Get Sparkled! : Epernay
Have a taste for excellent champagne while on vacation? If you like toasting the bubbly refresher, why not visit and pop your next bottle in a place where everything revolves around champagne – Epernay! A picturesque town of rolling hills and...
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Ride the Highest Waves: Hossegor
If you have one day decided to live your dream of going to one of the best beach breaks in the world, then pack your wetsuits and point your surfboard to France’s southwest coast of Hossegor. Cuddled by an emerald forest and ocean of fine, sandy...
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Feeling Artisty? : Montmartre
What do Monet, Renoir and Van Gogh had in common? Aside from being penniless impressionists, these celebrated artists had in one time in their lives lived in Montmartre, Paris' premier artists' domain. The 130-meter-high hill, known for being the...
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Behold Lascaux Caves' Amazing Art: Lascaux Caves
Imagine yourself walking in the forest. Going deeper into the woods, you come across a small, strange-looking rock with a dark middle. As you examine it more carefully, you realize it's not actually a rock but a cave!
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The Macabre Awe of Paris Catacombs: Paris Catacombs
Most Parisians have never visited this place. A city known for its popular streets, extravagant cathedrals, museums and the Eiffel Tower, a lot of visitors tend to overlook this unique tourist attraction. For one, it is located beneath Paris’...
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The Sun-kissed City: Saint Tropez
This city was made internationally popular by French actress and fashion model Bridget Bardot in her 1956 movie “And God Created Woman.” Since then, this unassuming fishing village of tantalizing turquoise sea became known as a playground for the...
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The Gem Of Corsica: Bonifacio
With a name like Bonifacio you’d think you were in some small Italian town off the Amalfi Coast or a Tuscan Village. No, not in this case—and sort of. Bonifacio is a small town, roughly 138 square kilometers with only a population of about 2,900...
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Viking's Seaside Resort: Mimizan
Mimizan, France, is a historian and outdoor recreationist dream destination. This city, found in the Aquitaine Region and once a base area for Vikings, is divided between Mimizan-Bourg (Town Center) and Mimizan-Plage (Resort); and where you’ll...
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Inspiringly Delicious: Provence
The area of Provence, France, which includes cities like Aix-en-Provence, Cannes, Nice, and Marseille is a treasure trove of history, literature, art, culture, and cuisine. It honestly sounds too good to be true. But, it’s not. The region of...
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Flea Market Parisian Style: Les Puces de Saint Quen
More than 100,000 people a weekend converge on a Parisian institution. No, it’s not the Louvre. No, it’s not the Eiffel Tower, either. It’s a place known simply as “Les Puces”, or Les Puces de Saint Quen. In English, that’s the “the Fleas of...
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Dinosaurs were hedonists, too: Villers-sur-Mer
In the modern day village of Villers-sur-Mer in the Northwest of France in the Basse-Normandie Region, you’ll find a fantastic town of dinosaurs. No, not the real life, long toothed, talon wielding dinosaurs, mind you, but beautiful topiary...
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Roman Legion Turned To Stone: Le Ménec
In Le Ménec You Might Find A Roman Legion Made Of Stone
Legend in Le Ménec tells that the menhirs (large upright stones from thousands of years ago) found in the village are a Roman Legion that was turned to stone by the magician Merlin....
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A Landscape That Inspires: Côte d’Opale
Côte d’Opale is an area in the north of France, bordering the North Sea and the English Channel, from the Calais Region to Boulogne-sur-Mer, a tiny hustling fishing port. That’s its geographical location. What this region is really known for (and...
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More Than Once An Olympic Village: Albertville
If you’re old enough to remember the 1992 Winter Olympics, then you’ve heard of the Southeastern French village of Albertville. However, winter sports are only the tip of the proverbial iceberg of this small Rhône Alpes Region town.
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Thousand Years Old Curious Atmosphere : Mont-Saint-Éloi
Only seventy-five years ago (or so) the area of Mont-Saint-Éloi in Northern France (and close to the border of Belgium) was occupied by Germany during the Second World War. Seems like a long time ago, right? Well, that’s just a mere drop in time...
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