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Pont
Though it’s only one of several bridges spanning the River Aude, the Pont-Vieux is by far the oldest and prettiest. It was built during the 14th century to provide a quick link between Carcassonne’s lower and upper towns, and rebuilt in the 19th century. It’s one of the few survivi
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Eaux Bonnes
During the 19th century, the village of Eaux-Bonnes (literally, Good Waters) flourished as a spa resort thanks to its geothermal hot springs, which fed public baths frequented by many illustrious figures including the Empress Eugénie. It’s lost some of its lustre these days, but if
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Château de Miraval
The most prestigious Correns vineyard, Château de Miraval, was a monastery in the 13th century, then legendary Miraval recording studio, where Pink Floyd recorded part of The Wall in 1979. It shut its doors to passers-by when Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and kids moved into the dreamy
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Château Fort
Lourdes’ imposing castle stands on a sheer hill just behind the town. There’s been a stronghold here since Roman times, but the present building combines a medieval keep with fortifications added during the 17th and 18th centuries. Since the 1920s, the castle has housed the Musée P
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Musée Bartholdi
In the house where Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi was born in 1834, this museum pays homage to the sculptor who captured the spirit of a nation with his Statue of Liberty. Look out for the full-size plaster model of Lady Liberty’s left ear (the lobe is watermelon-sized!) and the Bartho
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Portail Royal
The cathedrals west, north and south entrances have superbly ornamented triple portals, but the west entrance, known as the Portail Royal, is the only one that predates the 1194 fire. Carved from 1145 to 1155, its superb statues, whose features are elongated in the Romanesque style
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Jardin de la Nouvelle France
Descending rustic, uneven staircases (by the white-marble Alfred de Musset sculpture on av Franklin D Roosevelt, or the upper garden off Cours la Reine) brings you to the tiny, 0.7 hectare Jardin de la Nouvelle France, an unexpected wonderland of lilacs, lemon, orange, maple and we
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Memorial – Lieu de Memoire
During WWII. residents of Chambon-sur-Lignon played a courageous role, sheltering over 3000 refugees, including hundreds of Jewish children, from deportation by the Nazis. Through photos, timelines, bilingual informational panels and audiovisual presentations, this brand-new museum
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Musée du Vieux Montpellier
This municipal museum has a fairly pedestrian collection of local interest pieces, ranging from furniture to tapestries and antique weaponry, but it’s worth a visit as it’s one of the few hôtels particuliers which you can actually see inside. The 18th-century room is particularly i
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Plage des Salins
Just east of St-Tropez, Plage des Salins is a long, wide sandy beach at the southern foot of Cap des Salins.At the northern end of the beach, on a rock jutting out to sea, is the tomb of Émile Olivier (1825–1913), who served as first minister to Napoleon III until his exile in 1870
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Place de la Comédie
Bounded by one of the channels of the Moselle, this neoclassical square is home to the city’s 18th-century Théâtre , France’s oldest theatre still in use. During the Revolution, place de l’Égalité (as it was then known) was the site of a guillotine that lopped the heads off 63 ‘ene
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Chaos de Montpellier
18km northeast of Millau, overlooking the Gorges de la Dourbie, this maze of canyons has been formed by countless millennia of water erosion, which has created more than 120 hectares of tortured limestone formations with fanciful names such as the Sphinx and the Elephant. Three tra
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Les Secrets de Moulinsart
Tintin fans might find the château’s facade oddly familiar: Hérgé used it as a model (minus the two end towers) for Moulinsart (Marlinspike) Hall, the ancestral home of Tintin’s irascible sidekick, Captain Haddock. A dynamic exhibition, Les Secrets de Moulinsart (combined ticket wi
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Bayeux War Cemetery
The largest of the 18 Commonwealth military cemeteries in Normandy, this peaceful cemetery contains 4848 graves of soldiers from the UK and 10 other countries, including a few from Germany. Across the road is a memorial to 1807 Commonwealth soldiers whose remains were never found;
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Réserve Africaine de Sigean
Now in its fourth decade of operation, this excellent wildlife reserve aims to recreate the atmosphere of the African savannah – a climate not all that different from the Languedoc’s dry and dusty plains. Lions, white rhinos, warthogs, giraffes and zebras are just a few of the wild
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Les Abattoirs
As its name suggests, this red-brick structure was the citys main abattoir, but its now a cutting-edge art gallery. Highlights of the permanent collection include works by Marcel Duchamp, Robert Rauschenberg and Robert Mapplethorpe, but the showpiece is a huge Picasso, La Dépouille
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Versailles Stables
Today the Petites Écuries are used by Versailles’ School of Architecture. The Grandes Écuries are the stage for the prestigious Académie du Spectacle Équestre . It presents spectacular Reprises Musicales , for which tickets sell out weeks in advance; book ahead online. In the stabl
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Vieux Pont
Be sure to head downhill along the steep cobbles of rue du Jerzual and rue du Petit Fort , two of the best-preserved streets in Brittany. Both are lined with art galleries, antiques shops and restaurants, and lead down to the Vieux Pont (Old Bridge). From here the pretty little por
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Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes
Like the Jardin des Plantes in which it’s located, this 1000-animal zoo is more than a tourist attraction, also doubling as a research centre for the reproduction of rare and endangered species. During the Prussian siege of 1870, the animals of the day were themselves endangered, w
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Musée du Santon
One of Provence’s most enduring Christmas traditions are its santons , plaster-moulded, kiln-fired nativity figures, first created by Marseillais artisan Jean-Louis Lagnel (1764–1822). This tiny museum displays a collection of 18th- and 19th-century santons , and runs visits to its
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