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@Wannabe
+1 for the calanques, but I think the access roads / paths are officially closed in the summer months (july-august I think) as the fire risk is so high. Cassis is the town at the eastern edge of the calanques, and is gorgeous, but would be utterly RAMMED in summer. The bike ride Marseille-cassis is EPIC. Look it up on google maps, the elevation profile makes me ill just thinking about it.
As for the rest of france, the scenery down the middle is pretty nice (google verdun gorge, gorge du tarn), the Pyrenees are worth a look, too.
Paris...well, I live here, so I'm biased. There are cheap hostels, but parking is a nightmare. Camping outside and training it in may be possible, but i don't know anyone who's done it.