France: Easy — Familiar and Plentiful.
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Easy — Familiar and Plentiful. Western-style toilets are standard, and public restrooms (including free-standing "sanisettes" in cities) are reasonably plentiful — bring small change just in case for the occasional pay toilet at a train station.
France: Easy — Familiar and Plentiful. Western-style toilets are standard, and public restrooms (including free-standing "sanisettes" in cities) are reasonably plentiful — bring small change just in case for the occasional pay toilet at a train station.
France has plentiful, familiar Western-style restrooms with few surprises.
It's a good habit almost everywhere, and genuinely essential in destinations marked "tricky" here — paper isn't always provided, especially outside hotels, malls, and major tourist sites.
That's usually a sign the local plumbing can't handle paper — put used toilet paper in the bin instead of flushing it. This is a real, common norm in much of Latin America and parts of southern/eastern Europe, not a hygiene downgrade.