Travel to France to Watch the Champions League

The Champions League group stage is ready to begin, and three French teams have made the cut, which means that if you are a football fan who has ever wanted to travel to France, this could be a great time to do it. There will be at least nine Champions League matches in three locations around France. After reading about each location, use the form below to get the best available price for your football trip to France:

Also, don’t forget to get your Champions League tickets early – they can sell out fast!

Lyon

France’s second largest city is also home to its most successful club in recent times, Olympique Lyonnais, or Lyon for short. Lyon won the French league for 7 seasons in a row between 2002 and 2008, and will play host to teams from Germany, Portugal and Israel in this year’s Champions League Group B. Their home fixtures are:

14 September 2010: Lyon vs. Schalke (Germany)
20 October 2010: Lyon vs. Benfica (Portugal)
7 December 2010: Lyon vs. Hapoel Tel Aviv (Israel)

Marseille

Last year’s champion of France, Marseille won the Champions League in 1993, the only French club to do so. They’ll be trying to recapture past glories as they host sides from England, Russia and Slovakia in Group F. Their home fixtures are:

15 September 2010: Marseille vs. Spartak Moscow (Russia)
19 October 2010: Marseille vs. Zilina (Slovakia)
8 December 2010: Marseille vs. Chelsea (England)

Auxerre

Compared to Marseille or Lyon, Auxerre are minnows, and they find themselves in the Champions League Group of Death (Group G) along with European powerhouses from Spain, Italy and the Netherlands. But who doesn’t love to root for an underdog? Their fixtures are:

28 September 2010: Auxerre vs. Real Madrid (Spain)
3 November 2010: Auxerre vs. Ajax (Netherlands)
23 November 2010: Auxerre vs. AC Milan (Italy)