The Louvre Has a €1 Billion Problem – Tourists Are Helping Foot the Bill
The world’s most-visited museum is about to go through the biggest transformation in its modern history. President Emmanuel Macron announced…
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Paris Is Getting Its First Skyscraper in 53 Years
Paris has spent the last half-century saying no to skyscrapers. After Tour Montparnasse went up in 1973 – and became…
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The Best Walking Shoes for Paris
Paris will eat your feet alive if you let it. The average visitor walks 8 to 12 miles per day…
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The French Worm That’s Healing Europe’s Worst Fire Victims
Something unusual happened in the burn units of Switzerland and France after the Crans-Montana disaster. Doctors were treating patients with…
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The Louvre Was a Terrorist Target. Here’s What French Intelligence Just Stopped.
French authorities arrested a man last Wednesday who had been planning a jihadist attack on the Louvre museum in Paris….
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FRANCE PUT ON HANTAVIRUS ALERT AS 5 FRENCH NATIONALS RETURN FROM DEADLY CRUISE
Five French passengers are being repatriated today from the MV Hondius, the Dutch expedition ship where 3 people have already…
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10 Things Americans Dislike About France (Perfectly Normal to French People)
You spend months dreaming about Paris. You pack the right shoes. You’ve watched enough French films to feel like you…
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The French Town Built Inside a Cliff That Most Travelers Have Never Heard Of
The Dordogne’s big draws pull travelers straight to the Vézère Valley with its prehistoric caves, clifftop châteaux, the usual postcard…
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The French Town That Makes Provence Feel Overrated
Uzès sits in the Gard département, just west of Provence – officially in Occitanie, though nobody told the architecture. The…
