With its white stone facades, arcaded streets, Grosse Horloge, Renaissance Town Hall and beautiful 17th and 18th century shipowners' residences, La Rochelle has a remarkable architectural heritage. It is also the 2nd largest port...
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The capital of the Charente region has many treasures to offer visitors: Saint-Pierre cathedral, the resurgence of the river Touvre, Romanesque buildings... not forgetting the annual International Comics Festival. Lovers of heritage, culture and...
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In Japan, the tradition of tattooing is reserved for the yakuza, the Japanese mafia. Still frowned upon by the population, tattooing is tolerated by Westerners and tourists, but remains a negative connotation in the archipelago. On the whole, tattooed people are...
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Nine white villages, a few colourful harbours, soft light and a 2.9 km bridge that rises above the waves and has linked the island to the mainland since 1988, the Ile de Ré boasts a natural heritage of exceptional beauty. Not forgetting, in summer...
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In Deauville, in the magnificent Franciscan convent, a remarkable exhibition brings together thirty years of creative work by the immense painter Zao Wou-Ki (1920-2013). The exhibition, entitled "Les allées d'un autre monde" ("The alleys of another world"), reveals for the first time the breadth of the artist's...
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Editions Alternatives has just published a new edition of this guide produced by Chrixcel, an urban art photographer, and Thomas Schmitt, known as "the artist with the cutter" - because he cuts, sculpts and chisels posters. The authors propose 10 routes to explore the...
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In the melting pot of Basque culture that is Saint-Jean-de-Luz and its famous bay overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, the Grand Hôtel is a chic and elegant establishment for a stay of leisure and relaxation. Corsairs and Pirates Olivier Fréchet lives in Urrugne...
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In Japan, it is called chanoyu or sadō. Chanoyu literally means "hot water for tea" and usually refers to the ceremony alone. The tea ceremony, a moment of sharing, is part of a wider philosophy that is...
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Near Saumur, we invite you to discover three emblematic sites in the Loire Valley: the remarkable garden of Puygirault, the tufa sculptures of Pierre et Lumière and the Mushroom Museum with the largest collection of mushrooms in the world.
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