17 Top Tourist Attractions in Normandy (France)
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17 Top Tourist Attractions in Normandy :
Bayeux and the Bayeux Tapestry Museum, Caen Churches and Memorial Center, Château de Caen, Château de Fontaine-Henry, Deauville, Dieppe, Étretat, Evreux, Fécamp, Giverny, Honfleur, Memorial Museum of the Battle of Normandy (Bayeux), Mont Saint-Michel, Omaha Beach, Rouen, Suisse Normande, Trouville
Normandy Tourist Attractions: 12 Top Places to Visit
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Top Places to visit in Normandy:
Mont Saint-Michel, Rouen, Honfleur, Caen Churches and Memorial Center, Deauville, Monet's Garden, Giverny, Fécamp, Étretat, Suisse Normande, Château de Fontaine-Henry, Château de Caen, Memorial Museum of the Battle of Normandy, Bayeux
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Places to see in ( Caen - France )
Places to see in ( Caen - France )
Caen is a port city and capital of Calvados department in northern France's Normandy region. Its center features the Château de Caen, a circa-1060 castle built by William the Conqueror. It stands on a hill flanked by the Romanesque abbeys of Saint-Étienne and Sainte-Trinité, which both date from the same period. The multimedia Mémorial museum is devoted to World War II, the 1944 Battle of Normandy and the Cold War.
Founded by William the Conqueror in the 11th century, Caen – capital of the Basse Normandie region – was 80% destroyed during the 1944 Battle of Normandy. Rebuilt in the 1950s and ’60s in the utilitarian style in vogue at the time, modern-day Caen nevertheless offers visitors a walled medieval château, two ancient abbeys and a clutch of excellent museums, including a groundbreaking museum of war and peace.
Caen is a college city and thus very active. In summer, tourists (mainly British and German) gather in Normandy for Second World War remains and the Memorial for Peace. Caen is a modern city, four-fifths of which was demolished in 1944 and rebuilt in the 1950s and 1960s. However, some old buildings remain, especially churches.
The bus verts will get you around Normandy easily. Within Caen and its close suburbs, use the bus and tramway network, called twisto. Alot to see in Caen such as :
Memorial for peace: a modern museum focusing on Second World War and the Cold War
L'abbaye aux Hommes (Men's abbey) and l'abbaye aux Dames (women's abbey), a wonderful example of romanic architecture
Fine arts museum
Museum of Normandy, within the Castle (free entrance)
Caen Castle / Château ducal de Caen - William the Conqueror's castle, one of the largest medieval castles in Europe
Saint-Pierre church
Saint-Nicolas church and cemetery
Escoville mansion
Pegasus Bridge
Saint-Jean church
Vaugueux district
La rue Froide and Saint-Sauveur church
Caen is 15 km away from the D-Day beaches.
L'abbaye d'Ardenne
Les plages du Débarquement
Les villes balnéaires de la côte Fleurie : Cabourg, Houlgate, Deauville, Trouville...
Les petites stations balnéaires de la côte de Nacre
Le pays d'Auge
La Suisse normande
Le Bessin
Le Bocage virois
Le Mont Saint Michel
Le chateau de Fontaine-Henry
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A romantic spot in Paris, The Médicis Fountain: A Luxembourg Gardens Gem
Fontaine de Médicis- This Renaissance fountain reminds us that the Palais du Luxembourg, now the seat of the French Senate, was once the home of Marie de Médicis, Henri IV's widow. Located at the Eastern end of the Luxembourg Garden, the Médicis fountain is one of the most romantic places in Paris. This is not to be missed, especially if you are in the 6th arrondissement. Formerly called the Luxemburg Grotto, the Médicis Fountain was ordered in 1630 by Marie de Médicis, King Henry IV’s widow. Sick of the plotting in the Louvre palace and missing Italy, she wanted to recreate the atmosphere of the nympheas and fountains of the Boboli Gardens in Florence.
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LAUSANNE | Places to Go in Lake Geneva Region - Switzerland & France Part 8
Winter 2016 edition:
The ENTP and INFJ travel around Lac Léman.
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8 LAUSANNE -
Palais de Rumine
Musée cantonal de zoologie [Cantonal Museum of Zoology]
Musée cantonal de géologie [Cantonal Museum of Geology]
Galerie de paléontologie [Paleontology Gallery]
Galerie de minéralogie [Mineralogy Gallery]
Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Lausanne [Cantonal and University Library of Lausanne]
Cathedrale de Lausanne [Lausanne Cathedral]
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Rue de la Louve
Final Episode: Last day in Geneva (with whatever that's left...)
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Playlist | Places to Go in Lake Geneva Region - Switzerland & France:
Geneva | Les Diablerets | Montreux | Vevey | Lausanne | Evian | Annecy | Nyon | Yvoire
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1 GENEVA -
Jardin Anglais [English Garden]
Plainpalais
Carouge
Reformation Wall at Parc des Bastions [Bastions Park]
Vieille Ville [Old Town]
Cathedrale Saint-Pierre [St Pierre Cathedral]
Maison Tavel [Tavel House]
Ancien Arsenal [Old Arsenal]
Bourg-de-Four
Molard Tower
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2 LES DIABLERETS -
UNESCO Lavaux Vineyard Terraces
Aigle–Sépey–Diablerets railway
Château d'Aigle [Aigle Castle]
Glacier 3000
Scex Rouge
Peak Walk by Tissot
Ice Express Chairlift
Schlitteln Fun Park [Tobogganing]
Restaurant Botta 3000
Bernese Alps, Swiss Alps
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3 MONTREUX & VEVEY -
Lakeside Promenade Fleuri
Statue de Freddie Mercury
Château de Chillon [Chillon Castle]
Dungeon, Courtyards, Chapel and Watch Tower
Lakeside at Vevey
Statue de Charlie Chaplin
La Fourchette [The Fork for Nestlé's Alimentarium museum]
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4 ÉVIAN-LES-BAINS via LAUSANNE -
Parc Olympique [Olympic Park]
Feu Olympique [Olympic Fire]
Le Musée Olympique [The Olympic Museum]
CGN (Compagnie générale de navigation sur le Lac Léman) [Lake Geneva General Navigation Company] from Lausanne-Ouchy Ferry Terminal
Église Notre-Dame de l'Assomption [Church of Our Lady of the Assumption]
Buvette et Source Cachat [Buvette and Source Cachat]
Evian's Cachat Spring
Hôtel de ville [Evian Town Hall]
Palais Lumière [Light Palace congress and exhibition center]
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5 ANNECY -
French countryside in Haute-Savoie
Lake d'Annecy [Lake Annecy]
Pont des Amours [Love Bridge]
Église Notre-Dame-de-Liesse d'Annecy [Church of Our Lady of Liesse of Annecy]
Comme Chez Soi (
Château d'Annecy [Annecy Castle]
L'Observatoire Régional des Lacs Alpins [The Alpine Lakes Regional Observatory]
Palais de l'Île [Palace of the Island]
Le Thiou [Thiou river]
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6 UNITED NATIONS GENEVA & CERN -
Palais des Nations
Broken Chair monument
Assembly Hall
United Nations Postal Administration
CERN - Globe of Science and Innovation
Universe of Particles
The first World Wide Web server
Microcosm
Large Hadron Collider (LHC) - particle accelerator
A Large Ion Collider Experiment (ALICE)
Cloud chamber
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7 YVOIRE & NYON -
Cure Catholique [Catholic Church]
CGN ferry
Église Saint-Pancrace [Saint Pancras Church]
Restaurant La Perche (
Ruins of Roman amphitheater and forum columns
Temple de Nyon [Temple of Nyon]
Château de Nyon [Nyon Castle]
Musée Historique et des Porcelaines [Historical and Porcelain Museum]
Statue of Gaius Julius Caesar
Musée Romain et Basilique [Roman Museum and Basilica]
Musée du Léman [Lake Geneva Museum]
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Places to see in ( Paris - France ) Place Vendome
Places to see in ( Paris - France ) Place Vendome
Place Vendôme is a square in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France, located to the north of the Tuileries Gardens and east of the Église de la Madeleine. It is the starting point of the Rue de la Paix. Its regular architecture by Jules Hardouin-Mansart and pedimented screens canted across the corners give the rectangular Place Vendôme the aspect of an octagon. The original Vendôme Column at the centre of the square was erected by Napoleon I to commemorate the Battle of Austerlitz; it was torn down on 16 May 1871, by decree of the Paris Commune, but subsequently re-erected and remains a prominent feature on the square today.
Place Vendôme was laid out in 1702 as a monument to the glory of the armies of Louis XIV, the Grand Monarque and called Place des Conquêtes, to be renamed Place Louis le Grand, when the conquests proved temporary; an over life-size equestrian statue of the king was set up in its centre, donated by the city authorities; this was by François Girardon (1699) and is supposed to have been the first large modern equestrian statue to be cast in a single piece. It was destroyed in the French Revolution; however, there is a small version in the Louvre. This led to the popular joke that while Henri IV dwelled among the people by the Pont Neuf, and Louis XIII among the aristocrats of the Place des Vosges, Louis XIV preferred the company of the tax farmers in the Place Vendôme; each reflecting the group they had favoured in life.
The site of the square was formerly the hôtel of César, duc de Vendôme, the illegitimate son of Henry IV and his mistress Gabrielle d'Estrées. Hardouin-Mansart bought the building and its gardens, with the idea of converting it into building lots as a profitable speculation. The plan did not materialize, and Louis XIV's minister of finance, Louvois, purchased the piece of ground, with the object of building a square, modelled on the successful Place des Vosges of the previous century. Louvois came into financial difficulties and nothing came of his project, either. After his death, the king purchased the plot and commissioned Hardouin-Mansart to design a housefront that the buyers of plots round the square would agree to adhere to. When the state finances ran low, the financier John Law took on the project, built himself a residence behind one of the façades, and the square was complete by 1720, just as his paper-money Mississippi bubble burst.
The original column was started in 1806 at Napoleon's direction and completed in 1810. It was modelled after Trajan's Column, to celebrate the victory of Austerlitz; its veneer of 425 spiralling bas-relief bronze plates was made out of cannon taken from the combined armies of Europe, according to his propaganda (the usual figure given is hugely exaggerated: 180 cannon were actually captured at Austerlitz.) These plates were designed by the sculptor Pierre-Nolasque Bergeret and executed by a team of sculptors including Jean-Joseph Foucou, Louis-Simon Boizot, François Joseph Bosio, Lorenzo Bartolini, Claude Ramey, François Rude, Corbet, Clodion, Julie Charpentier, and Henri-Joseph Ruxthiel. A statue of Napoleon, bare-headed, crowned with laurels and holding a sword in his right hand and a globe surmounted with a statue of Victory (as in Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker) in his left hand, was placed atop the column.
At the centre of the square's long sides, Hardouin-Mansart's range of Corinthian pilasters breaks forward under a pediment, to create palace-like fronts. The arcading of the formally rusticated ground floors does not provide an arcaded passageway as at Place des Vosges. The architectural linking of the windows from one floor to the next, and the increasing arch of their windowheads, provide an upward spring to the horizontals formed by ranks of windows. Originally the square was accessible by a single street and preserved an aristocratic quiet, except when the annual fair was held there. Then Napoléon opened the rue de la Paix, and the 19th century filled the Place Vendôme with traffic. It was only after the opening in 1875 of the Palais Garnier on the other side of the rue de la Paix that the centre of the Parisian fashionable life started gravitating around the rue de la Paix and the Place Vendôme.
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Jardin du Luxembourg | Luxembourg Garden - Paris, France (Fall | Autumn)
Jardin du Luxembourg | Luxembourg Garden - Paris, France. Fall | Autumn. The Jardin du Luxembourg, or the Luxembourg Garden, located in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, was created beginning in 1612 by Marie de' Medici, the widow of King Henry IV of France, for a new residence she constructed, the Luxembourg Palace. The garden today is owned by the French Senate, which meets in the Palace. It covers 23 hectares and is known for its lawns, tree-lined promenades, flowerbeds, the model sailboats on its circular basin, and for the picturesque Medici Fountain, built in 1620.
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Château de Fontainebleau France • A Walk through the History of French Chateau
Château de Fontainebleau France. A Walk through the History of French Chateau. During our Upper Loire and Burgundy cruise we visit Château de Fontainebleau. To walk through this palace is to walk through the history of France.
It is the only royal and imperial château to have been continuously inhabited for seven centuries and every French royal family added its own architectural style and features when in residence.
Fontainebleau was once one of the residences of the sovereigns. It was home to almost 30 kings of France through eight centuries between Louis IX and Napoleon III. Starting as a 12th century château, Fontainebleau saw many additions and renovations over the centuries. However, it was during the Renaissance that the palace underwent its most spectacular transformation. Francois I (1494 - 1547) brought together extremely diverse collections of art work and made Fontainebleau an artistic centre attracting people from all across Europe. It is world-renowned for its extraordinary Italian Renaissance art and architecture.
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Walking to Coinstot Vino
Walking from outside Metro Grands Boulevards to Coinstot Vino in the passage des Panoramas (a covered passage in the 2nd arrondissement)
Visit Dublin –Things To Do and See in Dublin, Ireland
Come travel with us and discover the best things to do in Dublin, Ireland!
More than a thousand years old, Ireland’s capital is an enthralling destination to explore. Whether you’re looking to discover Dublin’s extensive history or get a taste of the pub culture, you’ll find it all on the eastern coast of Ireland.
Begin your Dublin sightseeing by getting to know the city’s past at the Kilmainham Gaol. This former prison, which dates back to 1796, most famously incarcerated nationalist leaders associated with the major rebellions, including the 1916 Easter Rising. The prison closed in 1924, and has since been restored as a museum focused on the story of Irish nationalism. Take a step back in history and embark on a guided tour of the largest unoccupied gaol in Ireland.
For more history lessons, continue your journey to the Christ Church Cathedral. It’s considered the seat of the Church of Ireland and Roman Catholic Archbishops of Dublin, and manuscripts date it back to 1030. The establishment has experienced many changes and restorations over the years, making it a prime place to trace the city’s history. Learn about King Henry VIII’s role and the church’s long rivalry with St. Patrick Cathedral.
After dabbling in Dublin’s past, head to Temple Bar to get a sense of the city’s culture. This cobblestone strip is considered the heart of its nightlife, but truthfully, it’s captivating at any time of the day. Spend an afternoon window shopping, and then step into one of the bars for a traditional pub experience—you’ll fit right in with a pint and a plate of pub fare.
No Dublin visit is complete without exploring the Guiness® Storehouse and the Old Jameson Distillery. The Guiness® Storehouse is home to the world’s largest pint glass, but it’s also where you can learn the story behind the popular stout and sip on the brew straight from the source. To keep the good times rolling, head across the River Liffey to the Old Jameson Distillery. Here you’ll learn what three ingredients make up the famous whiskey, and you’ll even have the opportunity to sip a signature Jameson cocktail.
On your next romp to Ireland, set out on Dublin tours for a peek into the country’s largest city. For more tips and recommendations to get you excited about visiting, watch our Dublin travel guide video.
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