Belem, Témoin d'hier, acteur d'aujourd'hui (Belem, yesterday's witness, today's player) is a reportage book; as the pages turn, we board a tall three-masted sailing ship, the Belem. The last survivor of her era, the last survivor of history, and a listed historic monument, the Belem (one hundred and twenty years old)...
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Famous throughout Egypt for its dates and springs, the oasis of Siwa is considered to be the idyllic island of the "Great Sand Sea". Difficult to access until recent years, with little exposure to intermarriage, Siwa was for a long time another story...
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The Royal Abbey of Fontevraud is hosting a highly original exhibition by Julien Salaud in the cellars of the abbess's house. Lurking in the dark galleries of the underground passageways, the white ladies of this young artist, winner of the Salon de Montrouge,...
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Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest... A cruise on the Danube is the dream trip for romantics, history lovers and anyone who wants to savour the passing of time. Slowly following its course is the best way...
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Magnificent gardens of endemic flowers, a protected natural environment and one of the most beautiful lagoons in Polynesia. A beautiful escape into the secret garden of many artists. Located less than 10 minutes' flight from Tahiti and...
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Near the village of Comporta, an hour's drive south of Lisbon, the small stilted port of Carrasqueira is an Eden at the end of the world, between sea and rice fields. A forest of piles stuck in the mud...
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In this land where the fire of volcanoes smoulders beneath the glaciers, the traveller discovers a wild and mysterious island, a setting of arid lava illuminated by boreal flora. Visit the Devil's Gardens. This is the youngest land...
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Blocks of ice like improbable diamonds cast on the black sand of the shore... At Jökulsarlon, the Vatnajökull dresses its black or blue icebergs on a beach of ashes beaten by a sea in the colours of time. Unreal and...
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Downstream from the Sixth Cataract, a few kilometres from the Nile, on a hill surrounded by sand dunes, stand some astonishing pyramids with steep edges. These are the striking remains of a little-known civilisation: that of the Black Kings of Kush. They have the desert...
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