France

Alsace is world-known for its great wines produced in fairytale-like towns and villages. They are located on the Alsace wine route, which we have travelled many times. The whole route is 170 km long and is one of the oldest wine routes in the world. Let us take you there!Read More

Salses Fortress is one of the finest example of early modern military architecture we’ve ever seen. Situated around 15 km from Perpignan, France, it was built between 1497 and 1504 by the Spanish to protect against the French. The history of the fortress goes back to the Hannibal times. In 218 BC he was plannng...Read More

Your dream holiday to France has finally arrived, you want to see all the places you have on your bucket list and have great pics to impress your friends. You come to the places you always heard about and discover that several hundred people have had the same idea and instead of enjoying great architecture...Read More

I must admit that I particularly enjoy visiting places like Abbaye de Montmajour. Presenting an imposing architectural ensemble, built from local stone, calm and uncrowded. Like many other great abbeys we have seen, it has a unique atmosphere and genius loci, deriving from the fact that it used to be a place of solitude, work...Read More

Once upon a time (precisely in the second half of the 19th century) in the middle of nowhere in south-east France lived a village postman. One day when he was distributing his letters he stumbled upon a stone. He took it in his hand and looked at it for a long while.Read More

Visiting Christmas fairs and winter markets has been a part of our annual December landscape. This year we  decided to travel to Poland by plane so we didn’t have an occasion to visit any in Germany or France. And, I have to admit, we miss it… However, we enjoyed a fairy tale evening in Brussels...Read More