Entertainment Theatres, opera, restaurants, nightclubs, casinos, discos, etc. When visiting a church or religious building it is inadvisable for women to wear shorts. It is bordered by Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany in the north, Switzerland in the east and Italy and Spain in the south. Getting Around Country Taxis are generally plentiful and metered. Rental cars always available.
All French towns have bus services.
However, in Paris one of the quickest and least expensive ways to get around is by underground railway, the Metro. One of the best ways to travel outside Paris in summer and to ski resorts in winter is by rail. There are also car sleeper-expresses which provide overnight sleeping berths and transport passengers' cars on the same train. The Eurailpass is accepted in France. History France's history goes back as far as 20,000 BC when cavemen left their cave paintings at Lascaux.