Saint-Tropez (Fr. Saint-Tropez) is a city on the TOP French Riviera, 68 km (42 miles) west of Nice and 100 km (62 miles) east of Marseille in the Var department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region of Occitania, Southern France. Guy de Maupassant, suffering…

Toulon (Fr. Toulon) is a city and a large port on the Mediterranean coast, with a major naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, Toulon is the capital of the Var department. Part of French Riviera. The military port of Toulon is the major…

The Principality of Monaco (fr. Principauté de Monaco) is the second-smallest country by area in the world; only Vatican City is smaller. Monaco is the most densely populated country in the world. Part of French Riviera. The principality benefits from a mild…

Avignon (Fr. Avignon) is the prefecture of the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region of Southeastern 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…

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

Nice (Fr. Nice) is the seventh most populous urban area in France and the capital of the Alpes-Maritimes department. Part of French Riviera. Located between sea and mountains, economic and cultural capital of the Côte d’Azur, Nice benefits from important…

Montpellier  (fr. Montpellier, Occitan: Montpelhièr) is a city near the south coast of France on the Mediterranean Sea. It is the capital of the Hérault department. It is located in the Occitanie region. Montpellier is the third-largest French city on the…

Béziers (fr. Béziers, Occitan: Besièrs) is a town and commune in the Occitanie region of Southern France; it is a subprefecture of the Hérault department. Béziers is a member of the Union of French bullfighting cities, as Arles, Bayonne, Dax or Mont-de-Marsan.…

Nîmes (fr. Nîmes) is the prefecture of the Gard department in the Occitanie region of Southern France. Located between the Mediterranean Sea and Cévennes. Dubbed the most Roman city outside Italy, Nîmes has a rich history dating back to the Roman Empire when…

Besalu (cat. Besalu) is a city and municipality in Spain, la Garrotxa region, province of Girona, Catalonia. From its origins, Bisuldunum was a fortress between two rivers: the Fluvia in the south and the Capellades in the north. The town of Besalu, which…

San Sebastián (or Donostia in Basque) is a coastal city and municipality, the capital of the Gipuzkoa province, and is located in the Basque Autonomous Community, in northern Spain. The city is located on the southern coast of the Bay of Biscay, 20 km from…

Montélimar (Fr. Montélimar) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. It is the second-largest town in the department after Valence. In 1701, when they were coming back from Spain on horseback, Louis, Duke of Bourgogne, and Charles, Duke…

Bilbao is a city and a municipality in Spain, Basque country. Located near the northern edge of the Iberian Peninsula, about 16 kilometers south of the Bay of Biscay, near the mouth of several rivers. The city is located in the Basque Mountains, between the…

Dax (fr. Dax) is a commune in the south of France in the Landes department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. This region is part of the Gascogne historic province. The region is known for a large number of hot springs. However, not all of them are open to…

Bayonne (fr. Bayonne) is a city in the Atlantic Pyrenees (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), in the south-west of France. The city location is between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pyrenees massive foothills, at the confluence the Niv (la Nive) and Adur (l’Adour) rivers.…

Biarritz (fr. Biarritz) – a luxury resort town belonging to the Atlantic Pyrenees Department (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), the New Aquitaine Region in southwestern France. Its current Basque name is Biarritz (or Miarritze), and its current Gascon name is Biàrrits.…

Carcassonne (fr. Carcassonne) is a fortified town in the Aude department, Occitania Region, France. ‘The town is one of the most important historical sites in France; it is not only because of the ancient fortress itself but also due to its size. It consists…

Toulouse (fr. Toulouse) is a commune in the South-West of France, divided in half by the Garonne River and located near the border with Spain. The violet culture development in the nineteenth century led to the fact that they chose this flower as the city’s…

Perpignan (Catalan: Perpinyà) is the capital city of Rosselló and Northern Catalonia. Historically, it can be considered the capital of the county of Roussillon, the kingdom of Majorca, and the province of Roussillon. It is divided into 6 cantons which serve…

Narbonne (in Occitan, Narbona pronounced [naɾˈbunɔ]) is a city in Languedoc. Administratively, it is a French commune of the region of Occitania, in the department of Aude. With 50,000 inhabitants, called narbonesos, it is the main town of the department…