bugatti veyron bateaux mouche Deauville is a resort town in the Calvados region of the French province of Normandy, founded by the Duke de Morny.[1] Back in the 11th century, Deauville was a fishing village. Back then, it was located up on a hill. In the 1860s, the Normandy coast became fashionable among the Imperial […]
Dancing at the Nice Jazz Festival Cimiez is a neighborhood north of Cours Saleya on a hill site that used to be settled by Cemenelum, a powerful Roman town. Cimiez is today Nice’s most wealthy quarter and filled with the city’s best museums. The highlight of Cimiez is the Musée Matisse, which is housed in […]
The small Volcano Le Havre (or Le-Havre-de-Grace) is the largest city in Normandy, France, at least as far as population is concerned. This city represents the antithesis of what everyone imagines a Norman town to be. It isn’t the typical cobbled-street, half-timbered housed, medieval-looking town that’s crowned with a token Romanesque or Gothic Church that […]
MusГ©e d’Orsay – RhinocГ©ros par Jacquemart – 24-12-2007 – 19h17 Orsay or Quai d’Orsay (7th Arrondissement) is a neighborhood in Paris that is not far from the Eiffel Tower and located on the left bank of the Seine River. Characterized by old-fashioned apartments and private town houses, you’ll also find embassies, museums, and gorgeous residences […]
La CheminГ©e La Défense is the business district on the western edge of Paris. It does not belong to any of the city’s 20 arrondissements. It is the largest office development in Europe, launched in 1957 to create a new home for leading French and foreign companies. The concept of a new modern business district […]
Courseulles-sur-Mer is a popular port town in French Normandy, its beach being the site of the WWII, D-Day landing by Canadian troops. On that summer day on June 6 of 1944, more than 14,000 Canadian troops stormed the beaches between Graye-sur-Mer and St. Aubin-sur-Mer near Courseulles, referred to as the Juno invasion beach. After the […]
Trouville-sur-Mer 2008 Trouville-sur-Mer is a small town in the Calvados region of French Normandy, known as a fishing community.[1] The town sits on the opposite side of the Touques River[2] bordered by Deauville.[3] Despite being less extravagant as Deauville, Trouville is probably more popular as a resort town.[4] Trouville was founded by Daumier, Boudin, and […]
Les hauteurs de Granville Granville was nicknamed the “Monaco of the North” in the 19th century thanks to its resemblance to the principality.[1] This coastal commune is located in the Manche region of the French province of Normandy. Administratively, Granville includes the Isles of Chausey, which is a group of small islands and islets that […]
Cafe Gondree, Pegasus Bridge, Benouville, France Bénouville is a small village in the Calvados region of the French province of Normandy, situated between Ouistreham and Caen. The village is located on the banks of the Orne River. Tourists visit this small community of less than 2,000 residents mainly to check out the Château de Bénouville […]
Paris – Au Printemps Grands Boulevards is the term Parisians use to describe the east-west area around the boulevard running from Place de la République to Place Charles de Gaulle. This boulevard changes names six times and sits north, paralleling the Faubourg St Honoré, Quai d’Orsay, and the Marais quarters. In the eastern section of […]