Arcachon (Fr. Arcachon) is a town in the southwest of France and a sub-prefecture of the Gironde department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It was created in 1857 by a detachment of part of the municipality of La Teste-de-Buch.
It is a part of the area of the Pays de Buch, the Landes de Gascogne and the …
MoreSaint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.
It is situated on the Côte de Lumière. The community originated in 1967 from the unification of two communities on either side of the estuary of the river the Vie, Saint-Gilles-sur-Vie and Croix-de-Vie. Borders with Bretignolles-sur-Mer in the …
MoreBiarritz (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.
It is also one of the major French seaside resorts on the Atlantic coast, alongside Arcachon, Royan, Les Sables-d’Olonne and La …
MoreVermillion (Côte Vermeille) and Amethyst (Côte d’Améthyste) Coast
The length of the Mediterranean coast in Occitan is approximately 250 kilometers. There are many good beaches and marinas on the coast. This part of the coast is not as famous among tourists as the eastern part of the Mediterranean coast of France. Montpellier, …
MorePICK OF THE WEEK: Monday, 4th March – Thursday, 7th March, 2019
OPERA
Thursday, 7th March 20.15h at the Cinemes Illa Carlemany, Escaldes-Engordany. Originally sung in La Scala, Milan. Josep Carreras in Andrea Chénier. Andrea Chénier is a verismo opera in four acts by Umberto Giordano. The story is based loosely on the life of the French …
MoreSpanish Mediterranean beaches. Costa Daurada
The Spanish coast stretches for several thousand kilometers. A small coastline stretch of the Tarragona province in Catalonia stands out among this length. Washed by the Balearic Sea, this coast is known in a tourist environment as the Costa Daurada, which means “golden coast” in Spanish. The region received …
MorePICK OF THE WEEK: Monday, 28th January – Sunday, 3rd February, 2019
OPERA
Wednesday, 30th January at 19.45h at the Cinemes Illa Carlemany, Escaldes-Engordany. Streamed from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. (Streaming time 3 hours and 30 minutes with two intervals.) Verdi’s La Traviata. Directed by Richard Eyre, Conducted by Antonello Manacorda. Starring: Ermonela Jaho as Violetta Valéry, Charles Castronovo …
Dorres Roman SPA Baths (Les Bains de Dorres), Cerdanya plateau, Pyrenees, France
The Dorres Roman baths (Les Bains de Dorres) are located on the site of a hot spring (40 ° Celsius), which flows from the foot of the Dorres village. The picturesque village is located in the French Pyrenees at an altitude of …
MoreThe commercial director of the ski resort Ax 3 Domaines – Ascou – Monts d’Olmes – Guzet, Jacques Murat Savasem, told all-andorra.com about the advantages of having a winter vacation in the Ariège-Pyrénées region of France:
“Ax 3 Domaines is a ski resort located in Ariege-Pyrenees, near the tiny French town of Ax-les-Thermes (about 60 km …
MoreOn October 23, the Artalroc in Escaldes-Engordany opens a new exhibition entitled “Japan, the footprint of water”. The 190 photographs that will be on display, most of them hand-colored, belong to the Guimet National Museum of Asian Art in Paris.
“Japan, the footprint of water” is a representative exhibition of Japan during the second half of …
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