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Musée dArt Roger Quilliot
Situated northeast of the centre in Montferrand, this museum in a converted Ursuline convent features exhibits from the late Middle Ages to the 20th century, including significant works by Delacroix, the Ryckaert family and François Boucher. Take tram A from place de Jaude.
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Musée de l’Impression sur Étoffes
Once known as the ‘French Manchester’, Mulhouse is fittingly home to this peerless collection of six million textile samples – from brilliant cashmeres to intricate silk screens – which make it a mecca for fabric designers. It’s one long block northeast of the train station.
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Musée Interactif Hôtel
The highlight of this museum inside Le Puys historic hospital is the 19th-century pharmacy, elegantly panelled in walnut and wild cherry wood. Upstairs, French-language interactive exhibits focus on the architecture, history and natural history of the Haute-Loire region.
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Écomusée Basque
Around 2km north of St-Jean de Luz beside the N10, Basque traditions are brought to life on one-hour audioguide tours of this illuminating multimedia museum, which has three entire rooms devoted to Izarra (Basque for star), a liqueur made from 20 different local plants.
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Castet
Perched precariously on a glacial outcrop, this hilltop village boasts a 12th-century keep and a truly magnificent valley view. From the belvedere known as Port de Castet (868m), hiking and biking trails wind along the hillside, and you can hire donkeys in the village.
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Art Nouveau Synagogue
The colourful Jewish quarter of Pletzl starts in rue des Rosiers and continues along rue Ste-Croix de la Bretonnerie to rue du Temple. At its heart lies this art nouveau synagogue, designed in 1913 by Hector Guilard, also responsible for the citys famous metro entrances.
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Écomusée dOuessant
Two typical local houses make up this small ecomuseum. One re-creates a traditional homestead, furnished like a ships cabin, with furniture fashioned from driftwood and painted in bright colours to mask imperfections; the other explores the islands history and customs.
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Maison de Louis Pasteur
In 1827 Louis Pasteurs family settled in the bucolic village of Arbois (population 3653), 35km southeast of Dole. His laboratory and workshops here can be seen at the Maison de Louis Pasteur. The house is still decorated with its original 19th-century fixtures and fittings.
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Place Gaffory
From the citadel, meander downhill to place Gaffory, a lively square lined with restaurants and cafes and dominated by the 15th-century Église de l’Annonciation . The walls of nearby houses are pock-marked with bullet holes, reputedly from Corsica’s war of independence.
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Vallon des Auffes
Nestled around this picture-postcard fishing village are traditional cabanons (seaside cabins), built by fishermen to store tackle and cook traditional Sunday bouillabaisse . A narrow staircase (behind the bus stop) links corniche Président John F Kennedy with the harbour.
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Jardin Emanuel Lopez & Conservatoire Botanique National Méditerranéen
This wonderful ornamental garden is planted with palm varieties, cypress, vanilla and grenadier trees, cactus and bamboo, sweetly scented jasmine, and every herb known to grow under the Provençal sun. Its also home to the Parc National de Port-Cros Maison du Parc .
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Beffroi de Calais
An imposing landmark visible from anywhere in town, Calais 78m-high belfry was recognised as a Unesco World Heritage Site in 2005 and opened to the public in 2011. An elevator whisks you to the top, where you can admire 360-degree views of the town and surrounding landscape.
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Musée de la Photographie André Villers
The small but perfectly formed Musée de la Photographie has some fascinating black-and-white photos of Picasso, snapped by celebrated photographers such as André Villers and Jacques Henri Lartigue. It also hosts regular exhibitions on anything from fashion to war photography.
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Musée d’Histoire Naturelle
Sharing the same building as the Musée Archéologique, the Natural History Museum has the usual displays of stuffed beasties, fossils and skeletons, as well as a few menhirs decorated by prehistoric artists. Don’t forget to say bonjour to Maurice the stuffed giraffe as you enter.
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Château
Villefranche’s castle dominates the skyline above town. It was originally built by Vauban in 1681, and heavily refortified by Napoléon III between 1850 to 1856. You can wander freely around its corner turrets and battlements, as well as the defensive keep and a former prison.
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Girondins Monument
At the vast square esplanade des Quinconces, laid out in 1820, you’ll see the fountain Girondins monument, a group of moderate, bourgeois National Assembly deputies during the French Revolution, 22 of whom were executed in 1793 after being convicted of counter-revolutionary activit
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Maison Natale de Charles de Gaulle
The upper-middle-class house in which Charles de Gaulle was born in 1890 is now a museum presenting the French leader in the context of his times, with an emphasis on his connection to French Flanders. Displays include de Gaulles dainty baptismal robe and some evocative newsreels.
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Musée de la Sculpture en Plein Air
Along quai St-Bernard, this open-air sculpture museum (also known as the Jardin Tino Rossi) has more than 50 late-20th-century unfenced sculptures, and makes a great picnic spot. A salad beneath a César or a baguette beside a Brancusi is a pretty classy way to see the Seine up clos
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Hall des Sources
Most sources for drinking the mineral waters – including the elegant glass Hall des Sources and the Source de l’Hôpital, both in the Parc des Sources – require a prescription and are otherwise off-limits. If you’re keen, the tourist office has a list of local médecins (doctors).
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CERCIL
Moving exhibits (in French) document the deportation of the Jews, and especially the children of the area during WWII, and include a shack from one of the region’s three internment camps (Beaune-la-Rolande, Pithiviers and Jargeau). Find it one block northeast of the Cathedral.
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