Join Us in France · Sunday, October 25, 2026
Annie Sargent and Jennifer Hanniman discuss how climate change and extreme summer heat in the south of France are driving tourists toward northern destinations like Brittany, Normandy, and Lille instead of traditional hotspots in June, July, and August.
“It's also a fact that because of climate change, many parts of France are getting impossibly hot, especially in the summer months. And this year in particular, all of the tourism boards and people who crunch the numbers have noticed that there's a significant uptick in the number of people who are going to the north of France”