • Backpack europes motorcyle tours & bike rentals to travel Europe
  • Trailmonkeys outdoor mountain biking adventures in France.

• Golfing
  • A great golf directory of clubs, click on Auvergne
  • French Federation of Golf, just type in your city & voila!
• Hiking
  • Backpack europes hiking/walking   tours, travel tips & links
  • Active Journeys hiking, biking & more activities, click on choice of activity then on Europe then France, nice site.
  • Trailsource guides [books and maps] for France
  • Trailmonkeys outdoor hiking adventures in France
  • Find-A-Giuide in France for hiking
• Mountain Climbing Activities
  • Find-A-Guide for climbing the mountains of France
  • Horizon-Montagne is a French site for biking, hiking, climbing and scaling the mountains in France.
  • Refuge huts & chalets of the French Alpine Club [142 in number] around France [very reasonably price]
  • Gites-refuges for mountain activities of all sorts in France, really a nice site.
  • Chamina outing, hiking walking organization in France
• Walking
  • France on foot trails by Regions
  • Richard Didier maps, tours etc
  • Spanishsteps takes you over the pilgrims' road to St. Jacques de Compostelle in spain, by way of the Massif Central
• Other
  • Deltaplane school and list of planing sites
  • A great fishing information site for the region
  • Find-A-Guide to fish France

Personal Services [Baby Sitting/Barbers/Beauty Spas/Etc]

• Babysitting and Other Care Services
• Day Care Service and after school and more

Real Estate [For Rent/For Sale]

• Real estate in Puy-de-Dome
• Listing on Yahoo of real estate agents

Regional Information Websites for Recreation, Activities, all the Local Information for the Region.

• Guide-Clermont is a huge information site for Auvergne   very nicely done
• The village of Marcillat-in-Combraille is in the department Allier in the Auvergne.

Restaurants

• Haute-Loire Restaurants
• Puy-de-Dome Restaurant guide

Schools [Public] Educational Information & Teachers Associations

• Institut Français d'Architecture
• Le Centre d'Architecture á Bordeaux  The town of Bordeaux

Schools

• Art
• Cooking
• Language
  • French language school in Vichy
  • Language schools in Auvergne
  • Europas listing of language schools in central France
  • Art & language workshops in Auvergne
  • Learn french with friends in France
• Other

Shipping Services

• International Shipping Consultants 
  • DHL France
  • FEDEX France
  • UPS France

Shopping

• Major stores of all kinds [all stores may not be in all Regions]
  • BHV   (Bazar de l’Hotel de Ville) Hardware/Home Improvement
  • Bricolage   France (like Home Depot & Lowe’s) home improvement
  • Carrefour super and hypermarché  stores (similar to our Target & Walmart super stores, but more) is the largest retailer in Europe  and consists of the following stores:  Carrefour, Champion, Contact GB, Dia, Di per di, Docks Market, Ed, 8 à Huit,   GS, Promocash, Prodirest, Proxi, Shopi  Marche M Plus, Norte, Ooshop, Puntocash,   Other Services 
  • Castorama   (like our Home Depot & Lowe’s) home improvement
  • Darty   for major appliances, computer & software, cameras, telephones, televisions
  • Flowershops around France [Telefleurs]
  • FNAC Department Store for books, computers  & software,  dvd & video, music, mobile phones and more
  • Galeries Lafayette Department Store (the capital of fashion)
  • Habitat inexpensive furniture and furnishings for your home
  • IKEA reasonably priced furniture & other home furnishings
  • Le Bon Marche Department Store
  • Le Printemps the trendy place Department Store
  • Monoprix department & grocery store chain that includes: BHV, Galeries Lafayette, Inno, Nouvelle Galeries & Prisunic
  • Sport 2000  France (brand names for sports)
  • Twinner / Groupe S.E.D mountain & skiing specialists

Sports Activities/Sporting Events

• Youth sports activities in Clermon-Ferrand
• Sports activities in the regions
• Handicapped leisure and sports associations through Yahoo

Tours/Travel Agencies/Sight Seeing

• France Travel Planning and France Tours

Transportation

• Transportation Means [French government site]
  • Official Government transportation sight, complete listings for car rentals, chauffered limousines, boats, buses, trains and more
• Driving in France  
  • Official French site on driving in France
  • U.S. site on driving in France
• Train & Train Station Basics  
  • A train station is called a Gare, select your train information from the following:  SNCF gare locator,  SNCF Paris,  the TGV (fast trains), the RER [regional trains], and the Eurostar
  • The legendary Orient Express Train
  • A general traveling guide for European trains

Useful Information [Weather/Calender of Events/Etc]  

• Serveur du Conseil régional 
• Alphabetized lists of towns and villages [with population], with a link to each location's tourist office for phone, fax and address
  • The Département of Allier [03] 
  • The Département of Cantal [15] 
  • The Département of Haute-Loire [43] - Upper Loire 
  • The Département of Puy-de-Dome [63]   
• Calendar [Holidays]
  • An official site for French Holidays
• Weather information sites
  • Weather, General Information, etc. for France
  • Alternative Weather Information
• Other useful information links
  • Diversified site about visiting France
  • Credit card information for France
  • Official French postal site
  • U.S. site on French postal and telephone information
  • Information on the Euro currency
  • Worldwide currency converter site
  • French Yellow Pages
  • Good general information and tips about travel in France
  • A - Z practical information
  • Your RIGHTS in France
• What to wear?
  • Complete how to pack light for your trip, with practical advice to boot!

Youth/Students

• Official government site for Youth Sports
• Summer camps and family holidays in France
• The young peoples information site
• Youth associations listing
• Local student health information site
• FUAJ youth hostels in Auvergne
• GAF hostels in Auvergne
• Hostels.com with map of France and scroll down to a town
• Youth hostels in Auvergne
• More hostels in Auvergne
• Scouts of France with links to scouting sites and the national organization.