Bordeaux car rental- Bordeaux is in the south-west of France, on the river Garonne, The city of Bordeaux is divided by the river, the East of Bordeaux on the right bank and the Weast of Bordeaux on the left bank. Bordeaux was founded by the Romans around 300 BC. From the 12th to the 15th century Bordeaux was subjet to English rule. In the 18th century trade with the West Indies brought great wealth to the city. France is famous for its wines and Bordeaux wine must be one of the most famous in France. Bordeaux wines can contain up to five different grapes.

Calais car hire- Calais is in north-west of France, Calais is France's principle port for travelling to Britain although the Channel Tunnel comes out near Calais. The shopping complex in Calais is aimed at visitors to France from Britian wishing to take advantage of the lower sales taxes on alcohol and ciggarettess in France. Control of Calais was contested for hundreds of years between France and England, and was finally taken back by France in 1558.

Cannes rental cars- Cannes is located in southern France, on the French Riviera, Traditionall Cannes was little more than a fishing village until the begining of the 19th century when forign visitos to France and French aristocrats started to build second homes by the sea and changing Cannes into a resort town. Cannes in now perhaps most famous for its film festival, the largest in France.

Carcassonne hire cars- Carcassonne is in southern France, and is about 50 miles south-east of Toulouse. In about 100 BC the Roman ocupiers of France fortified the hill top settlement of Carsac, and some of the Roman fortifications can still be seen today. In the 13th Century Carcassonne was a border town between France and Aragon. The impressive fortifications consist of two rings of ramparts and 53 towers. In the 17th c Carcassonne became a center of the textile industry. Carcassonne was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1997. Today Carcassonne is one of the most popular tourists sites in France, receiving more than 3 million visitors a year.

La Rochelle car rental- La Rochelle is located in western France. La Rochelle is on of France's major Atlantic ports. In 1988 the near-by Island of Ré was linked to the city by a bridge spanning almst 3 km. In France there an be few people who have not heard of Jacques Cousteau, his ship the Calypso is now permenently moored at the Maritime Museum in La Rochelle.

Lille hire cars- Lille is situated in northern France on the Deûle River close to the border with Belgium. In its long hstory Lille did not alway belong to France, and has variously been Austrian, and part of the Spanish Netherlands. It became permently part of France in the 18th century. Lille is a major textile manufacturer. Lille is one of France's biggest University towns. One of France's greatest heros, Charles de Gaulle was born in Lille

Lyon car hire- Lyon is located central France. Two of France's best known wine-growing regions are located near Lyon: Beaujolais to the North, and Côtes du Rhône in the South. The Rhône and Saône rivers meet in the centre of the Lyon, Lyon is known as one of the finest producers of silk in France. Lyon has one of the largest public squares in France, called place Bellecour. Lyon has some of the best colleges and universities in France. France gave the world cinema, the Lumière brothers lived in Lyon and people mark the Lumière festival, by putting lamps in their windows. Lyon was founded by the Romans in 43 BC. and during the Renaissance the silk trade with Italy caused the city to prosper and the Italianate buildings in Lyon are stil eveident. Lyon was a centre for the occupation of France during the war, and also a base of resistance and there is a resistance museum

Limoges vehicle hire- Limoges is located in the Limousin region of France, and is a city of about 150,000 people. Limoges is known in France for its medieval enamels and internationally for its 19th century porcelain. During the second world war one of the major resistance movments in France was in Limoges. Limoges has its own new university founded in 1968. One of France's greatest painters, Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born in Limoges.

Marseille rental cars- Marseille is the second biggest city in France. Marseille is located on the Mediterranean coast in Provence . Marseille is France's largest commercial port. Marseille was established in 600 BC by the Phoceans and is the oldest city in France. When France has its empire, Marseille , was vital the gateway to the Mediterranean, Today Marseilles is one of the major cities not just of France but of the whole of southern Europe . Marseilles is home to the Château d'If, where Dumas' fictional hero The Count of Monte Cristo was imprisioned.

Montpellier car renting- Montpellier is located in the south of France. It has one of the oldest Universities in France. Montpellier, unlike many towns and cities in France was not foundd by the Romans but in the middle ages.

Nantes hire cars- Nantes is located in the west of France, in the Pays de la Loire région, Nantes is the 6th-largest city of France.
Nantes is one of the largest ports in France. Nantes used to be the capitol of Brittany until the Vichy government in the 1940's. Nantes has a number of France's major coleges and universities. Nantes was the birth place of the writer Jules Verne.

Nice hire car- Nice is located in Southern France on the Mediterranean coast, between Cannes and Monaco and is a major tourist centre on the French Riviera. Nice was founded by the Phocaeans of Marseille about 2000 years ago, Nice was not always governed by Francebut was clamed by many diferent nations and pricipalities,until1860 when it wasfinally to become a part France. Nice has one of France's major observatories. The city is served by Côte d' Azur International Airport.

Paris rental car- Paris is the capitol of France, and France's largest city. Paris is buit on the River Seine, and so is divided the Right Bank to the North and the Left Bank to the south. Paris was founded aroundthe Ile de la Cité, a small island on which sits today the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris. Paris was home to a tribe of Gauls until the arrrival of the Romans. During the 11th century the city grew to include the Right Bank. The nucleus of the Paris we see today was built in the 12th and 13th centuries, including the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, and the Sorbonne. In the Middle Ages Paris was a trading and intellectual centre. The French Revolution started with the storming of the Bastillein 1789. In 1870 The siege of Paris and the surrender of the Paris Commune, ended the Franco-Prussian War. The Eiffel Tower, the best-known landmark in France, was built in 1889.

Perpignan car hire- Perpignan is located in Southern France, in the Pyrenées-Orientales region of France, Perpignan was founded in the 10th century, Perpignan's cathedral, The cathedral of St Jean was finished in1509 having taken nearly 200 years to build. Perpignan changed hands between France and Spain, finally being taken by the French in the mid 17th centruy, Perpignan is famous for its wine, olive oil, cork wool and and leather.

Poitiers car hire- Poitiers is located in central France, on the Clain river in the Vienne département. it was a pre roman settlement, Poitiers is famous as the site of the Battle of Poitiers in 1356, during the Hundred Years' War between England and France. Poitiers has one of the oldest universities in France.

Strasbourg hire car- Strasbourg is located in theAlsace region of eastern France, close to the Rhine frontier with Germany. Strasbourg is a centre for manufacturing and engineering, as well as communications. It is the base of the Council of Europe, the European Court of Human Rights. In the early 16th century Strasbourgbegan to follow the teachings of Martin Luther, and it was these people who established the famous university of Strasbourg. Strasbourg belonged to France by the end of the 17th century, and was a haven of feligious tollerence in an otherwise religiousl intolerant France.
After the Franco-Prussian War, Strasbourg was ocnce again out of French hands until 1919 when it was restored to France by the Treaty of Versailles. It was briefly under German control again in1940-1945.

Toulouse car hire-Toulouse is in the Southern France in the Garonne Vallley. Toulouse was founded by a Celtic tribe that lived in the Garonne valley for 5000 years. It was its strategic position, laying between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, and the Romans colonized Toulouse in the 2nd century A.D. Toulouse carried on a prosperous wine trade all throughout its early history. Saint Saturnin brought Christianity to Toulouse he was killed by a mob who tied him to the tail of a bull. There are many places named in his honorthroughout Toulouse, Taureau, meaning bull is reflected in Rue du Taur and Notre-Dame-du-Taur. The Saint-Sernin basilica and the Matabiau station ( the main station of Toulouse) are named after him. Matar bios means "to kill the bull". Toulouse was invaded by the barbarians starting in the fifth century. The Visigoths that made Toulouse their empire's capital.

The Cathars, a heretical sect tried to gain a foothold in Toulouse in the twelfth century. They were defeated by Simon de Monfort and then Toulouse was subject to the rule of the Inquisition. By the fourteenth century Toulouse suffered as a result of the Hundred Years' War, then famine, floods and fires. A period of prosperity ended with Toulouse suffering after the descovery of indigo, a much less expensive dye, from America then a civil war between Calvinists and Catholics, and fire, famine and an outbreak of plague lasting up to the seventeenth century.

Toulouse started to grow1750's when Toulouse built the Jardin Royal, the Grand-Rond, the Canal de Brienne, Quai Dillon, the Patte-d'Oie area, Place Wilson and the Place du Capitole. By the French Revolution of 1789 Toulouse finally came into the modern world, electing its first mayor. Toulouse joined the modern age opening Matabiau stationi 1856, and boulevards replaced the city walls of the medieval town.

Toulouse grew in the early 20th century, immigrants fleeing from fascist dictatorships in 1914, Italy in the 1920's and Spain in 1934. Toulouse went through its own industrial revolution, during the first World War, and Toulouse became a center of the chemical industry. Toulouse built the Latecoere aircraft factory in the 20's and so began France's airmail service. During the Occupation in World War II, In recent yearsToulouse was a center for the French Resistance. Touluse has become a major center for thethe electronics and space industry. Toulouse is France's fourth largest city. It has France's second largest university and is the aeronautic's capital. Visit the centuries of history in Toulouse and make the most of all that the area has to offer the history enthusiast in your Toulouse-car-hire.co.uk hire car.

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