15 Best Things to Do in Dieppe (France)
Winning fame as the closest beach to Paris, the seafront at Dieppe has a long line of 19th-century mansions and hotels from when sea resorts first became fashionable. The windswept …
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15 Best Things to Do in Menton (France)
In the Belle Époque, Europe’s aristocracy fell head over heels for Menton, the last French Riviera resort before Italy. Queen Victoria stayed in 1882 and the Imperial Russian expat community …
15 Best Things to Do in Amiens (France)
“Venice of the North” sounds like an nickname that would be hard to live up to. But Amiens, with its floating gardens and pretty canal district, does a fantastic job. …
15 Best Things to Do in Midi-Pyrénées
Encompassing a big swathe of south-western France, the Midi-Pyrénées is as varied as it is large. In the north you’re in the craggy limestone foothills of the Massif Central, while …
15 Best Things to Do in Narbonne (France)
Narbonne as founded as “Narbo”, a Roman settlement on the Via Domitia that grew rich from sea trade via its natural harbour. You can get a feel for the splendour …
15 Best Things to Do in Nîmes (France)
Ancient Nemausus was a city on the Via Domitia, the first Roman road built in Gaul. Now, many hundreds of years after the fall of Rome the monuments constructed here …
15 Best Things to Do in Alès (France)
For much of its existence until the 1980s, Alès was a city nourished by the coal industry. Tourism in the city revolves around this heritage, so you can venture into …
15 Best Things to Do in Mâcon (France)
At the very south of Burgundy is a sweet town by the Saône, where the region’s glazed roofs and timber framed buildings are replaced by the flat-fronted pastel houses of …
15 Best Things to Do in Le Mans (France)
“Le Mans” means racing: The venerated 24 Hour of Le Mans is still going strong almost a century after the first race. Motorsport lovers can pay homage at the track, …
15 Best Things to Do in Ajaccio (France)
The capital of the Corse-du-Sud has the happy knack of packaging all of the things that people adore about Corsica. You’ve got history, because Napoleon Bonaparte was born and baptised …