Vernet-les-Bains in Pyrenées Orientales
Given some better known places above, you may well ask why this report is centred on Vernet-les-Bains. I was looking desultorily through guidebooks for a place worth spending a few nights. Vernet didn’t appeal massively but it was one of the marginals I b... more - travel report by
davidx
Sixt and aross the Alps - mechanically.
I can almost hear the voice of my classics master many years before saying, ‘Don’t you think that a remarkable thing to want to do?’ He was addicted to the question. It certainly meant going a very long way for a very short time but John had just been to... more - travel report by
davidx
Nice is nice!
We went to Nice for four days in the middle of June, taking advantage of one of the many budget flights now available from London. I had never been to the South of France and I really loved it! Nice is a beautiful city, very walkable, with a lovely old to... more - travel report by
bineba
Medieval Dinan, North East Brittany, France
The old town is most atmospheric, crammed full of half timbered buildings dating from the 13th and 14th centuries, with cobbled rambling streets all carefully restored and preserved. Interspersed throughout the old town are numerous individually owned caf... more - travel report by
britman
France - where your neighbours haven't been yet
Anyway, this year I went on such a tour under a catchy name “Where your neighbours haven’t been yet”. Let me translate it into “Places not visited by tourists so frequently in summer”. So here is my report on only some of the places (there were almost 30... more - travel report by
eirissa
Wonderful Paris
We spent more than a week in Paris (from Tuesday the 8th of June until Saturday the 19th of June) and it was nice to have lots of time to look around. We arrived in Paris by train (Thaly) from Amsterdam. more - travel report by
gardkarlsen
Brittany’s finest walled city
Saint Malo was once the home of pirates, explorers, hooligans, colonists and other interesting characters. In the 15th and 16th centuries, they were even able to force English ships to pay tolls for sailing near Brittany.
While we were plann... more - travel report by
bootlegga
Much More than Van Gogh
What first brought me to the southern French town of Arles was, of course, the fame of Van Gogh. After all, this is where he painted nearly 200 pictures, including his famous Sunflowers. While I discovered that the memory of Vincent is alive and well here... more - travel report by
whereisliz
Impressions de Paris
Even if we have had only 4 days to visit Paris, we could see quite a number of wonders, each of which struck us in a different way. Because of climatic conditions (it was pouring the first two days) we couldn’t stroll up and down parks. I don’t think a mo... more - travel report by
lukasdj
Also the birthplace of William the Conqueror
Caen is the home of William the Conqueror and also the jumping off point for tours of the D-Day beaches. A medium-sized city, it has a ring road and an efficient bus/tram system, so travelling around town is easy. Some major sites in town include the Chat... more - travel report by
bootlegga
