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Monaco
Monaco With its pleasant climate and enviable location on the French Riviera along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, Monaco is famous as a playground for the rich and famous. Still, its unique charms attract less wealthy travelers worldwide too. It is best known for the opulent Casino de Monte C
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Bastille
Bastille Place de la Bastille is one of the more well-known squares in Paris and occupies an important place in French history. This is where the Bastille Prison stood until 1789, when this symbol of royalist tyranny was stormed on July 14 during the French Revolution. No trace of the Bastille pri
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Opéra Garnier
Opéra Garnier It may not be the first iconic structure that comes to mind when you think of Paris, but to Parisians the Palais Garnier - Opera National is a beloved symbol of the importance placed on the arts in the City of Light. Completed in 1875 per architect Charles Garniers specifications, it
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Epernay
Epernay Where Dijon is a center for Burgundys red wine production (and that of mustard), Epernay is the main entrepot for the wines of the Champagne region. Visitors from all over the world come to this small town to buy champagne and see how it is bottled. As it is the center for champagne produc
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Baux de Provence
Baux de Provence Les Baux-de-Provence is a charming town in the Provence region, and whose name refers to its location: in Provençal, a baou is a rocky spur. Baux-de-Provence has a fantastic position amidst the Alpilles mountains, and is considered to be one of the most beautiful villages in Franc
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Towers of the Notre Dame Cathedral
Towers of the Notre Dame Cathedral The cornerstone of Pariss Notre-Dame Cathedral was laid in 1163, but it wasnt until almost a hundred years later, in 1250, that the towers were finished (and almost another hundred until construction was completed, in 1345). Its bells, the largest of which actual
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Saint-Emilion
Saint-Emilion Saint-Émilion is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, famous for the catacombs under the town, built on a beautiful spot overlooking the Dordogne valley. The steep cobblestone streets are lined with charming houses, fascinating Romanqesue ruins, and underground Monolithic church carved into
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Quartier Latin
Quartier Latin The Quartier Latin (Latin Quarter) in Paris is commonly thought to be synonymous with the fifth arrondissement, but it actually stretches to the sixth as well. Its also known as the epicenter of Parisian academic life, as it is home to no less than six universities and technical sch
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Grands Appartements du Roi
Grands Appartements du Roi The highlight of a visit to Versailles is entering the Grand Apartments of the king and queen, built for Louis XIV by Le Vau in the 1670s. The King’s Apartments - or Grands Appartements du Roi - are a succession of salons dedicated to the gods and planets, used for court
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Palais Royal
Palais Royal Its easy to pass by the Palais-Royal in Pariss first arrondissement; there is so much around it of note, and visitors are either rushing past to get to the Louvre, or wiped out after an afternoon at that world-famous museum. But its gardens, which are free and open to the public, are
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Galeries LaFayette
Galeries LaFayette When in Paris, do what the French do and head to Galeries Lafayette to shop. Here you’ll find ten floors full of designer fashion, plus accessories, shoes, perfumes and nearly a whole floor of lingerie. Well, what did you expect? This is Paris. And all of it enclosed under a 190
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Le Marais
Le Marais Each arrondissement in Paris has a number and a name; the fourth arrondissement is known as Le Marais. Youll probably find yourself in this neighborhood more than almost any other in the city. The historical home of the Parisian aristocracy and the Pletzl, its Jewish community (as well a
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Pont des Arts
Pont des Arts Paris’ Arts Bridge, or Pont des Arts (sometimes known as the Passerelle des Arts), runs across the Seine River, linking the Cour Carrée (central square) of the Palais du Louvre on the North Bank with the landmark Institut de France on the South Bank. The famous pedestrian bridge was
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Ile St.-Louis
Ile St.-Louis Of the two islands in the Seine River within the city center of Paris, Île de la Cité is the more famous; its the one that has Notre Dame and the Pont Neuf. But Île Saint-Louis is nothing short of a Parisian dream. Its hard to believe it was once for cattle grazing!Connected both to
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Ile de la Cité
Ile de la Cité Ile de la Cité shares the Seine River with its upstream neighbor, Ile Saint-Louis, right in the middle of Pariss city center. The westernmost end of the island is mostly residential with a small park at the tip, while the eastern end gives visitors the best view of the flying buttre
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Montparnasse
Montparnasse Legendary for harboring some of Paris’s most iconic artists and intellectuals, Montparnasse lies on the city’s Left Bank, in the 14th arrondissement, and remains a popular tourist attraction. Taking its name from the Greek Mount Parnassus, home to ‘the Muses’ (the nine Greek Goddesses
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Delville Wood Cemetery
Delville Wood Cemetery The World War I struggle for the strategic ground of Delville Wood lying at the heart of the Somme battlefields took place between Commonwealth and German soldiers during July and September 1916. During this time a number of fierce battles were fought and even though the Com
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Saint-Malo
Saint-Malo Sitting on the English Channel coast of Brittany in northern France, the gray granite, walled town of St-Malo is today the prettiest of the Channel ports and a great gourmet destination. With a skyline dominated by the spiky tower of medieval Cathédrale St-Vincent, the town has a long a
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Villa Savoye
Villa Savoye Located 20 miles (33 kilometers) northwest of Paris, Villa Savoye a Poissy (Villa Savoye for short) was built by Swiss-born architect Charles-Édouard Jeanneret between 1928 and 1931. The architect, more popularly known as Le Corbusier, was a founding member of the International Congre
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Port Grimaud
Port Grimaud Next door to St Tropez, the seaside town of Port Grimaud is known as the “Venice of Provence” for its famous canals. Just 50 years old, the town was designed by architect François Spoerry in the 1960s, who designed the pastel-colored houses in the traditional fisherman’s style of the
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