August 23, 2011
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Carcassonne – the largest preserved fortress town in Europe | France Updated: August 24, 2020 | By Claire | More Carcassonne is a city with great history, admired by some people, cursed by others. It is also a theme of a great board game Carcassonne that is often played by many enthusiastic players. Let’s travel […]
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Categories: France, Sights
August 22, 2011
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Unique tent as a transparent bubble. Luxury with nature at your fingertips | France Updated: August 23, 2020 | By Claire | More Travellers can try another original overnight. In France, in one of the local parks in northern Roubaix, you can find an opportunity to sleep in special transparent bubbles. Portable bubble rooms, made […]
Tags: accommodation, bubble-tent, bubbles, daily-mail, designer-pierre, dwellings, fingertips, france, french-designer, glass-balls, goldfish, low-energy, maximum-comfort, maximum-interaction, milky-way, nature, parc, recycled-plastics, romantics, roubaix, stephane-dumas, sunrise-and-sunset, tents, wardrobe
Categories: France, Nature, Travelling Tips
August 9, 2011
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Porticcio – one of the most beautiful bays of the west coast of Corsica | France Updated: August 10, 2020 | By Claire | More Porticcio is a fishing village located on the south-west of the island of Corsica, which belongs to France. This pleasant resort is located in a large bay right in front […]
Tags: beautiful-countryside, birthplace-of-napoleon, capital-of-corsica, corsica, corsica-ajaccio, corsica-ferry, corsica-france, family-holidays, ferry-travel, fishing-village, france, guard-towers, island, island-of-corsica, macchia, picturesque-villages, playing-tennis, portoficcio, sailing-school, sandy-beaches, scented-herbs, sea-site, ship-cruises, water-park, water-skiing
Categories: France, Nature
August 4, 2011
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Aqueduct Pont du Gard – ancient Roman aqueduct bridge in Provence, France Updated: August 5, 2020 | By Claire | More The basic requirement of life is water and regular water supply and its transport is an absolute necessity for a living. Since ancient times people knew this and tried to transport it as easy […]
Tags: ancient-roman-aqueduct, aqueduct, aqueducts, arcades, architectural-gem, bridge-over-the-river, france, life-is-water, liters-of-water, major-tourist-attraction, millimeter, monuments-in-france, pont-du-gard, provence, provence-france, roman-empire, roman-times, southern-france, technical-sight, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site, working-conditions, world-heritage-site
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July 28, 2011
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Gordes – one of the most beautiful villages in France Updated: October 31, 2020 | By Claire | More On the hills of Provence, in the middle of the limestone mountains of Lubéron, you can find a picturesque French village of Gordes. It has quite a dramatic location on a rocky outcropping, which gives it […]
Tags: advantageous-location, creative-period, decline-thanks, france, french-resistance, french-sculptor, french-village, german-troops, gordes, industrial-cities, limestone-mountains, marc-chagall, muscat-wine, prehistoric-times, provence, religious-wars, rocky-hills, rocky-outcropping, roman-occupation, souvenir-shops, town, victor-vasarely, village, wine-bars
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July 4, 2011
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Pierrefonds Castle – fairytale castle in France Updated: July 19, 2020 | By Claire | More Pierrefonds Castle (Château de Pierrefonds) is a nice picturesque castle located in France, about 80km north-east of Paris. The old castle was built on the place of today’s castle in Pierrefonds already in the 12th century. This great military […]
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Categories: France, Sights, Virtual Travel
June 28, 2011
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Plunging a staggering 1,733 metres into the Earth’s crust, Gouffre Mirolda is the deepest known cave in France and the third deepest on the planet. Hidden beneath the Savoy Alps near the Swiss and Italian borders, this subterranean giant represents one of the most extraordinary feats of modern speleology — an extreme vertical labyrinth that […]
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Categories: France, Nature
May 28, 2011
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Gouffre de Padirac is one of France’s most extraordinary natural wonders — a vast limestone chasm 103 metres deep in the Lot region of southwestern France that leads to an underground river navigable by boat through a labyrinth of spectacular cave chambers, stalactite formations, and crystalline pools. Discovered in 1889 by the explorer Édouard-Alfred Martel […]
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Categories: France, Nature
May 8, 2011
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The city of Tours – former capital of France Updated: February 4, 2020 | By Claire | More In the valley of Loire river, not far from the famous castles, you can find a big thriving city of Tours. It offers lots of museums, shops, restaurants and beautifully remodelled old buildings. During the reign of […]
Tags: antique-shops, archaeological-collections, basilica, capital-of-france, charming-town, city, craft-guilds, france, loire-river, louis-xi, old-buildings, roman-period, st-gatien, st-julien, stone-bridge, thriving-city, timbered-buildings, time-thanks, tours, town, trendy-restaurants, true-copy, wine-museum, world-war-ii
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May 3, 2011
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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, who impresses everyone especially because of its red saturated buildings, which contrast sharply with the surrounding dark green hills. […]
Tags: 18th-century, ancient-romans, avignon, ceramic-products, city, crowds, different-colors, facades, france, glazes, major-tourist-attraction, million-years, ocher, pigment, reddish-colour, region, roussillon, shades-of-red, south-of-france, souvenir-shops, steep-streets, surface-treatment, the-sunniest-region-in-france, top-of-the-hill, town, village
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