Nimes, France
The city of Nimes makes a very attractive place to visit with its quiet pedestrian lanes running through the center, and especially because of the three major Roman historic sites. There is an ancient temple, there is a large amphitheater, nearby is the famous aqueduct, Pont du Gard. Nimes is located in the south of France. Quite nearby are the cities of Arles and Avignon and just further east, you've got Aix and Marseille.
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We are arriving in Nîmes this morning by train from Avignon and will be taking you on a walking tour of the city.
Upon arrival in Nimes train station and walk a few blocks along the main busy street, Avenue Feucheres, to a shady park, and just beyond to the star attraction of town and the world’s best-preserved ancient Roman amphitheater, the most important structure in town. It forms an ellipse, 145 yards long and 115 yards wide, and it’s 70 feet high. Although it's smaller than the amphitheater in Rome, the great Coliseum or even the amphitheater in Arles, it's actually in better preservation than any of them. The arena is built of limestone blocks that are as large as 10 feet wide, perfectly adjusted without any mortar to hold it together, in that ancient Roman style. The exterior presents two stories each of sixty arches.
This two thousand-year-old city has developed in a typically European-style with narrow lanes for pedestrians meandering in a casual grid that makes a delightful place to walk. It's an extensive zone of shops and cafés extending north of the arena, with the main lane of Rue de l’Aspic running ten blocks through its center.
While the historic sites are attractive you'll also find the shopping zone very enjoyable, just meandering and people-watching.
Places to see in ( Capbreton - France )
Places to see in ( Capbreton - France )
Capbreton is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Located at the mouth of the Boudigau and Bourret rivers, the town is situated about 40 km north of Biarritz. Capbreton is north of Bayonne and Biarritz in south-west France at the point where the river Adour ends it’s passage to the sea. If you love seafood this is unquestionably one of the best places to visit in France. It’s income has traditionally been netted from the fruits of the sea, and it is recognised as one of the best places to eat fresh fish and seafood.
perhaps it’s the Gauf, a deep water crevice extending to over 1000 meters below sea level or just the fresh ocean current that delivers this exotic mix of sea fruit, but ultimately for me it’s the freshness of the produce and the skills of the restaurants that cook and serve it. It’s superb, and a plate of 'fruit de mer' (seafood) is a brilliant reminder of your visit.
Nowadays, Capbreton is set up for the tourist market, but not like Newquay or Brighton… yes, there are surf shops, designer labels and sunglasses and yes of course you can buy buckets, fishing nets and coral jewellery, but the focus is on the sea, the waves, the sunsets, the brilliant weather and the lifestyle that calls itself.
It’s where the French go on holiday and it’s a well kept secret, lapped by the channel. The area is clean and unspoilt with a timeless charm. For the children there are miles upon miles of sandy beaches, though watch out for the strong current. There are ice-cream shops that sell every flavour you could imagine, there are rock-pools with the opportunity to net your own oysters, and of course there’s the sand… and there’s lots of it.
Capbreton is divided into two parts. To the north, there is the port centre, with your usual suspects… the Surf Shacks and the bucket and spade vendors, sandwiches that cost the earth and well meaning restaurants serving this mornings catch at overinflated prices. You’ll find obstacle courses for fitness enthusiasts, playgrounds for the under 10’s and hairdressers and boutiques for the glamorous that shop. Continue passed these and you’ll find a quaint harbour beach where you can revisit your childhood, finding treasures in the rock pools and shoals of miniature fry ready to be snapped up by your infants. You’ll discover crabs of every colour and pick fresh oysters from the rocks if no one beats you to it! It’s the place of childhood dreams as you play pirate on the jetty and scrape the sand from your toes.
Slightly downstream, and usually after lunch, you can visit the Grand Plage. This is a luxuriously long beach with the odd parasol but not a wind break in sight, not a German towel, and no loud music and no rubbish! You have the choice of joining the throngs of French tourists, or walking further along the beach to find a deserted spot. The beach at Cap Breton is one of the cleanest in Europe, the sea is like a clear jewel, and the surf is great. Edged by a surprisingly tasteful block of tourist apartments, there are no high rise buildings, parking is a nightmare and the ocean current can be dangerous, so don’t let your children in alone.
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Nouveau Complexe sportif Guy Boniface - Mont de Marsan
Ce vendredi 15 septembre 2017, en prélude du match de Pro D2 Stade Montois Rugby / Carcassonne, les élus de la Ville, de l'Agglo, du Département, de la Région et les sections sportives du Stade Montois, ont inauguré le nouveau complexe sportif de la tribune Guy Boniface. Mont de Marsan, ville 100% sportive !
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Lancement de la saison touristique 2015
L'équipe de l'Office de Tourisme a lancé la saison touristique 2015 ce lundi 15 juin à l'Hippodrome des Grands Pins.
Placée sous le signe de la convivialité, cette soirée a débuté par la visite de l'hippodrome. Une visite qui a été suivie par la présentation des temps forts de l'été ainsi que des actions estivales à travers une vidéo (préparée exclusivement pour cette rencontre).
Bretagne Vacation Travel Video Guide
Travel video about destination Breagne in France.
Brittany, the rugged west of France with picturesque old towns, castles and fortresses and the surf of the Atlantic that constantly laps against its rocky coastline. Its ancient name of Armorika meaning “The land of the sea ” underlines the historical significance of the ocean for those who live in this part of the world.English troops besieged Vitré for many years until the lords of the castle finally paid a high ransom for their freedom. The besieging army thus withdrew. The well fortified town subsequently enjoyed much prosperity and has remained in tact right up until the present day. Le Mont Saint-Michel with its historic buildings and eighty metre high granite mound is like something from a fairy tale. Powerful fortifications surround the small town and the abbey on top of the rock and due to its unique location and architectural splendour this picturesque village is often referred to as the Wonder Of The Occident. Saint Malo is the proud and solemn “Town Of The Corsairs”. Today’s yacht harbour once contained pirate ships that were used to attack unsuspecting merchant ships laden with rich cargo. This old pirate citadel located on the Emerald Coast is built from granite and looks as though it is an integral part of the rock. Dinan is a small and enchanting French town on the banks of the Rance is one of the most beautiful and well preserved mediaeval towns in Brittany. Today, cobbled lanes and several half-timbered buildings highlight the town’s colourful history. Brest was once the most important military harbour and submarine base in France but during the Second World War it was constantly bombed and more than half of it was destroyed. Its rebuilding programme introduced a number of new attractions such as the Océanopolis, a super-modern sea park that features a large number of animals and plants. The western part of France has many faces. The Romans once called it, “The end of the world”. A land of myths, castles, fishing villages and picturesque old towns. Brittany, even today, is a wild and natural paradise!
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MONTAUBAN / MONTALBAN. A walking tour around the city / Un paseo por la ciudad
MONTAUBAN (Occitan: MONTALBAN) is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Occitanie region in southern France. It is the capital of the department and lies 50 kilometres (31 mi) north of Toulouse. Montauban is the most populated town in Tarn-et-Garonne, and the sixth most populated of Occitanie.
The town has been classified “Ville d’art et d’histoire” (City of art and history) since 2015.
The town, built mainly of a reddish brick, stands on the right bank of the Tarn at its confluence with the Tescou.
Montauban is the second oldest (after Mont-de-Marsan) of the bastides of southern France. Its foundation dates from 1144 when Count Alphonse Jourdain of Toulouse, granted it a liberal charter. The inhabitants were drawn chiefly from Montauriol, a village which had grown up around the neighbouring monastery of St Théodard.
In the 13th century the town suffered much from the ravages of the Albigensian war and from the Inquisition, but by 1317 it had recovered sufficiently to be chosen by John XXII as the head of a diocese of which the basilica of St Théodard became the cathedral.
In 1360, under the Treaty of Brétigny, it was ceded to the English; they were expelled by the inhabitants in 1414. In 1560 the bishops and magistrates embraced Protestantism, expelled the monks, and demolished the cathedral. Ten years later it became one of the four Huguenot strongholds under the Peace of Saint-Germain, and formed a small independent republic. It was the headquarters of the Huguenot rebellion of 1621, and successfully withstood an 86-day siege by Louis XIII. It did not submit to royal authority until after the fall of La Rochelle in 1629, when its fortifications were destroyed by Cardinal Richelieu. The Protestants again suffered persecution after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685.
In the 17th century, the King of France revoked “l’Édit de Nantes”. Montauban was considered as an intellectual city. Because Montauban was a Protestant town, it started to resist and hold its position against the royal power and it refused to give allegiance to the Catholic King. To scare off the King’s opponents and speed up the end of the siege, 400 cannonballs were fired, but Montauban resisted and the royal army was vanquished. Saint Jacques church is still marked by the cannonballs, and every year in September, the city celebrates “les 400 coups” (the 400 shots), which has become a common phrase in French.
During World War II, Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa was briefly hidden in a secret vault behind a wine cellar at Montauban.
The SNCF in the Loire Valley France - Summer 2016
While on holiday in the Loire, France this summer, I visited Saumur Railway Station for a few hours on two separate occasions.
My first visit on 27th May I filmed a service train to Orleans & by chance a SNCF Test Train hauled by two diesel locos!
My second visit on 2nd June, I filmed a local service train & again had a surprise when along came a LE movement of three diesel locos!
The railway was just a few miles from where we were staying in Saumur.
I didnt have my camcorders with me on holiday, so used my Canon 7D Mark II SLR camera to video the trains. It was a little shaky but I was very pleased with the results I got.
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A Walk Around Mont Saint-Michel, France
Le Mont-Saint-Michel or in English: Saint Michael's Mount) is an island commune in Normandy, France. It is located approximately one kilometre (0.6 miles) off the country's northwestern coast, at the mouth of the Couesnon River near Avranches. 100 hectares (247 acres) in size, the island has a population of 44 (2009).
The island has held strategic fortifications since ancient times, and since the 8th century AD has been the seat of the monastery from which it draws its name. The structural composition of the town exemplifies the feudal society that constructed it: on top, God, the abbey and monastery; below this, the great halls; then stores and housing; and at the bottom, outside the walls, fishermen's and farmers' housing.
Its unique position of being an island only 600 meters from land made it readily accessible on low tide to the many pilgrims to its abbey. Equally, this position made it readily defensible as an incoming tide stranded, or drowned, would-be assailants. By capitalizing on this natural defense, the Mont remained unconquered during the Hundred Years' War with a small garrison successfully defending it against a full attack by the English in 1433. The reverse benefits of its natural defense were not lost on Louis XI, who turned the Mont into a prison. Thereafter the abbey began to be used more regularly as a jail during the Ancien Régime.
One of France's most recognizable landmarks, Mont Saint-Michel and its bay are part of the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites and more than 3 million people visit it each year.