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Bastion de l’Étendard
Inside the citadel’s old gateway, the Porte de Gênes, is the 13th-century Bastion de l’Étendard , which houses a small historical museum exploring Bonifacio’s past.
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Bassin d’Apollon
At the eastern end of the Grand Canal, the Bassin dApollon was built in 1688. Emerging from the water in the centre is Apollos chariot, pulled by rearing horses.
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Tour Suffren
Predating St-Tropez citadel are three medieval towers guarding the port: Portalet, Jarlier and Suffren, the oldest building in St-Tropez, dating from the 15th century.
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Parc de la Pépinière
On a hot summer’s day, escape the crowds in this formal garden, with ornamental fountains, a rose garden and a Rodin sculpture of baroque landscape painter Claude Lorrain.
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Île de la Pietra
For an easy stroll, head over the short umbilical causeway that links rocky Île de la Pietra to the mainland, past a Genoese watchtower and up to the lighthouse .
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Château de Gourdon
It is no longer possible to visit the interior of Gourdons 12th- to 17th-century chateau, but panoramic coastal views from its elegant landscaped gardens are magnificent.
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Chapelle des Pénitents
The pretty riverside Chapelle des Pénitents was built to accommodate pious parishioners – access to the abbey church was strictly reserved for monks and paying pilgrims.
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Collégiale Notre Dame
Enormous square-pillared 15th-century Collégiale Notre Dame has a never-completed bell tower and choir stalls, ornamented with a menagerie of comical and cheeky figures.
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Fontaine dAmboise
Two blocks north of the cathedral, this early-16th-century fountain is the focal point of a pretty park with panoramic views towards Puy de Dôme and other nearby peaks.
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Jardins Georges Delaselle
The mild island climate of Île de Batz supports the luxuriant Jardins Georges Delaselle , founded in the 19th century, with over 1500 plants from all five continents.
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Musée de la Poste
The half-timbered, 16th-century Musée de la Poste is one of the two of the only prewar buildings left in the city centre near Château de Guillaume le Conquérant.
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Musée des Confluences
Phase Ones crowning attraction is the ambitious science-and-humanities museum, the Musée des Confluences , housed in a futuristic steel-and-glass transparent crystal.
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Musée Extraordinaire
This curious village museum was founded by Provençal painter and diver Georges Mazoyer, whose passion for the sea shows in the museum’s fossil exhibits and oceanic art.
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Maison du Tapissier
Next to the tourist office, this 16th-century building holds a recreation of a 17th-century weaver’s workshop, with tools, original furniture and vintage tapestries.
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Maison Jules Roy
Up near the top of town, the house of Jules Roy (1907–2000) sits in the shadow of the basilica. Walk around his beautiful gardens and see the Algerian-born writers study.
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Jardin Médiéval
This delightful garden contains a wealth of plants and flowers that served a variety of purposes for their medieval planters: medicinal, nutritional and symbolic.
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Palais du Pharo
This palace perched at the edge of the Vieux Ports southern promontory is surrounded by the Jardin du Pharo, a perfect picnic spot and ideal for watching sunsets.
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Musée de l’Alta Rocca
The well-organised Musée de l’Alta Rocca does a good job of elucidating Corsican geology, climate, flora and fauna. It also features ethnology and archaeology sections.
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Musée dAquitaine
Gallo-Roman statues and relics dating back 25,000 years are among the highlights at the impressive Musée d’Aquitaine. Ask to borrow an English language catalogue.
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Musée du Tire
A shrine to corkscrews, this quirky museum displays over 1000 of them at Domaine de la Citadelle, a winery on the D3 toward Cavaillon, where you can sample Côtes du Luberon.
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