France

Featured Post

Parachute In Flight

Tuesday, 6th March 2007 by

As Google Earth is getting higher and higher resolution images, there’s much more to see in flight that the odd aeroplane, and today we can see a skydiver in flight over a French drop-zone. It looks like the skydiver is aiming for the small square landing pad over to the East, where another skydiver with an orange coloured parachute has already landed. If there was a third diver after the…

Most popular posts in “France

Eiffel Tower, Paris

Eiffel Tower, Paris Posted by
Tuesday, 21st June 2005

Arc de Triomphe

Arc de Triomphe Posted by
Friday, 24th June 2005

Disneyland Park

Disneyland Park Posted by
Friday, 24th June 2005

Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours

Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours Posted by
Friday, 1st July 2005

Mont Saint Michel

Mont Saint Michel Posted by
Wednesday, 13th July 2005

Louvre Museum

Louvre Museum Posted by
Wednesday, 7th September 2005

Recent posts in the “France” category

Population: One

Recently the town of Burford, Wyoming made the headlines when it was sold for $900,000, which isn’t a bad price…

World’s Tallest Lighthouses

For centuries lighthouses have served as navigation aids, helping protect marine traffic from running aground on dangerous coastlines, rocks and…

Top Ten Northernmost Items on Google Maps

Here at Google Sightseeing, our obsession with superlatives knows no bounds, whether it be the largest, the smallest, the funniest, or the strangest. Join us as we literally go in another direction with our look at ten items that have the right to be called the northernmost such things on Earth!

Right Down the Toilet

The toilet – home to some of humankind’s most intimate moments, and probably one of the last things you’d think you’d find on Google Maps (or think to look for, for that matter). One might be surprised, however, at just how many random toilets and toilet-related items are lying around on Google Maps. As part of our effort to maintain our highbrow credibility, we’ve collected a few for you here; it’s a dirty job but someone has to do it.

Rock ‘n’ Roll R.I.P.s

The world has a certain reverential (or just morbid) fascination with the death sites of famous musicians. The pantheon of dead music legends is far too great (and depressing) to capture in just one article, but here’s a look at just some of the famous/infamous places where great talents have met untimely ends.

The World’s Worst Airport Terminals

A list of the best and worst airport terminals in the world has recently been published on frommer.com, and despite…

Page 1 of 1512345678910...Last »

Welcome to Google Sightseeing

Google Sightseeing takes you on tour of the world as seen from satellite, using the free Google Earth program, or Google Maps in your web browser. Our team of authors present weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.

Could you be one of our authors? We're looking for more freelance writers - please get in touch for more information.

Best of Google Sightseeing

Sivash: The Rotten Sea

Sivash is the shallow system of lagoons that separates Crimea from mainland Ukraine. Home to large-scale salt deposits, Sivash may just contain the most colourful waters to be found in Google Maps, with ponds of blue, beige and organe readily visible.

Robben Island

Robben Island is a prison island off Capetown, South Africa, best known as the jail where Nelson Mandela was incarcerated…

Revisiting Area 51

Whether it’s space aliens, light-speed travelling spaceships, or just some top-secret government testing, the world’s most famous “secret place” has…

Top Ten Northernmost Items on Google Maps

Here at Google Sightseeing, our obsession with superlatives knows no bounds, whether it be the largest, the smallest, the funniest, or the strangest. Join us as we literally go in another direction with our look at ten items that have the right to be called the northernmost such things on Earth!

Top 5 Worst Traffic Cities in the World

Nobody likes traffic. The frequent starts and stops just to roll another few feet can grind away at anyone’s mind.…

World’s Tallest Lighthouses

For centuries lighthouses have served as navigation aids, helping protect marine traffic from running aground on dangerous coastlines, rocks and…

Recent Comments

  1. markus: wouldn’t the second tallest lighthouse in the world – located in the US – be the tallest in...
  2. edmonton website development: This is what I was exactly looking for thanks a lot for this.
  3. Ahmed: Are you kidding? Damascus, Cairo, and even Amman are far worse than half this list.
  4. Cameron: Cockburn island Ontario Canada has a population Of zerin it’s only town tolsmaville.
  5. Alex Turnbull: Apologies Longtime Reader, we make efforts to add these to every post, but sometimes they slip through...

Advertisement