The Basque Country and beyondWith direct, low-cost flights into Biarritz and Pau (plus Bilbao, across the Spanish border), the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département is easily reached from the UK. Most visitors are familiar with bourgeois Biarritz and its chic, art deco architecture, but beyond the cosmopolitan town is a less-populated landscape of palm-fringed coast, rolling green countryside, [...]
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Carcassonne, L’aude, France, a Time in History
August 19th, 2009
admin Tags: France, Carcassonne, L’Aude, Europe, Corbieres, Limoux, Blanquettes de LimouxCarcassonne, L’Aude, FranceTraveling the south-western Route from Montpellier towards the Spanish border, one will reach the city of Narbonne. This city is the starting point to some of the most scenic routes through the Corbieres, the unknown paradise of wine connoisseurs. With its rich volcanic soil [...]

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