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Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris
Notre Dame, Paris most visited unticketed site with upwards of 14 million visitors crossing its threshold a year, is a masterpiece of French Gothic architecture. It was the focus of Catholic Paris for seven centuries, its vast interior accommodating 6000-plus worshippers.Highlights
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Château de Fontainebleau
The resplendent, 1900-room Château de Fontainebleau’s list of former tenants and guests reads like a who’s who of French royalty and aristocracy. Every square centimetre of wall and ceiling space is richly adorned with wood panelling, gilded carvings, frescos, tapestries and painti
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Musée du Louvre
Few art galleries are as prized or daunting as the Musée du Louvre, Paris’ pièce de résistance no first-time visitor to the city can resist. This is, after all, one of the world’s largest and most diverse museums. Showcase to 35,000 works of art – from Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and G
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Arboretum Marcel Kroenlein
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Grotte de Massabielle
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Baptistry
Tucked behind the Romanesque church, this baptistry was built in the 6th century on the site of a Roman temple.
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Tour de Vésone
This 24.5m-high cella (shrine) is the last remaining section of a massive 2nd century AD Gallo-Roman temple dedicated to Roman goddess Vesunna.
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Arc Romain
Hidden behind Cathédrale St-Siffrein, the Arc Romain was built under Augustus in the 1st century AD and is decorated with worn carvings of enslaved Gauls.
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Vieil Aix
The mostly pedestrianised old city of Aix is a strollers and window shoppers paradise of narrow boutique-lined lanes and hidden squares filled with cafes or markets.
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Musée d’Art et d’Archéologie du Périgord
The city’s museum displays fine Roman mosaics, prehistoric scrimshaw, medieval stonework from the Cathédrale St-Front, and interesting art mainly from the 19th and 20th centuries.
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Musée de la Tapisserie
For an historical overview, head to this fine, small museum which houses intricate examples of both antique and modern tapestries produced in Aubusson. There are plans to expand the museum.
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Oratoire de Germigny
Oratoire de Germigny-des-Prés is one of France’s few Carolingian churches, renowned for its unusual Maltese-cross layout and gilt-and-silver 9th-century mosaic of the Ark of the Covenant.
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Jardin de lÉvêché
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Place du Marché aux Oies
A life-size statue of three bronze geese stands in the centre of beautiful place du Marché aux Oies (Goose Market Sq), where live geese are still sold during the Fest’Oie.The square’s architecture is exceptional.
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Quartier Mazarin
South of cours Mirabeau, Quartier Mazarin was laid out in the 17th century, and is home to some of Aix finest buildings. Place des Quatre Dauphins is particularly enchanting and has a fountain (1667) with water-spouting dolphins.
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Tour du Pape Jean XXII
The Tour du Pape Jean XXII (closed to the public) is the town’s tallest building at 34m high. It was originally part of a 14th-century mansion belonging to Jacques Duèse (later Pope John XXII), who constructed the Pont Valentré.
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Église Ste
Église Ste-Marie was ingeniously converted by acclaimed architect Jean Nouvel, whose parents still live in Sarlat, into Sarlat’s touristy Marché Couvert . Its panoramic lift offers 360-degree views across Sarlat’s countryside.
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Aiguilles de Port Coton
Just off the western side of the island, these magnificent rock stacks that resemble aiguilles (needles) are a must-see for panorama lovers and photographers. These dramatic rock formations were depicted in a series of canvases by Claude Monet.
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Saturday Market
For an introductory French market experience visit Sarlat’s heavily touristed Saturday market, which takes over the streets around Cathédrale St-Sacerdos. Depending on the season, delicacies include local mushrooms and duck- and goose-based products such as foie gras.
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Musée Calvet
Elegant Hôtel de Villeneuve-Martignan (built 1741–54) provides a fitting backdrop for Avignons fine-arts museum, with 16th- to 20th-century oil paintings, compelling prehistoric pieces, 15th-century wrought iron, and the elongated landscapes of Avignonnais artist Joseph Vernet.
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