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By Marie Sherlock This is the fifth (and likely the last!) in my series of photo essays on The Arches of France. This time we’re traveling to the Burgundy region to visit Noyers-sur-Surein. Noyers-sur-Surein is a spectacular medieval village about two hours southeast of Paris. It’s a joy to saunter along its cobblestoned lanes while…
By Marie Sherlock This is the third in my series of photo essays on the archways, passages, vaults, and tunnels of small French towns. More to come! Pérouges (in Eastern France, about 25 miles northeast of Lyon) is not typical of the places I’ve visited. It’s decidedly more touristy. It now exists (to a large…
By Marie Sherlock Last week I started posting a series of photo essays on “The Arches of France.” Actually, “essay” is a stretch; they’re mostly just photos because I haven’t uncovered much information on these enchanting architectural details aside from the fact that they are very, very old and appear to have the structural/functional quality…
By Marie Sherlock Note: This is the last – for now! – in a string of posts on The Doors of France. I reserve the right to travel to France, take copious photos of amazing entryways – and continue this series. 🙂 If you are an aficionado – or, at minimum, a wannabe aficionado, as…
By Marie Sherlock Brittany – in the far northwest corner of France – is often overlooked by travelers. It shouldn’t be. Along with a rugged and breathtaking coastline, it is home to a distinct architecture and culture, even a second language (Breton) – it was, indeed, a separate country up until 1532. And it’s the…
By Marie Sherlock I had never heard of France’s Haute-Loire area before I planned to travel there – and only then because it was, more or less, a midway point between two other destinations. Turns out it’s a stunningly beautiful departement of the Auvergne-Rhone-Alps region. (French Geography Lesson: There are 13 regions in France –…
By Marie Sherlock I’m devoting this entire post to the doors of just one tiny perched village in the far eastern part of Provence, almost on the Italian border. Coaraze, a quick half-hour drive from Nice, is (IMHO) one of the most underrated plus beaux villages of France. This enchanting hamlet is a maze of…