Paris resident Allison Lounes chooses ten of her favourite free activities in the City of Lights! Going to Paris can be expensive. Unfortunately, most of the popular tourist attractions like the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower are pricey too. While you certainly shouldn’t neglect the most famous museums and attractions in the world, you don’t […]
Immerse Yourself in the Music World at the Cité de la Musique
Cité de la Musique – Paris City of Music: The Cité de la Musique is a Paris venue where music lovers can totally immerse themselves in the music world. But more than just a venue for music performances, the Cité de la Musique contains the Musée de la Musique. This museum has an important collection of rare musical instruments, including […]
Marché Rungis – The World’s Largest Fresh Produce Market
Marché Rungis (Rungis Market) is the World’s Largest Fresh Produce Wholesale Market: For the foodie, Paris has always offered the opportunity to visit lively neighbourhood food markets where all kinds of wonderful foods are on display. If, like me, you enjoy visiting Paris markets and finding out about the seasonal food in Paris, there is […]
Eglise St Sulpice – A Place of History and Fiction
St Sulpice – Brought into the Limelight by The Da Vinci Code: The visit of Silas, the scary albino monk and assassin, to St Sulpice in search of the Holy Grail is a scene that endures in my memory. And, since The Da Vinci Code, a visit to Eglise St Sulpice will probably never be […]
See Burgundy Vineyards on the Grands Crus Wine Route
The Grands Crus Wine Route is the ‘Champs-Elysées’ of the Burgundy Wine Route: Burgundy is one of France’s main wine producing areas and its vineyards, stretching some 250 kms from north to south, are the source of some of the most prestigious wines in the world. Naturally many visitors come to Burgundy in search of […]
Tours and Sightseeing – From Avignon and Beyond
Provence Sightseeing Tours from Avignon: The town of Avignon has plenty to keep visitors occupied during their visit, however, if you are spending a few days here, don’t miss Avignon’s beautiful and diverse countryside and the neighbouring towns and villages. Avignon sits at the cross roads of Provence and Languedoc and within a short time, […]
When All of Avignon is a Stage…
The Festival d’Avignon and Off Festival are the Biggest Arts Festival Events in Vaucluse: For theatre-lovers, July is the prime time to visit Avignon when for three full weeks the whole of Avignon becomes a stage for the Festival d’Avignon and the Off Festival. Festival d’Avignon The Avignon Festival is the biggest cultural event in […]
Église St Pierre – Avignon’s Flamboyant Church of St-Pierre
Church of St-Pierre – One of the Most Beautiful Avignon Churches: With the Avignon papacy in the 14th century and seven Sovereign pontiffs having resided in Avignon, it is not surprising that this town has many cathedrals, churches and chapels. Although not a major church, one of the Avignon churches that stand out is the […]
Escape the Avignon Crowds at the Rocher des Doms
Rocher des Doms – An Avignon Jardin with Magnificent Views of the Rhône Plain : To escape the summer heat and the crowds in and around the Palais des Papes square, take a stroll up to the Rocher des Doms, a lovely and shady garden located at the summit of the Doms Rock. Rocher des […]
Pont d’Avignon and a Shepherd’s Divine Mission
Pont d’Avignon or Pont St-Bénézet is Made Famous by a French Children’s Song: Near the Palace of the Popes stands the remains of Pont St-Bénézet, better known as Pont d’Avignon. This 12th century Avignon bridge is famous the world over through a much-loved French children’s song ‘Sur le Pont d’Avignon’. However, the bridge construction itself […]
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