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The Baie de Somme Railway offers trips on a historic train along the Baie de Somme. It serves three seaside resorts: Le Crotoy, Saint-Valery-sur-Somme and Cayeux-sur-Mer. Enjoy your journey on the ‘Réseau des Bains’…
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The Dove, the Ibis, the Rabbit, the Cat, the Tortoise, the Crayfish… These are some thirty short poems (quatrains) by Guillaume Apollinaire (1880–1918), illustrated by Raoul Dufy (1877–1953), which were published in March 1911. A joint venture revisited…
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On the Croisette, luxury hotel bars are no longer merely a prelude to dinner. They are becoming destinations in their own right. At the Majestic, a new menu created by Guillermo Pittaluga confirms this trend, blending Mediterranean flair, creativity and dining…
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Overlooking one of the most beautiful bends in the Seine for more than eight centuries, Château-Gaillard remains a symbol of medieval Normandy. Built by Richard the Lionheart to protect Rouen, this fortress is a meeting point between history, architecture and…
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From the beaches of the Gargano to the orchards of Palagiano and the tranquil waters of Taranto’s Mare Piccolo, Puglia is embracing a different way of travelling. Protecting loggerhead turtles, preserving traditional crops, reviving the black mussel: facing…
Continue readingWhat if the luxury of travel now lay in finding an island that hardly anyone has heard of? Whilst Santorini, Capri, Mykonos and Ibiza are buckling under the weight of their fame, *Secret Islands in Europe*, published as part of the Voyages Gallimard series,…
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Depicting rain in painting and printmaking is a challenge for artists. How can one paint or draw something that is translucent and fleeting, yet profoundly alters the landscape? Since the early 19th century, with the first painters of…
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Between Modena, Bologna and Reggio Emilia lies a region that travellers in a hurry are still unaware of. It is precisely there, nestled in the heart of the Scandiano vineyards, that an elegant early 20th-century country house has been brought back to life, having been carefully restored…
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Rouen is more than just its famous skyline dotted with church spires. The setting for Joan of Arc’s tragic fate, a muse to the Impressionists and the backdrop to the finest works of Flaubert, Hugo and Maupassant, it boasts an exceptional heritage, with eight…
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