Grenoble is an important city in the French Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. The city is located in a vast plain crossed by the Isère river and not far from the Alpine chain. The point where the city is located is where the Drac river flows into the Isère river. The city center is located just over 200 […]
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Chambery: the historical capital of Savoy
Chambery is a city of sixty thousand inhabitants of Savoie, in the French region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The city is located in a valley at the confluence of the Leysse and Albanne rivers, about 270 meters high. Chambery is surrounded on the east side by the Bauges mountain range, to the south by Mount Granier, to […]
Cannes is a famous seaside resort on the French Riviera which is located 36 km from Nice, 55 km from Monaco and 60 km from the Italian border. The city has about 79,000 inhabitants that become 300,000 with the urban area. The city stands on the eastern bank of the Siagne floodplain, and along the […]
To the north of the famous beaches of the French Riviera is one of France’s natural wonders, the Grand Canyon of Verdon. The Canyon is located inland, far from the coast, between the villages of Castellane and Moustiers-Sainte-Marie, about 90 km from Grasse and St. Raphael, 110 km from Cannes. The canyon ends at the […]
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Annecy: called the Venice of the Alps
Annecy, which has about fifty thousand inhabitants, is a beautiful town in Alpine France, in the Haute-Savoie department, not far from the borders with Switzerland and Italy. The city is located about 450 meters above sea level, along the northern shore of the lake of the same name (28 sq km), which is of glacial […]
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The Ardeche Gorges: a spectacular canyon
In the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, between Orange and Montelimar, a few kilometers from Pont Saint Esprit, there is one of the natural wonders of France, the Ardeche Gorges (Gorges de l’Ardeche). Ardeche is a river that flows impetuously in an uncontaminated natural landscape, in the midst of deep gorges that it has dug over the millennia. […]
The town of Vienne is located along the Rhone river about 30 km south of Lyon. This city was founded by the Romans and is today an important archaeological center and is in fact classified as a city of art and history (Ville d’Art et d’Histoire). Vienne was founded as a Celtic village on the […]
The French region of Rhône Alpes comprises a large area of south-eastern France which extends from the Alps – on the border with Switzerland and Italy – to the Rhône and Saône valley. The main center is the city of Lyon which is also the capital of the region. The region is made up of […]
The town of Tournus is located in a flat area along the banks of the Saone river (Saône) and has a type of continental-temperate climate. In practice, the Tournus climate is influenced by both Atlantic and continental influences. Rain as in much of Burgundy is well distributed throughout the year. But in detail, the rain […]
The climate of the Loire Valley is an oceanic-continental climate, therefore rather cool and with average minimum winter temperatures close to zero. Winter and autumn are the rainiest seasons, but the rain is practically well distributed in every month of the year, even spring can be quite cold and sometimes rainy, summer is hot, but […]
The city of Bourges is located in the center of France and because of its location, Bourges has a mixed climate that is subject to both continental influences and influences from the Atlantic ocean. These climatic characteristics make the city’s climate quite cold in winter and relatively mild in summer. The climate of Bourges is […]
Chartres is located in the transition climate zone between the oceanic and continental climates. This makes the city’s climate relatively cool, not too hot in the summer and cold in the winter. The variations between the seasonal temperatures are not very marked. The average minimum temperatures vary between 0 ° C in winter and 12 […]
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The climate of Nimes: when to go to Nimes
The city of Nimes is located in the southern section of the Rhone valley in southern France, its climate is Mediterranean, characterized by hot and relatively dry summers, rainy but mild autumns, dry and relatively cold winters, while spring it is mild but relatively rainy. In winter to mitigate the mild climate is the breath […]
Carcassonne is located in the south of France not far from the Pyrenees and the Mediterranean sea. This ancient medieval city benefits from a transitional Mediterranean climate with mild temperatures throughout the year, but with frequent and sometimes strong winds. Summers are dry and hot, while spring is not very rainy. According to the typical […]
The abbey of Mont Saint-Michel is located along the Normandy coast, overlooking the Atlantic ocean. The climate of the area where the Mont Saint-Michel abbey stands is oceanic, mitigated by the influence of the sea, but particularly variable. Summer never presents too hot temperatures, spring and autumn are mild even if rather rainy. The average […]