A visit to the Royal Salt Works of Arc-et-Senans
Salt doesn’t have the best reputation these days. But long before there was electricity, and refrigerators, salt was an utterly …
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France
Hiking the Haute Route in the Alps: a variant from Chamonix to Nendaz
Just over 100 km, but with an accumulated altitude difference of 6300 m! We spent 8 days in July and …
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Blockbusters in the ancient world – what was on show in Roman theatres?
The young tourist exclaims something, raises his fist and falls dramatically to the floor. His girlfriend and a few other …
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Artists in Provence, van Gogh to Vasarely
“This bowler hat may be the one Cezanne was wearing on the picture in our leaflet, and these small bottles …
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Hiking in Chamonix – In the French Far East
“After reaching a little pass, you will have to cross several small snow fields,” our French hiking guidebook about Chamonix …
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