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Solo Traveller Guide

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Travel France alone without being alone — group journeys, hosts and places to meet.

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For solo travellers · Paris, Bordeaux, Nantes, Montpellier

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  1. Choosing where to go
  2. Join, don't just visit
  3. Travel together
  4. Staying safe

1. Choosing where to go

Cities with strong café and market cultures are the easiest to meet people in: Bordeaux, Nantes, Montpellier, Lyon.

Show a visitor your cityThings to do togetherLocal guide exchangeThings to do together
Visitors meeting farmers at the Pari Fermier fair in Paris
Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Miroir d'eauThe world's largest reflecting pool — the city's salon.PlaceLes Machines de l'ÎleThe great elephant and the carousel of marine worlds.Place

2. Join, don't just visit

Pick one recurring thing per city — a choir rehearsal, a bal, a language table — and go twice.

Language caféThings to do togetherBal folk initiationThings to do together
Residents on a guided heritage-day visit of the Meudon quarries
Photo: Wikimedia Commons

3. Travel together

Join a planned journey or launch one of the platform's itineraries with your dates; companions find you.

Rail weekend togetherThings to do togetherRoad trip with shared seatsThings to do together
Travellers watching countryside curve past
Photo: Unsplash

4. Staying safe

Meet in public places first, share your plans with someone, and use the platform's block and report tools whenever something feels wrong.

Tip: Emergency number in France: 112.

Residents and local councillors at the inauguration of a redesigned street in Avon
Photo: Wikimedia Commons

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  • Choosing where to go
  • Join, don't just visit
  • Travel together
  • Staying safe