Favourite Metro French Region?

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My heart says Limousin Auvergne. Massif Central in other words. Good memories of my childhood in Puy-de-Dôme and Corrèze.

I love, the landscapes of the area of Marseille and Sète.

Well, other than that, I can't really say I have a favorite region.

Be careful, Hash said "excluding your home/native region"...

A problem for me, as I was born in Bordeaux (Aquitaine) and as I think it's my favourite region, without any problem
- the prettiest city in France after Paris: Bordeaux; its architecture is marvelous;
- the magnificent Perigord with those almost yellow walls and rocks, with its history and with its "foies gras";
- the wines of Bordeaux, best in the world (I mean big names in Médoc, Saint-Emilion, Pomerol, Graves and Sauternes, not the small wines which can be awful);
- nice and not too high mountains in Pyrenees;
- the fantastic sandy coast of Médoc and Landes;
- the wonderful bassin d'Arcachon;
- the mild smelling of the Landes forest;
- the beautiful waves of the ocean in Médoc and Pays Basque;
- the good climate (but without the vulgarity and FN voters of Languedoc and Provence...)
etc...

I can't choose Brittany as I live here (but I wouldn't: around Rennes, it's much too sad: no hills, no forests, no lakes, no beautiful architectures, not many castles....and elsewhere in Bretagne, apart from the coasts and the old castles, the countryside is sad and architecture of houses, especially since 1980s, is disgusting)
(no offense, Hash ).

So I pick Alsace: good wines, good food, wonderful Vosges, nice curves of the Rhin, wonderful villages and cities (Colmar, Riquewihr, Kaysersberg, Ottrott, etc) and unique views of almost all the region from Vosges-mont Ste-Odile.
A very homogeneous region with fine architecture.

Of course, some areas of Basse-Normandie, of vallée de la Loire, of the Alps, of Jura, of Aveyron are beautiful. Paris is very fine. Quercy is very beautiful (department of Lot in Midi-Pyrenees). Roussillon is fine.
But, in all of these cases, another parts of the region are common or even bad. So...

I must say I don't know Corsica at all.

[big bad fab]

Which region have you voted for, Hash ?
Pays de la Loire, considering Brittany is "forbidden" for you ?

[big bad fab]

Which region have you voted for, Hash ?
Pays de la Loire, considering Brittany is "forbidden" for you ?

PdL? Yuck, no. I'd never vote for a fake abomination.

I know, I've forgotten to put a in my post...

Don't believe Grenoble is a nice city: it's a sprawling and overcrowded modern city, blocked by mountains around it, very polluted as air doesn't move enough.
Of course, when you're student and you like skiing, you don't mind and are pleased to live in Grenoble for some years.
Annecy, Chambéry and, in the south, Briançon or Embrun are far nicer Alpes cities.

"Lmousine" is also a fine car in Frenche and a cow species (good and savvy meat...) !