Lorraineis the only French region to have borders with three other countries: Belgium(Wallonia), Luxembourg, and Germany(Saar, Rhineland-Palatinate). It also borders the French regions of Franche-Comté, Alsace, and Champagne-Ardenne. The location of Lorraineled to it being (...)

Lorraineis the only French region to have borders with three other countries: Belgium(Wallonia), Luxembourg, and Germany(Saar, Rhineland-Palatinate). It also borders the French regions of Franche-Comté, Alsace, and Champagne-Ardenne. The location of Lorraineled to it being seen as a strategic asset and as the crossroads of four nations, it had a very important role in European affairs. Many rivers run through Lorraine, including the Rhine, Moselle, Meurthe, and Meuse.

Some places are ideal for a sports-based holiday; others provide a more contemplative setting. The 700 kilometres of navigable waterway flowing through the region are an excellent illustration of this. As is the wide range of sports available - on land and lake or in the air. Between the hilltops of the Vosgesand the land of lakes, or the Argonne Forest and the vine-clad hillsides, Lorraineprovides some seemingly endless vistas but it also puts the spotlight on its towns.

 Their intimate atmosphere and their differences make them so beautiful. They had histories that were as eventful as they were prosperous. And all of them owe much to the designers and architects for whom they provided such rich material and who used it with such skill to give the towns the splendour we see today. Renaissance, 18th century, Art Deco, Jugendstil and modern architecture, religious buildings and military constructions may express a very wide range of styles but they all blend harmoniously with each other. This is a chance to plunge into artistic History. Memories remain; Memories are still alive today. Another, rather different, example of this is battlefield tourism, another fascinating possibility.