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DISCOVER RUE PONCELET’S OUTSTANDING OUTDOOR MARKET

Categories: Paris City – Food, Paris – Districts

According to the Mairie de Paris, there are more than 82 markets in Paris. This equates to at least one market in every one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, and the number increases the further out you head from the centre. One…

BELLA BELLAGIO, THE JEWEL OF LAKE COMO

Categories: Lakes District, Italy

Northern Italy offers a wonderful series of lakes, and Lake Como is generally regarded as the most spectacular of them all. Its unmistakable upturned Y shape was carved out of a glacier that was forced to split into two by the mountain that sto…

A FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS AT THE JARDIN DES PLANTES, PARIS

Categories: Paris City – Attractions, Paris Region (Ile de France)

This year’s Festival de Lumières at the Jardin des Plantes is the first time the event has been held in Paris and the region. Called Especes en Voie d’Illumination, ‘Species in the Process of Enlightenment’, it’s an incredible visual feast for…

TRAVELS WITH YOUR NAVIGO – CHATEAU DE VERSAILLES

Categories: Destinations by Navigo, Paris Region (Ile de France)

The history of Versailles is inextricably linked with Louis VIV, although there had been a residence there for centuries before he ascended the throne. As Dauphin, Louis XIV had loved to hunt in the forests surrounding the small chateau that hi…