Villeneuve Abbey (fr. Abbaye de Villeneuve) is a former Cistercian abbey founded in 1201 located in the Nantes region, in Loire-Atlantique department of France, Pays de la Loire, 50 km from the Atlantic Ocean. The abbey of Villeneuve was partly destroyed…

Musée des Citroën – Citromuseum is a car museum in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, France. The private museum is devoted exclusively to post-war Citroëns in exceptional original condition and with low mileage.…

The Medieval Site of Donzy is located 1.9 km from the town center of Salt-en-Donzy in the Loire department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Massif Central, on the edge of a small river, the Charpassonne, one hour by car from Lyon. The ruins of the castle The…

Vermillion (Côte Vermeille) (Mediterranean resorts of France) The length of the Mediterranean coast in Occitania (France) is approximately 250 kilometers. There are many good beaches and marinas on the coast. This part of the Mediterranean coast is not as…

Aviation Museum (fr. Musée de l’aviation de Saint Victoret) is a transport museum near Marseille in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, France. Address: 147 Boulevard Barthélémy Abbadie, 13730 Saint-Victoret, France ENTRY RATE:…

The Villa Rothschild – a castle (mansion house) in Cannes in the Alpes-Maritimes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, France. It’s a popular tourist stop on the French Riviera of the Mediterranean resorts of France. It was built in 1881 for Betty…

French Riviera (Côte d’Azur) (Mediterranean resorts of France) The French Riviera (fr. Côte d’Azur) is the Mediterranean coastline of the southeast corner in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, France (Var and Alpes-Maritimes departments). The Côte d’Azur…

Arthous Abbey (formerly known as the Abbey of St. Mary of Arthous, Abbaye Sainte-Marie-d’Arthous in French) is an old monastery which was founded in 1167. The abbey belongs to the Order of Premonstrats (this order is spirituality close to the order of the…

The Monaco Top Cars Collection (or the Exhibition of HSH The Prince of Monaco’s Vintage Car Collection) is an automobile museum in the Fontvieille district of Monaco. Located on the Terrasses de Fontvieille, this remarkable exhibition brings together almost…

Automobile Museum of Provence (Musee Automobile de Provence) is located near Nîmes. Nîmes is a commune in the south of France, prefecture of the Gard department in the Occitania region (at the foothills of the Massif Central). ! As of 2024 the museum is permanently…

Pic du Midi (fr. Observatoire du Pic du Midi, Hautes-Pyrénées department, Occitania, Pyrenees, France) was classified in 2003 as a national natural site due to its landscape’s beauty. Pic du Midi received the international star reserve status, the first in…

The Niaux cave is a decorated cave from the Upper Paleolithic having revealed numerous Magdalenian parietal figurations. It is located in the Pyrenees in France, in the Occitania region, in the department of Ariège, in the commune of Niaux, and opens halfway…

St. Papoul Abbey (fr. L’Abbaye de Saint-Papoul) is the former Benedictine abbey located in Saint-Papoul in the Aude department, a few kilometers from Castelnaudary and Carcassonne (Occitania, France). It is one of the 19 gems of architecture and an important…

The Abbey of Saint-Martin du Canigou (in Catalan: Sant Martí del Canigó), is a monastery of Benedictine monks founded in the 11th century by Guifred II, county of Cerdagne. The consecration rite of the Saint Martin abbey church took place in November 1009.…

Canigou (Fr. Canigou; Cat. Canigó) is the mountain located in the Pyrenees in the South of France (Pyrénées-Orientales department, in the Occitania region), less than 50 kilometers from the Mediterranean sea. They considered it to be the highest mountain…

Eus (fr. Eus) is the commune of the Eastern Pyrenees (France), included in the list of the most beautiful French villages. It is located between the Conflent valley and the Canigo Mountain in the center of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, in the Occitania…

The Canalettes Caves are several grottoes located in the commune of Corneilla-de-Conflent, in the heart of the Catalan Regional Park in the Pyrénées-Orientales department, in the Occitania region (Pyrenees, France). There are La Grotte de Fuilla, La Grotte…

The Museum of Machine Dolls (le musée des Automates): a laboratory of magic in Limoux (Aude department, Occitania, Pyrenees, France) “We are glad to welcome you in the secret realm of magic, where our characters come to life …”, says Judith Moran, daughter…

The Moulin à Papier de Brousses et Villaret paper mill is located in Brousses, near Carcassonne (France). This is one of the last paper mini-mills in Europe, combining manual paper production with the organization of workshops and excursions for children…

Castillon lake (fr. Lac de Castillon) is a reservoir in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, France. At an elevation of 880 m, the lake’s surface area is 5 km². The Castillon dam holds 150,000,000 m3 (5.3×109 cu ft) of water. Lake Castillon…

A fortified Saint-Hilaire Benedictine Abbey (fr. Abbaye de Saint-Hilaire) is located in Saint-Hilaire (department of Aude, France) that is just a 20-minute drive from the medieval city of Carcassonne (Occitania, France) in the heart of the Cathar country…