Why Champagne Deserves More Than a Day Trip
Paris to Reims takes 45 minutes on the TGV. Which is exactly why so many people treat Champagne as a…
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Paris Restaurants That Have Refused to Change for Over 100 Years
Paris reinvents itself constantly. New hotels, new menus, new everything. And then there are the places that simply refuse to…
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The 3-Day Brittany Itinerary Worth Skipping Mont Saint-Michel For
Saint-Malo gets the postcards. Mont Saint-Michel gets the crowds. Vannes gets three days of real travel. A stunning medieval walled…
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Versailles Is the One Everyone Knows. The Other Two Are Just as Impressive.
You’ve probably heard of Versailles. You might have heard of Fontainebleau. But Vaux-le-Vicomte? That one slips past most tourist itineraries….
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3 Paris Hotels With a Past: Wilde, Chanel, and Hemingway
Paris has hundreds of luxury hotels, and most of them are excellent. The ones you remember are the ones where…
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What to Eat in Lyon: France’s Real Culinary Capital
Paris gets all the credit. Lyon gets all the food. Lyon has been called the gastronomic capital of France for…
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Amsterdam’s New Tourist Rules: Fines, Bans, and a Campaign Telling You Not to Come
Amsterdam has always had rules. But the version that exists today looks nothing like the city most tourists think they’re…
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What Nobody Tells You About Renting on the Amalfi Coast
The photos online make it look amazing. A gorgeous apartment with a terrace, sea views, some lemon trees, and a…
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Why French People Don’t Do Small Talk – And What Americans Get Wrong About It
If you’ve ever walked out of a Paris café feeling vaguely snubbed, you’re not alone. The waiter didn’t smile. Nobody…
