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| Some years ago, when we first visited France, we made Paris our only port of call. | |||||||||||
| We loved it. Abounding in cafes, galleries, beautiful boulevards and a stylish ambience uniquely French, Paris seemed like a dream destination. | |||||||||||
| How limited we were! | |||||||||||
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was only on subsequent visits, bristling with Eurail tickets and hire
cars, that we discovered the enormous wealth of things to see and do in
rural France and how varied were its regions. The wine villages of Burgundy, Brittany’s diverse coastlines, the sparkling waters of the Mediterranean, the haunting alpine vistas of the Auvergne, the Canal du Midi in the Languedoc and the fairy tale towns floating in the clouds or nestling in the Massif Central were just a few of these. |
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amongst this dazzling diversity, three particular regions captured our
hearts and imaginations: Dordogne, the Loire
Valley and Provence. We couldn’t stop thinking about them. |
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| Each of these totally different places has a dimension that goes beyond anything else in our travel experiences. | |||||||||||
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The charm of the Dordogne, with its rolling green hills, chateaux towering above the surrounding Chestnut forests, its Medieval Bastide villages, the dramatically beautiful river, and the amazing variety of cultural, historic, artistic and leisure activities available there puts it squarely on our list of essential destinations in Europe. | ||||||||||
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