Hyères in Southern France

11 September 2014 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, French Riviera Reading Time:  7 minutes

La Tour des Templiers © RudolfSimon/cc-by-sa-3.0

La Tour des Templiers © RudolfSimon/cc-by-sa-3.0

Hyères is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region in southeastern France. Its position facing the Mediterranean to the south makes it a popular location for tourism in the winter, and facilitates the cultivation of palm trees; about 100,000 trees are exported from the area each year. As a result, the town is frequently referred to as Hyères-les-Palmiers (palmiers meaning palm trees).   read more…

Le Castellet in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region

29 April 2014 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, French Riviera Reading Time:  5 minutes

Town Hall © Pierre Bona/cc-by-sa-3.0

Town Hall © Pierre Bona/cc-by-sa-3.0

Le Castellet is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region in southeastern France. It is mostly a small feudal village perched on a cliff edge.   read more…

Cavalaire-sur-Mer on the Côte d’Azur

6 February 2014 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, French Riviera Reading Time:  4 minutes

Bay of Cavalaire © Starus/cc-by-sa-3.0

Bay of Cavalaire © Starus/cc-by-sa-3.0

Cavalaire-sur-Mer is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region in southeastern France. Cavalaire has a marina with 1200 berths.   read more…

Sanary-sur-Mer on the southern French Mediterranean coast

13 December 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, French Riviera Reading Time:  7 minutes

© Patrick Verdier

© Patrick Verdier

Sanary-sur-Mer is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region in southeastern France. It is located in coastal Provence on the Mediterranean Sea 13 km (8.1 mi) from Toulon and 49 km (30 mi) from Marseille. It can be reached from Paris by TGV train in less than 4 hours. In high season there are direct flights to nearby Toulon from London, Oslo, Brussels and Rotterdam.   read more…

Cassis in southern France

29 November 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, French Riviera Reading Time:  7 minutes

Cassis seen from the cliffs © Marion Schneider & Christoph Aistleitner

Cassis seen from the cliffs © Marion Schneider & Christoph Aistleitner

Cassis is a commune situated east of Marseille in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region in southern France. It is a popular tourist destination, famous for its cliffs (falaises) and the sheltered inlets called calanques. The wines of Cassis are white and rosé, and not to be confused with crème de cassis, a specialty of Burgundy which takes its name from blackcurrants (cassis), not the commune.   read more…

Theme Week Marseille – Košice and Marseille, European Capitals of Culture 2013

14 November 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, French Riviera, European Union, European Capital of Culture Reading Time:  6 minutes

© Kosice2013.sk

© Kosice2013.sk


The City of Košice

Košice is a city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary. With a population of approximately 240,000, Košice is the second largest city in Slovakia after the capital Bratislava. Being the economic and cultural center of eastern Slovakia, Košice is the seat of the Košice Region and Košice Self-governing Region, the Slovak Constitutional Court, three universities, various dioceses, and many museums, galleries, and theaters. Košice is an important industrial center of Slovakia. The town has good railway connections and an international airport.   read more…

Moustiers-Sainte-Marie in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

15 October 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, French Riviera Reading Time:  4 minutes

© Nepomuk

© Nepomuk

Moustiers-Sainte-Marie, or simply Moustiers, is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France, a part of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region.   read more…

Châteauneuf-du-Pape in the south of France

15 September 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, French Riviera Reading Time:  6 minutes

Vineyard and château near Châteauneuf-du-Pape © Vi..Cult...

Vineyard and château near Châteauneuf-du-Pape © Vi..Cult…

Châteauneuf-du-Pape is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region in southeastern France.   read more…

Toulon in southern France

14 August 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, French Riviera Reading Time:  7 minutes

Tall ships in the old port © SiefkinDR

Tall ships in the old port © SiefkinDR

Toulon is a town in southern France and a large military harbor on the Mediterranean coast, with a major French naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur region, Toulon is the capital of the Var department in the former province of Provence. It is the fourth-largest French city on the Mediterranean coast after Marseille, Nice and Montpellier. Toulon is an important centre for naval construction, fishing, wine making, and the manufacture of aeronautical equipment, armaments, maps, paper, tobacco, printing, shoes, and electronic equipment. The military port of Toulon is the major naval centre on France’s Mediterranean coast, home of the French Navy aircraft carrier Charles De Gaulle and her battle group. The French Mediterranean Fleet is based in Toulon.   read more…

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