PARIS and Where Else in France for July?Suggestions please!

help us with our quagmire! we want to go to paris for 3 nights in early-ish july 07. but then where to go???

we were thinking of a canal barge but now decided it%26#39;s too confining and too much planned sight-seeing for us.

we like sunbathing (pools and beaches), fancy hotels, quaint villages, shopping, dining. we%26#39;re not into museums and churches. we don%26#39;t like going on organized tours.

we are in our 40s, from the U.S. and will be travelling without our kids.

so after 3 days in paris - where to go? st. tropez? cannes?

monte carlo? any other ideas? last summer we were in rome, positano, capri and sorrento and that was perfection. what would be the french equivalent of those types of places?

thanks!!!

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What%26#39;s your budget and time constraints?

2+ days and about 1k euros to spend:

Winetasting, chateaux %26amp; hot air balloon ride in Loire or Bourgogne. They have their share of quaint villages too.

7+ days and about 5-10k euros to spend: Madagascar, Seychelles, etc

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we would probably have at least 6 nights for the second place after 3 nights in paris and we%26#39;re not concerned about price.

but we%26#39;d like to stay in france...

any resorty french destinations we might like?

thanks!

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