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Musée de l’Œuvre Notre
Occupying a cluster of sublime 14th- and 16th-century buildings, this museum harbours one of Europe’s premier collections of Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance sculptures (including many originals from the cathedral), plus 15th-century paintings and stained glass. Christ de Wissemb
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Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild
An over-the-top belle époque confection, this villa was commissioned by Baroness Béatrice Ephrussi de Rothschild in 1912. She was an avid art collector and the villa is filled with Fragonard paintings, Louis XVI furniture and Sèvres porcelain. From its balcony, nine exquisite theme
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Cité des Sciences
This is the city’s top museum for kids, with three floors of hands-on exhibits for children aged two and up, plus two special-effects cinemas, a planetarium and a retired submarine. The only drawback is that each exhibit has a separate admission fee (though some combined tickets do
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Musée du Désert
In the village of Le Mas Soubeyran, 5.5km north of the Bambouseraie, this intriguing museum traces the history of the Camisard revolt, a bloody religious struggle that raged in the early 1700s between the Catholic armies of Louis XIV and a guerrilla band of around 1000 Protestant H
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Musée Bernadotte
This townhouse is the birthplace of one of Napoleon’s favourite generals, Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte (nicknamed ‘Sergent belle-jambe’, on account of his shapely legs). Now a museum, the house explores the strange story of how Bernadotte came to be crowned king of Sweden and Norway in
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Grotte du Pech Merle
Discovered in 1922, the 1200m-long Grotte de Pech Merle is one of the few decorated caves discovered around the Lot Valley. It has several wonderful galleries of mammoths, bison and dappled horses, as well as unique hand tracings, fingerprints and human figures. Look out for the be
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Musée Pasteur
Tours of the apartment where the famous chemist and bacteriologist spent the last seven years of his life (1888–95) take you through Pasteur’s private rooms, with odds and ends including gifts presented to him by heads of state and drawings he did as a young man.Youll need to show
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Place du Tertre
It would be hard to miss the place du Tertre, one of the most touristy spots in all of Paris. Although today it’s filled with visitors, buskers and portrait artists, it was originally the main square of the village of Montmartre before it was incorporated into the city proper. One
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Château de Beauregard
Less visited than its sister châteaux, peaceful Beauregard has charms all its own. Built as yet another hunting lodge by François I, the highlight is an amazing portrait gallery depicting 327 notables of European royalty, clergy and intelligentsia. Spot famous faces including Chris
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LAdresse
Anyone who enjoys travel, exploration and communication will enjoy this contemporary postal museum, which offers a fascinating overview of the history of the French postal service, with exhibits spanning several floors. Imaginative temporary exhibitions might be anything from artis
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Grandes Écuries
The Grandes Écuries (Big Stables) house the Académie du Spectacle Équestre.
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Old City
Despite serious damage by German attacks in 1940, Blois’ old city is worth exploring, especially around 17th-century Cathédrale St-Louis , with its lovely multistoreyed bell tower, dramatically floodlit after dark. Most of the stained glass inside was installed by Dutch artist Jan
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Cité Vauban
Surrounded by mighty starburst-shaped ramparts, Briançon’s hilltop old town looks much as it did centuries ago, its winding cobbled lanes lined with Italianate, pastel-painted town houses. The steep main street, the Grande Rue – also known as the Grande Gargouille (Great Gargoyle)
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Église de la Madeleine
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Château de Saumur
Soaring above the town’s rooftops, Saumur’s fairy-tale château was largely built during the 13th century by Louis XI, and has variously served as a dungeon, fortress and country residence. Its defensive heritage took a knock in 2001 when a chunk of the western ramparts collapsed wi
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Musée Matisse
This museum, 2km north in the leafy Cimiez quarter, houses a fascinating assortment of works by Matisse, including oil paintings, drawings, sculptures, tapestries and Matisse’s famous paper cut-outs. The permanent collection is displayed in a red-ochre 17th-century Genoese villa in
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Camp des Milles
Eight kilometres southwest of Aix, this tile factory in Les Milles manufactured 30,000 tonnes of bricks and tiles per year from 1882 until 31 August 1939, when it was turned into a WWII concentration camp. Unnervingly intact, the camp has been preserved as a memorial. Modern exhibi
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Jardin des Tuileries
Filled with fountains, ponds and sculptures, the formal, 28-hectare Tuileries Garden, which begins just west of the Jardin du Carrousel, was laid out in its present form, more or less, in 1664 by André Le Nôtre, who also created the gardens at Vaux-le-Vicomte and Versailles. The Tu
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Château de Pau
Originally the residence of the monarchs of Navarre, Pau’s castle was transformed into a Renaissance château amid lavish gardens by Marguerite d’Angoulême in the 16th century. Marguerite’s grandson, Henri de Navarre (the future Henri IV), was born here – cradled, so the story goes,
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Viaduc de Millau
France has its share of iconic structures – Mont St-Michel, the Eiffel Tower, the Château de Versailles – but in centuries to come, the majestic Viaduc de Millau might well stand alongside them in terms of architectural importance. This gravity-defying toll bridge hovers 343m above
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