A holy city, a secular city, the capital of an empire and then of a faith, Rome cannot be visited: it has to be read and deciphered. You walk through it as if you were turning the pages of a historical novel, sometimes written in the ink of Seneca, sometimes...
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There are places that you don't pass through. You stay, you linger, you return. Salies-de-Béarn, hemmed in by the meandering Saleys river, is one of them. This small town in the Béarn region, whose name seems to ooze salt,...
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Orthez, the former capital of Béarn, situated between Pau and Bayonne, doesn't immediately reveal itself to the hurried visitor. Follow in the footsteps of its past for a summer "robinsonnade" with concerts at the Château Moncade. The Pont Vieux, which spans...
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Nestling near Narbonne, just a few minutes from the beach and the village of Gruissan, Château Capitoul, the latest addition to the Domaine & Demeure Collection, opened in April 2021. 78 hectares of vineyards, a wine storehouse, a cooperage and a...
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In Saintes, every stone is an archive, every bend in the road a footnote to the national story. Antiquity is the foundation. A walk through Mendiolanum Santorium: the city of Santons. At first glance, you might think...
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