A villa holiday in France has, for Europeans anyway, the attraction for many that it is easy to get to by car, travelling by air is not necessary. Villas, farmhouses and gites are plentiful in the popular areas of Brittany, Normandy, the Dordogne, Pas de Calais, the Auvergne, the Loire Valley and Poitou-Charentes. The rich diversity of villa and apartment accommodation in France means that it is possible to come back on holiday year after year and see entirely different aspects of this beautiful country on each vacation. There are simply thuosands upon thousands of villas, gites, farmhouses and apartments for rental all over France, ranging from simple Breton cottages to magnificent and luxurious villas with pools along the Cotes d'Azur on the Mediterranean coast. And that is not to forget that France plays host to a wide range of ski resorts in the beautiful Alps, from the purpose-built resorts such as Val D'Isere, Meribel La Plagne and Les Arcs, to the more Alpine traditional villages such as Morzine, Les Gets, and La Clusaz.