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The Var department brings together seaside Saint-Raphaël with the red rocks of the Estérel massif, artisan Cogolin, famous for its briar pipes and Citroën 2CV rentals, and flower-filled Bormes-les-Mimosas with…
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Jazz&theCitysounds is an autumn festival held in Salzburg for more than 25 years: over a few days, around 100 artists play some 70 concerts in 20 venues across the old…
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Stockholm is spread across 14 islands, and two or three days are enough for a city break: start in Gamla Stan with the noon changing of the guard at the…
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Quebec is Canada's French-speaking province (around 9 million people), and its two main cities, Montreal and Quebec City, are 250 km apart. In Montreal, see Vieux-Montréal with Notre-Dame Basilica, the…
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Lisbon is well worth exploring through its food: try Queijo de Azeitão cheese, canja soup (for example at Bernard, open since 1868), bacalhau, arroz de feijão rice with beans, ginjinha…
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