Fifty thousand tons of limestone blocks hold themselves together without mortar. The Pont du Gard spans the Gardon River with three tiers of arches, the tallest reaching nearly fifty metres. It carried water from a spring in Uzès to the city of Nîmes, a distance of fifty kilometres with a gradient of just thirty-four centimetres […]
Categories: France, Sights, Sights, Technical Monuments
France is a country of remarkable diversity, and the contrast between its northern and southern regions is one of the most striking anywhere in Europe. The decision between a holiday in northern France and a holiday in southern France is a choice between two distinct cultures, climates, and landscapes. North France offers the drama of […]
Categories: France, Travelling Tips
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 the valley of the river Tarn in southern France and was […]
Categories: France, Sights, Sights, Technical Monuments, Virtual Travel
Saint-Tropez is the most famous fishing village in the world, a sun-drenched Provencal port on the French Riviera where billionaires’ superyachts bob alongside traditional wooden pointus, the glitterati gather at the legendary Club 55 on Pampelonne Beach, and the soft Mediterranean light that inspired Matisse and Signac still bathes the pastel-coloured houses of the old […]
Categories: Cities, France, Nature, Sights, Sights, Virtual Travel
