As of 2009 there are 890 designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including one approved in 1979 called Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vezere Valley in the Department of the Dordogne, Region of Aquitaine. The designation applies chiefly to the caves at Lascaux, which were discovered in 1940 by four teenagers (and a dog named Robot), and opened to the public just after WWII. The Lascaux complex of caves Read More ...
The Camargue (Camarga or Camargo in Occitan) is the space formed by the swampy delta of the Rhone River. Camargue is a spacious strip of land of 145,300 hectares in southern France, situated geographically between the two main arms of the Rhone delta and the Mediterranean Sea. The territory spreads to the east to the plain of the Crau, to the west to Aigues-Mortes, and to the north to Beaucaire. Read More ...
Nice, the fifth largest city in France, is considered to be the unofficial capital of the Riviera – offering a perfect location from which to explore the Cote d’Azur and the South of France. The French Riviera Cote d’Azur, also known as the French Riviera, is the area of France that runs along the country’s lower southeast Mediterranean coastline – bounded by Hyeres to the west and Menton to the Read More ...
Cassis is a tourist town of the Bouches-du-Rhone department. Famous for its cliffs and coves, it is also known for the wines (mostly white, but also pink) produced in the region. The city lies on the Mediterranean, about twenty kilometers east of Marseille. Cassis has eleven kilometers of coastline and two listed sites: the Massif des Calanques, listed since 1975, and the Dirty Cape, since 1989. These two sites, and Read More ...
The Cathedral of Saint-Andre is a sacred building in Bordeaux, that serves as the seat of the Archdiocese of Bordeaux. The building was classified as a historic monument in 1862. The cathedral is the largest and most important in the city. It is 124 meters long, 18 meters wide in the transept, 23 meters high, and 29 meters high in the nave in the choir. The essentially Gothic building, from the late Read More ...
There’s no doubt as a nation we’ve become obsessed with wine. From drinking it, to talking about it, to even collecting it. For many of us, le vin is one of our greatest passions. In fact, did you realise that collectively we spend £11.5 billion on wine each year, with around one billion bottles sold annually? In this webTV show we will learn from Colin Deane the finer art of Read More ...
The French have long been renowned for their fashion sense and French lingerie is just one more way in which the French have shown that they understand how to be sexy and alluring. The world of French lingerie includes many sexy and luxury items that make the wearer feel very confident, sensual, and sexier. Since the French first invented lingerie back in the 1600s there are now a huge number Read More ...
