One of France’s prettiest medieval towns is right on the shore of Europe’s cleanest lake. It just doesn’t get much better than this. Annecy is laced with canals and the historic streets have fun passageways darting off to the sides. The lake is glorious, bordered on all sides by mountains and with crystalline waters that …
Reims is champagne-central, and all your favourite houses are lined up for you to tour and taste. What’s more, and you might not know this, but every single French King, from 987 to Charles X in the 19th century, was crowned right here at the Reims Cathedral. The city also sparkles with minor discoveries that …
A Mediterranean resort that also includes Juan-les-Pins, Antibes has 25 kilometres of coastline and is a getaway for the very rich but also one of the French Riviera’s preferred destinations for French families. You can mix afternoons at the beach with day-trips to Nice and Cannes, which are both minutes from the resort on the …
Biarritz had been a humble whaling town on the Atlantic Ocean before it was discovered in the 1850s by Empress Eugénie de Montijo, the wife of Napoleon III. The couple commissioned an extravagant summer home on what was then just sand dunes, and so the Hôtel du Palais and Biarritz’s reputation as a getaway for …
Between Paris and Rouen is an endearing little town on the Seine. There are streets of half-timbered houses, countryside châteaux, and numerous sights that you may just recognise from somewhere else. That’s because they were painted by one of history’s greatest artists. Claude Monet lived just across the river and along with his friend Pierre …
La Rochelle’s Old Port, guarded by its medieval towers, is one of the most magnificent urban sights in France. Those towers are open to visitors and brim with 600 years of history. The city has never really conformed with the rest of France: It was a Huguenot stronghold in the Wars of Religion, is firmly …
Located in the southeast region of the USA, Tennessee is a landlocked state that is known for its agriculture and tourism. It is nicknamed the ‘Volunteer State’ because of the number of volunteer soldiers that hailed from the state during the War of 1812, though some say this nickname came from the volunteers during the …
Sitting in the Great Lakes region of North America, Illinois is an extremely diverse state. It is home to massive metropolises like Chicago, flat prairie lands, rivers and highlands, as well as a plenty of wildlife species. Illinois is a total of 150,000 square kilometres, with over 6,000 square kilometres of this being made up …
The seventh smallest state in the USA, Massachusetts is located in New England in the northeast region of the country. It is a beautiful state that is made up of coastal plains, hills, mountains and urban centres. Massachusetts is known as ‘The Bay State’ due to its large number of bays along its coastline. There …
At the top of our list are the four Great Lakes the create a majority of Michigan’s border. These massive lakes are have hundreds of great beach towns lining their shores. Also making the list are a variety of inland lakes that might be smaller in size, but pack a mighty punch. With something for …