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20 Easy Day Trips from Paris
There’s so much to see in Paris and thanks to the country’s fantastic public transit system, many other cities can be seen while keeping base in the capital. Here’s a list of places that are easy to get to via train that will help you fulfill your French bucket list. First: what qualifies as a … Continue reading 20 Easy Day Trips from Paris
Posted on Sunday, November 18, 2018 in DestinationsTags: europe, france
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Highlight: Avignon
Continuously inhabited since it was a Roman city, Avignon is a place that has experienced centuries of exciting history. A stone’s throw away from Marseilles, Avignon also played Seat of the Papacy from 1309 til 1377, the only other time the Seat was in a city other than Rome. If the extended history of this … Continue reading Highlight: Avignon
Posted on Tuesday, October 16, 2018 in DestinationsTags: avignon, europe, france, provence
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A Day Trip to Fontainebleau and Vaux-le-Vicomte
If you’ve any interest in French history, you may have heard of the castles Fontainebleau and Vaux-le-Vicomte. Both are located not in the Loire Valley but the Île-de-France region and have a lot of history behind them, as many French chateaux do. On my return to Paris, the urge to see such monuments brought me … Continue reading A Day Trip to Fontainebleau and Vaux-le-Vicomte
Posted on Tuesday, August 21, 2018 in DestinationsTags: europe, france
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