Located at the heart of France’s hexagonal territory, Auvergne is a sparsely populated land of volcanic plateaus and large valleys. Unlike the Alps to the east or the Pyrénées to the southwest, its highest peaks reach only 6,000 feet above sea level and are free of snow in summer. The local authorities? efforts to safeguard the environment have made Auvergne one of the last protected zones in Europe.
Before going to Auvergne, familiarize yourself with its history and its gastronomy.
Originally published on Travelandleisure by Rebecca Rose Your Dream Trip to France is Waiting in Seaside Normandy Parisian tastemakers are reinvigorating an old-fashioned corner of Normandy, adding modern flourishes to a rural French idyll. Christophe Delaune, the effervescent creator of Le Domaine d’Ablon, a group of […]
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Rosé Pamplemousse is a homemade regional cocktail -much like some French version of a Sangria- is taking France by storm. It’s easy to make at home and handful of grapefruit-flavored rosé wines have already become available in the U.S.—Meadowsweet Rosé, a brand commercialized by French wine […]
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Give 2 big thumbs up for Nimes’‘Great Roman Games’ invite young and old alike to experience the Roman era during a spring weekend in Nimes Check out the historic reconstruction and the unique show with 500 participants from around Europe, workshops for children and image projections.
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Originally published on Lost in cheeseland It’s around this time of year that readers with trips planned to Paris start wondering where they can spend a day or two outside of the city without traveling too far. The most common destinations range from Versailles and Chantilly […]
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Originally published on The Independent by AOIFE O’RIORDAIN The newest addition to France’s vineyard hotels is the Château Pierre de Serjac a sensitively restored wine-producing estate set in the vine-draped landscape of the Hérault, in the Languedoc. Opened in March, its focal point is a romantic 19th-century chateau […]
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French Polynesia, or Tahiti as it is also called, is about 17 degrees south of the Equator, half way between California and Australia, in the same time zone as Hawaii and on the same side of the International Dateline as North America. It is comprised of […]
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Originally published on The Guardian Simenon published his 75 Maigret novels and 28 Maigret short stories between 1931 and 1972; last month ITV broadcast the first of two made-for-TV Maigret movies starring Rowan Atkinson as the chief inspector. And so The Guardian set off to do […]
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Originally published on Evening Standard by RICHARD GODWIN The scented slopes of southeastern France hold a special allure in spring, when the boundless blue skies, wildflower meadows and picturesque villages form the perfect antidote to the long London winter. There are few more idyllic destinations than the chic […]
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Paris has changed a lot over the past 10 millennia: the earliest evidence of human habitation dates back to around 9,800 years ago, when Mesolithic hunter-gatherers made their home in what is now the 15th arrondissement. Excavations at Bercy turned up fragments of three wooden […]
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