Roussillon – one of the most beautiful villages in France Updated: July 19, 2020 | By Claire | More In the south of France, about 30 km from Avignon, there is a small village of Roussillon, which impresses everyone especially because of its red saturated buildings that contrast sharply with the surrounding dark green hills. […]
Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp is one of the most important works of 20th-century architecture, a radical pilgrimage chapel designed by Le Corbusier in 1955 whose sweeping white concrete roof (said to be inspired by a crab shell), irregularly shaped windows of coloured glass, and organically curved walls broke every rule of traditional church […]
Millau Viaduct – the tallest bridge in the world | France Updated: July 19, 2020 | By Claire | More When you drive through the French A75 highway which connects Paris with Barcelona, you cannot miss the technical gem in the form of the highest bridge in the world – Millau Viaduct. The bridge crosses […]
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Pyrenees Mountains – hiking paradise between Spain and France Updated: July 19, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Pyrenees – wild, scenic and beautiful. This mountain range forms a natural border between France and Spain and in spite of many civilisation shoots it is still among the best preserved nature areas in Europe. However […]
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The cathedral of Notre-Dame d’Amiens is not just the largest Gothic cathedral in France. It is a masterwork of medieval engineering, a towering expression of faith and ambition that can hold Notre-Dame de Paris inside it twice over. The cathedral rises 42 metres to its vaulted ceiling, with a spire that reaches 112 metres into […]
Just north of Paris, hidden among the trees of the Oise region, lies a full-throttle celebration of French history, humour, and comic book culture. Parc Astérix, named after the beloved Gaulish warrior created by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, opened in 1989 and has grown into one of the most popular theme parks in France. […]
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Val d’Ese is Corsica’s premier ski resort, an unlikely Alpine-style winter sports destination set on the Mediterranean island of Corsica, where you can ski with views of the sea at altitudes up to 2,350 metres in the rugged mountains of the Corsican interior. One of France’s most unusual ski areas, Val d’Ese proves that Corsica […]
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Monte Cinto (2,706m) is the highest peak on the Mediterranean island of Corsica, a challenging granite giant in the Monte Cinto massif that offers the most spectacular summit panorama on the island: on clear days, the entire sweep of Corsica from the Italian coast to the Gulf of Porto is visible from the top. Climbing […]
Mont Blanc (Monte Bianco in Italian) is the highest mountain in the Alps, the highest in Western Europe, and the highest in the European Union at 4,805.59 metres, a colossal dome of snow and ice straddling the border between France and Italy that has been the holy grail of mountaineering since its first ascent in […]
Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild is one of the most beautiful gardens and palaces on the French Riviera, a pink Belle Époque fantasy perched on the narrowest point of the Cap Ferrat peninsula near Nice, surrounded by nine themed gardens and offering breathtaking 360° views of the Mediterranean on both sides. Built between 1905 and 1912 […]