French property buyers will have numerous opportunities to combine looking for a place to buy and enjoying one of the most prestigious cycling events in the world when the Tour de France takes place this summer.

Beginning on July 4th, the event lasts until July 26th, encompassing 21 stages and covering 3,500 kilometres as it tours round the country.

The race starts in Monaco and covers south of France venues such as Marseille and Montpellier, before crossing into Spain and Barcelona and then back into France via Andorra.

Along the route French property buyers in central areas like Limoges and Vattan, or in the mountains around Annecy and Bourg Saint-Maurice will be able to combine their real estate pursuit with the chase on wheels going on before them.

The tour finishes on the Champs-Elysees in Paris.

French property buyers may also wish to visit the capital on July 14th, which is Bastille Day, when they can see the president leading a large parade as the country celebrates the anniversary of the start of the French revolution in 1789.

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