| CHARTRES | City of N France known for its gothic cathedral |
| AUXERRE | Burgundy town known for its gothic cathedral |
| ARRAS | Town in N France known for its tapestries that was severely damaged in both World Wars (5) |
| BAYEUX | Town in Calvados, N France, noted for its Gothic cathedral and eponymous 11th-century tapestry (6) |
| ORVIETO | City in Umbria, Italy, noted for its Gothic cathedral (7) |
| AMIENS | Northern French city noted for its Gothic cathedral (6) |
| LILLE | City of N France, the site of a Eurostar station |
| LIMOUSIN | Region of central France known for its chestnut red cattle of the same name (8) |
| CAMARGUE | Region in the south of France known for its white horses (8) |
| BRIE | Most of this country and Britain all turn to a region in France known for its cheese? (4) |
| CHABLIS | Region in central France known for its very dry white wine |
| ARDECHE | Department in south-east France known for its forests and trails (7) |
| BEAUVAIS | City in northern France noted for its Gothic Sainte-Pierre cathedral (8) |
| DIJON | City of eastern France, known for mustard (5) |
| LYON | City in France known for silk |
| AUBUSSON | Town in central France, known for the manufacture of tapestries (8) |
| COLOGNE | City on the Rhine; its gothic cathedral was the tallest building in the world, 1880-4 |
| TOULOUSE | City of southern France known as La Ville Rose (The Pink City) due to its characteristic architecture (8) |
| CHOLET | Town of western France, known historically for its striped red handkerchiefs (6) |
| ORLEANS | City of N central France (7) |
