Arles, the ancient Arelate of the Romans, was founded by them in the 1st century BC. Thanks to its position on important communication routes, the city developed to become, in the late empire, the capital of the prefecture of the ...

Narbonne, a city of very ancient origins, was founded by the Romans, who called it Colonia Narbo Martius. Under the Roman Empire it soon became the capital of Gallia Narbonensis. Also in the Middle Ages the city was important, first ...

Albi, an ancient city founded by the Romans, is today an important commercial center located along the Tarn River. Albi is also the birthplace of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, a famous impressionist painter. In its historic center stands the majestic cathedral ...

A small historic town in Artois, a historic region in northern France, Béthune is located southwest of Lille and not far from the other historic city in the region, Arras. Béthune is a city rich in architectural and historical heritage. ...

Historic city of French Flanders located a few tens of kilometers from the border with Belgium. Douai in the Middle Ages became an important center of trade and production of fabrics, was first part of the county of Flanders and ...

Located in southern Alsace, near the borders with Germany and Switzerland, and a few kilometers from Basel, Mulhouse is, by importance, the second largest city in Alsace, after Strasbourg. The city is home to two important museums, one dedicated to ...

Selestat is a small town in Alsace, located between Strasbourg and Colmar, on the left bank of the Ill river. Rich in historic buildings from different eras, including two important churches, the Gothic church of Saint-Georges, and the Romanesque church ...

The town of Thann, located at the foot of the Vosges mountains, a few tens of km west of Mulhouse, in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace, despite the destruction suffered during the two world wars, still maintains several prestigious buildings ...

Riquewihr is a small Alsace village located just 15 km north of Colmar and 10 km from Kaysersberg, it is renowned for its beauty as a medieval village with an interesting artistic and architectural heritage with old half-timbered houses. During ...

Bordeaux, the capital of Aquitaine, sits along the Garonne River in southwestern France. Bordeaux was already an important city during the Roman Empire, one of the most prosperous in Gaul, when it was known under the name of Burdigala. In ...

Eguisheim is a small village in Alsace located just 5km from Colmar. The country is characterized by delightful architecture, full of flowers and very suggestive. Eguisheim is famous for being an important center for the production of Alsatian wine. The Eguisheim Christmas ...

Bayonne, located along the Nive and Adour rivers, a short distance from the sea and near the border with Spain, is the most important city and economic center of the French Basque Country, in the city about one third of ...

Castres is an important city in the Midi-Pyrenees region of France, located 40 km south of Albi, between Toulouse and Montpellier, along the Agout River. The city has medieval origins, when it became an important pilgrimage stop on the road ...

In this small historic Alsace town, located 25 km southwest of Strasbourg, in an important agricultural area producing wine and beer, and full of historic buildings, Christmas is a very heartfelt celebration. The town presents itself to visitors full of ...

Aix-en-Provence, is a city of Roman origin, then known by the name of Aquae Sextiae, in the Middle Ages it became the capital of Provence and experienced its maximum splendor between the 12th and 13th centuries. Today its most important ...