The planet's most-visited country, distilled into two cities we cover: Paris — museums, architecture, fashion, cuisine — and Nice, the Riviera capital where half the Gulf summers. Gulf visitors are old friends here: halal dining is widespread, the palaces know their guests, and Schengen visas need early summer applications. Direct flights ~6h; TGV links Paris-Nice in 5.5h; EUR ≈ 4.4 SAR.