Eurail Benelux-France Pass

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Cannes Film Festival - Be a visitor at one of the most important film festivals in the World, where cinematic creation and motion-picture industry professionals are celebrated.

Tour de France - This major bike race takes place in April every year. The bicycle road race runs over more than 3,500 kilometers and covers the majority of the French regions with the final goal in Paris.

Toulouse Christmas Market - The Place du Capitole in Toulouse has an annual festive makeover as the elegant square is decked with bells, lights and other Christmas finery.

The French lead the world in rail technology. French National Railroads (SNCF) operates some 21,000 miles of rail lines. Paris has six major railway stations, but travelers using rail passes will arrive in either Gare du Nord, Gare de l'Est, Gare de Lyon, Gare d'Austerlitz, or Gare Montparnasse. Gare du Nord is the gateway to the channel ports of Calais and Boulogne plus Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, and London via Eurostar. Gare de l'Est is the gateway to eastern France, Germany, Luxembourg, Austria, and Switzerland. Gare de Lyon is the gateway to the Riviera, southern France, Italy, and western Switzerland. Gare d'Austerlitz is the gateway to central and southwest France as well as Spain and Portugal. French National Railroads accepts the variety of Eurail passes and France Railpasses. © 2009, The Globe Pequot Press, LaVerne Ferguson-Kosinski Information by Europe by Eurail