Originally Posted by
travelmom4
I spent a week on Lake Como once in July and we called it our "Streetcar Named Desire" holiday-no air-conditioning and crowded, hot beaches so a mandatory cool shower every afternoon was our primary relief-would prefer to not repeat that experience.
But that's Europe during the summer months. Even the North of France can get very high temperatures during the summer months. Heading into the Alps won't necessarily help with that. Moreover, I would say that charming alpine villages are very rare in France.