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Inspiration, destinations and the art of living in the finest regions of France. Our stories, to prepare a stay or to prolong it.

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Val Cenis: 125km of north-facing slopes in Haute Maurienne Val Cenis
Val Cenis: 125km of north-facing slopes in Haute Maurienne Haute Maurienne is the eastern extremity of the valley. Beyond it lies Italy. Above Lanslebourg, the Col du Mont Cenis…
May 2025 · 3 min Read the notebook →
Skiing Tignes-Val d'Isère: 300km of slopes and the Grande Motte glacier Val-d'Isère
Skiing Tignes-Val d'Isère: 300km of slopes and the Grande Motte glacier At 3456 metres, the summit of the Grande Motte cable car sits upon the glacier. The cabin holds 125 passengers…
May 2025 · 4 min Read the notebook →
Aiguilles de Bavella: seven granite peaks in the heart of Corsica Solenzara
Aiguilles de Bavella: seven granite peaks in the heart of Corsica The Bavella Pass sits at 1,218 metres altitude. Reached from Solenzara via a one-hour winding drive up the Travu valley,…
May 2025 · 4 min Read the notebook →
Canella Beach: 400m of fine sand south of Solenzara Solenzara
Canella Beach: 400m of fine sand south of Solenzara The coastal road descending from Solenzara to the south winds between maquis and granite rocks. Approximately 3.5 kilometres after Favone…
May 2025 · 3 min Read the notebook →
Lido de Sète to Marseillan: 12km of sand between sea and Thau lagoon Sète
Lido de Sète to Marseillan: 12km of sand between sea and Thau lagoon The Lido de Sète to Marseillan is not a beach: it is 12 kilometres of sandy strip separating the Mediterranean…
May 2025 · 3 min Read the notebook →
Grands Bains du Monêtier: a thermal spring exploited since Roman times Serre Chevalier
Grands Bains du Monêtier: a thermal spring exploited since Roman times At Monêtier-les-Bains, water emerges from the ground at 44°C. This is no metaphor: the thermal spring of Font Chaude has…
May 2025 · 3 min Read the notebook →
Alpine Botanic Garden La Jaÿsinia: 8000 plants from around the world above Samoëns Samoëns
Alpine Botanic Garden La Jaÿsinia: 8000 plants from around the world above Samoëns Above the centre of Samoëns, clinging to a south-west-facing limestone slope, rises the Alpine Botanic Garden La Jaÿsinia, a garden…
May 2025 · 3 min Read the notebook →
Salins-les-Bains: 350g of salt per litre and the Grande Saline designated UNESCO World Heritage Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise
Salins-les-Bains: 350g of salt per litre and the Grande Saline designated UNESCO World Heritage Salins-les-Bains is one of the oldest thermal spas in the Jura. The town has exploited its saline springs since Antiquity,…
May 2025 · 3 min Read the notebook →
Hameau du Monal at Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise: access and hiking Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise
Hameau du Monal at Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise: access and hiking The Hameau du Monal, at 1874m above Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise, is one of the rare French mountain hamlets to be classified as…
May 2025 · 3 min Read the notebook →
Château Minuty in Gassin: 80 years of the Matton-Farnet family, Cru Classé since 1955 Saint-Tropez
Château Minuty in Gassin: 80 years of the Matton-Farnet family, Cru Classé since 1955 Perched in the heights of Gassin, in the Saint-Tropez peninsula, Château Minuty is one of eighteen (later twenty-three) estates to…
May 2025 · 3 min Read the notebook →
Pampelonne Beach at Ramatuelle: 4.5km of sand and a remarkable natural area Saint-Tropez
Pampelonne Beach at Ramatuelle: 4.5km of sand and a remarkable natural area A brief clarification of nomenclature: Pampelonne Beach is not at Saint-Tropez. It lies in the neighbouring municipality of Ramatuelle, to…
May 2025 · 3 min Read the notebook →
Carrières de Lumières at Baux-de-Provence: immersive art in an ancient quarry Saint-Rémy-de-Provence
Carrières de Lumières at Baux-de-Provence: immersive art in an ancient quarry The Carrières de Lumières, at Baux-de-Provence, occupies a doubly remarkable site: on one hand, former limestone quarries worked since antiquity,…
May 2025 · 3 min Read the notebook →
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