Whether you say tomato or tomahto, you’ll want to visit the lovely 16th-century Château La Bourdaisière, in Mountlouis-sur-Loire, France, on September 12 and 13 for the Tomato Festival if you love the luscious fruit. Owned by Prince Louis Albert de Broglie, aka "The Garden Prince," the château's unique tomato conservatory features over 630 varieties of heirloom tomatoes in every imaginable size, shape, and color. This will be the 11th annual Fêtes des Tomates held on the property.

Nearly 170 of Auguste Rodin’s works (many never before shown) are on view at the Palais Lumiere until September 20. "The Kiss," "The Thinker," and "The Door of Hell" are just a few of Rodin’s famous sculptures exhibited during "Rodin, and the decorative arts." The exhibition highlights a lesser-known side of Rodin's work, the decorative arts, with an impressive selection of vases, busts, engraved mantle pieces, columns, and other ornamental pieces.

Salvador Dali is in Burgundy until November 15. Just in case you missed the news about his death, we’ll clarify that it’s his works on view at the Château de Pommard, the largest private vineyard in Burgandy, and not the sharp-mustachioed artist himself (that mustache terrified a friend of mine when he was in an elevator in New York City as a little boy, but we digress). Organized in conjunction with the Stratton Foundation and Dali Espace, dedicated to Salvador Dali, this exhibition commemorates the 20th anniversary of Dali's death and features 28 selected works, including several large sculptures and a series of original etchings from numerous books of art that Dali produced over the course of his career.

If you’re a tree-hugger (and we mean that in the most flattering sense of the hyphenated word), climb your way to La Cabane de Lyon, built in 2008 according to HQE (High Quality Environment) standards, which is France’s designation for green construction. Designed as an alternative event space to host business meetings, receptions, and team-building activities, the tree house was made from 100% natural and recyclable materials (including duck-feather insulation and special "eco-friendly" toilets).

When in Paris...

Le Meurice, the historic hotel on Rue de Rivoli has been given a glamorous makeover. The Dorchester Collection tapped French designer Charles Jouffre to redesign the former palace’s luxurious rooms and suites. Jouffre highlighted the hotel’s grace and style with an updated aesthetic that melds chic French history with a more modernized elegance.

If a trip abroad is not in your cards, the feistily fun products from French firm Acrila will have you feeling like you’ve thrown off the staycation doldrums and landed in the land of great wit made infamous by the French Court. The company creates acrylic products that are stamped with grass, European street scenes and spiraling shoots of bamboo, and come in many shapes, like the Eiffel chair and their Marquee lamp shaped like a guitar. The Eiffel is just the trifle to brighten the end of summer blues (or maybe a little hit of air guitar?).