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Visit Mirepoix – the French Hippie Capital

Mirepoix is one of these places you rarely hear about if you are not a local. The heavily marketed Paris, Mount Michel and Loire Valley castles don’t leave it a chance. This is the good thing about the French hippie capital, it is not a tourist town…

Chateau du Vau hotel reviw

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Chateau du Vau Hotel Review

Chateau du Vau is a small, rural hotel in France. It can be described also as a guest house born from one of the bourgeois houses inhabiting this part of the country…

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Less Touristy Things to Do in Paris for Women

On February 9th Air France celebrated the 20th anniversary of their hub at Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport. It is a good occasion to share some ideas on how to escape the usual and see this much-loved city in a different way – by exploring the less touristy things to do in Paris…

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Top Loire Valley Castles in France

Loire Valley covers a region of 170 km in the central part of France. From more than one hundred castles opened to the public, you can limit the list to a few that absolutely deserve to be seen. The top castles in Loire Valley are different from one another but all were constructed during a French historical period …

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10 Lesser Known Places in Southern France

France is a popular destination for travelers and Paris is even the most visited city in the world! But France is not only about its chic capital and French Riviera…

La prairie de la rencontre Napoleon

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Say Hello to Napoleon – Visit La Prairie de la Rencontre

One place that many French people like is La Prairie de la rencontre. It is important point and very emotional moment from the French history and it is remarked by a horseback statue of the Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.

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What It Is to Visit Montmartre in Paris – Story in Photos

Montmartre is the place with the most artistic Parisienne feel. Despite the many tourists that wander the streets around, the atmosphere of the old times when some (now) famous painters have lived and worked on the hill can be felt today. But if you listen to the Charles Aznavour’s song ‘La Boheme’, the bohemian spirit of Montmartre is long gone …

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BANDOL – Cote d’Azur Charm & Paradise for Wealthy French Retirees

The first time when I visited Bandol eleven years ago, I noticed the large number of well-maintained, elegant pensioners on the cafe terraces of the harbor…

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CHAMBORD CASTLE – Throwback in the Time of Charles Perrault’s Fairy Tales

When I was a kid, my favorite fairytale was La Belle au bois dormant – “Sleeping Beauty” by Charles Perrault. I think the history did not matter so much to me as the environment presented in the story. An unreal, fantasy world, which was so far from my socialist real world. Years later, I found this unreal world in the real one – when I visited the Chambord Castle in France…

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