France is one of the last remaining affordable yet highly desirable European locations for vacation homes and if you're considering investing in real estate overseas or you're indeed looking for a vacation property that you, your family and friends can use, why not consider buying a vacation home in France?

France is home to multinational residents from across the world - employment and cultural hubs such as Paris are home to professionals from the US, Canada and the UK for example, holiday hotspots such as Nice and Cannes on the French Riviera are home to affluent individuals from many of the world's leading nations - and what's more, the French countryside and smaller coastal villages and towns are seeing a steady inward flow of interested international vacation home hunters as well...

Now while the likes of Paris, Cannes and Nice have price tags for real estate as impressively high as the local architecture and ambience is attractive, if you move away from these hubs you quickly find beautiful and very well priced real estate for sale.

As an overseas buyer your interests are as well protected in France as a local French citizen's which affords you great peace of mind when buying a vacation home in France. You are best advised to find a lawyer in France who can speak to you in English and translate all relevant documentation and contract related paperwork into English for you so that you understand every facet of the purchase process.

In terms of what's available, because France is such a large nation with its landmass only slightly smaller than that of the State of Texas in the US, you can naturally imagine that there is a wealth of diverse real estate stock available.

For example - in Northern France many overseas buyers are attracted to French rural living, they buy up a farmhouse project to renovate or they purchase an already renovated stone house in the countryside with beautiful rustic views.

Alternatively, because France has well over 3,000 kilometers of coastline anyone seeking a seaside chalet, condo or even villa in France has plenty of choice of location to choose from - although not a perfect rule, the further south you go the better the climate and the higher the price of property per square meter.

On the other hand, those who enjoy winter sports and the great outdoors rather than swimming in the Mediterranean Sea or sunbathing on pristine beaches can consider Alpine property in the Pyrenees in southern France or in the French Alps in the east of the nation.

For culture junkies the main cities in France are home to a wealth of art, history, culture, entertainment and excitement - consider Paris, Lyon, Bordeaux, Montpellier or Marseilles maybe...

And finally, for the oenophiles out there (i.e., wine aficionados and connoisseurs) the French countryside is the perfect place to pick out a property overlooking or even within a vineyard so that you can sample the local produce and indulge your passion for wine in unarguably one of the finest nations in the world for wine production.

France is an accessible nation with around 477 airports nationwide, it is an affordable country and it is a nation offering vacation home hunters pretty much everything their heart desires. So if you are on the lookout for that perfect holiday property, you should really be looking into buying a vacation home in France!