Mijanès-Donezan is a winter sports resort located in the town of Mijanès in Donezan, department of Ariège, Occitania, France, Pyrenees. It is located on the east side of the Col de Pailhères. On the other side of this pass is the Ascou-Pailhères ski resort.…

Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild, also called Villa Île-de-France, is located in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, France. It’s one of the most beautiful Renaissance palaces on the Côte d’Azur built on a summit of the Cap…

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…

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.…

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:…

Marseille (Fr. Marseille) is the prefecture of the department of Bouches-du-Rhône and a capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, France. It is located on the Mediterranean coast near the mouth of the Rhône. Marseille is the second largest city in…

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…

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…

Antibes Land Park is an amusement park in Antibes city in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, France, between Cannes and Nice. It’s a popular tourist stop on the French Riviera of the Mediterranean resorts of France. Opened…

All PYRENEES · France, Spain, Andorra * Interesting places in the Pyrenees and around with Jane Cautch

Valbonne Abbey (Fr. Abbaye de Valbonne). The abbey of Valbonne (former abbey Notre-Dame) is a thirteenth century abbey located in Valbonne in the department of Alpes-Maritimes in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, France. Today it is under the invocation…

The Grimaldi castle (fr. Château Grimaldi) is a 14th-century French castle-keep at the top of Haut-de-Cagnes in Cagnes-sur-Mer in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, France It is currently a museum since 1946 and a historical…

Church of Caspe. Pencil drawing by Joan Mañé Caspe is a municipality in the province of Zaragoza, part of the autonomous community of Aragon (Spain), seat of the comarca Bajo Aragón-Caspe.

Avignon (Fr. Avignon) is the prefecture of the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, France. It is one of the rare French towns to have preserved its ramparts and its historic centre, made up of the papal palace, the episcopal complex…

Aix-en-Provence (fr. Aix-en-Provence) it is the subprefecture of the arrondissement of Aix-en-Provence, in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, France. The city of Aix-en-Provence has a remarkable architectural heritage within…

The citadel of Saint-Elme is located in Villefranche-sur-Mer in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, France. It’s a historic monument from the sixteenth century which forms part of a larger military architectural ensemble…

The fort of Mont Alban is a military fortification. Built between 1557 and 1560, located on the eponymous hill, between Nice and the bay of Villefranche, Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, France. In France, it is one of…