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Best of France

"Rendezvous en France" at BEST OF FRANCE®

Press release

On September 26 and 27 in New York City, the world's most-visited country takes up weekend residence in America's most-visited tourist attraction. Dominating Broadway at Times Square for several blocks north of 38th Street, BEST OF FRANCE® will come to life as a free smorgasbord of more than 200 exhibitors celebrating France's incomparable savoir-faire. The France Tourism Development Agency Atout France and more than 30 partners will be prominent in the mix in a block-long "Rendezvous en France" area dedicated to tourism.

Hermione frigate

Lafayette's Hermione at dock in Greenport, then sails on to Newport, Boston & Castine

Press release

The replica of La Fayette’s frigate, L’Hermione, completed its transatlantic crossing of 3,819 miles from Rochefort, France in the Poitou-Charentes region to America. It sailed into Yorktown, Virginia early morning on June 5, 2015 and has continued up the coast, making such stops as Annapolis, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York.

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