Is it hard to travel in France without speaking French?
Traveling in France without speaking French ???? Travelling in France without speaking French is possible. Not speaking French will not get you into any MAJOR problem. In case of emergency there will always be someone to help you.
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It is definitely possible to travel to France while only speaking English. Especially in the more tourist oriented areas, it really is not a problem to only speak English. While France has less English speakers than other European countries, it was still relatively easy to manage.
In their language difficulty ranking, the Foreign Service Institute puts French in the top ten easiest languages to learn for English-speakers, alongside notoriously easy languages such as Spanish and Italian.
It depends where you go, most parts of Europe would be reasonably navigable with only speaking English. To be polite at least put in some effort to learn the language of the countries you are visiting. It's a small gesture and it will endear the locals to be more inclined to help you.
France is one of the most well-touristed destinations on the planet and a safe and easy country for travel. Women traveling solo will generally feel safe almost anywhere they go. As long as you're an independent person at home, you won't have any trouble getting around France by train, bus or rental car.
You can learn basic grammar and vocabulary at any age. That explains my “good enough” French. But there's also an enormous amount of low-frequency words and syntax that even native speakers might encounter only once a year. Knowing any one of these “occasional” words or phrasings isn't essential.
You can learn French in one year. Some people take a decade to learn a language, while others have become fluent in a year or less. It all depends on your discipline. In a nutshell, you need to be proficient in reading, writing, listening, and speaking to be considered fluent.