Conques, a sacred destination
Conques, a quaint medieval village tucked away in the rugged terrain of Rouergue, has been a significant pilgrimage destination since the 7th century
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Villa Seurat, a testament to Modernist architecture
Villa Seurat, an icon of Roaring Twenties Modernist Architecture and an artists haven where Arthur Miller penned ‘Tropic of Cancer’
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La Petite France – Historic Strasbourg
La Petite France, Strasbourg’s medieval tanners district, a prestigious tourist landmark renowned for its Alsatian architecture and a listed UNESCO World Heritage Site
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Abri du Poisson – Rock shelter
Abri du Poisson in the Vézère Valley, a prehistoric rock shelter engraved with a salmon, the oldest representation of a fish known to this day in the world
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Loire Valley, the Royal Valley
The Loire Valley, designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is affectionately referred to as the Royal Valley for its many majestic chateaux constructed along its banks by the kings of the French Renaissance and their vassals
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Medieval town of Rue in Picardie
The medieval Rue by the Bay of Somme, a former pilgrimage known for its Miraculous Crucifix, is today renown for its belfry listed on UNESCO World Heritage List
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Marais – Paris Historic Rive Droite
The Marais is an historic enclave of the Right Bank which has been listed as a protected area since the promulgation of the Malraux Act in 1962
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Villandry Renaissance Château – Gardens
The Renaissance Château and gardens of Villandry in the Loire Valley, fully restored by Joachim Carvallo, and today registered as UNESCO’s World Heritage
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Arles antic city, home to Van Gogh
Arles, an ancient Roman city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, located at the northern end of the Camargue, and home to Van Gogh in 1888
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Calais port and citadel – Historical facts
Calais, a prominent port and citadel, was central to the Hundred Years’ War, a conflict that pitted the French against the English in a struggle for the legitimacy of the French crown
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Abbaye de Cadouin’s Holy Shroud
The Holy Shroud, brought back from the Crusades in the 11th century, turned the Abbaye de Cadouin into a major place of pilgrimage in the Christendom
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Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat in Limousin
Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat grew around the abbey built on St-Léonard’s tomb and along the Voie Lemovicensis, the pilgrimage road to Santiago de Compostela
