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Hiking in the Ecrins National Park Haute-Alpes France
Ecrins National Park is about a 90 minute drive east of Grenoble. It’s the largest National Park in France and features some of the wildest and most dramatic scenery in the Alps. Perhaps because of that, it remains relatively unknown, its paths less travelled than those […]
Diamonds of Light: A Limited Edition Souvenir of the Eiffel Tower
Limited edition Eiffel Tower souvenir How many technicians does it take to change a light bulb in the Eiffel Tower? The Eiffel Tower, loved by most, loathed by the likes of Guy de Maupassant who dined at the Tower daily, “so I don’t have to look […]
Found: 19th-Century Champagne Bottles in a Collapsed Cellar
These champagne bottles were last seen 118 years ago. Michael Boudot/Champagne Pol Roger At the beginning of 1900, French wine-making brothers Maurice and Georges Roger had an estimated 1.5 million champagne bottles and 500 casks of other wine safely stored in the cellar below their family […]
How to do Nice on a budget
Imagine you’re wandering through the winding narrow streets in the old town of Nice. The sun is beating down, the sky is a deep spirit-lifting blue. You stop at Cours Saleya market to buy a snack – maybe socca, the local speciality, a pancake made from […]
3 of the most beautiful villages in Provence
We look at some of the most beautiful villages in Provence – in a region known for its extraordinary charm, these three stand out… Gordes – the heart of Provence If there is one place on the bucket list of most visitors to Provence, it has […]
What to see and do in Le Havre Normandy
Le Havre in Normandy is an ancient town with a contemporary footprint. It’s a UNESCO listed city, recognised for its extraordinary architecture. Le Havre’s origins go back to 1517 when Francis 1 commissioned the construction of a port, it was known then as Francispolis. These days […]
Pierre de Coubertin: Father of the Modern Olympic Games
Photo: Wikipedia/ Bain News Service. Public Domain As all eyes are focused on the 2018 Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea, few realize the Olympic Games as we know them today began just a little over a century ago. In the ancient Olympic Games, amateur athletes– […]
5 Places: Five Places to Go in Montmartre
For years, the 11th and 12 arrondissements, two formerly quiet, working class neighborhoods in eastern Paris, have been the preferred location for the French capital’s best young chefs. Why? Affordable apartments assure a hungry young clientele for the new restaurateurs who choose the area for […]
New Museum in Southern France Will Host World’s Largest Picasso Collection
Move over, Musée Picasso—there’s a new museum coming to France and it’s slated to have the largest Pablo Picasso collection in the world. Catherine Hutin-Blay, the artist’s stepdaughter, recently purchased an old convent in Aix-en-Provence with the intention of creating a museum dedicated to Picasso and […]