France
Atelier Des Lumieres. Discover giant digital art in Paris
Can viewing art digitally ever be as good as poring over the brush-strokes of the real thing? The thrilling close-ups of Chagall’s Paris Opera ceiling recently projected onto a screen at the city’s Philharmonie convinced this art lover it really could, and now the Atelier des Lumieres, the city’s latest and greatest attraction, proves that looking at highly-detailed images through a magnifying lens and state of the art projectors is the way to go.
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Hotel Le Pigalle. Discover gorgeous art deco in Paris
Not so long ago Pigalle was considered the seedier side of Paris, a magnet for sex shops and low-rent hostelries, thanks to the topless cabarets which made it the apotheosis of city nightlife more than a century ago.
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Sublime Royal Clipper Cruise. Cannes to Rome
This is the Royal Clipper, the largest five masted fully rigged sailing ship in the world on its Mediterranean cruise, from France to Italy.
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The best of Touring Brittany by Motorhome
Andy Mossack swaps his usual luxury hotel for a new Bailey Advance 74-2 motorhome as he goes touring Brittany by motorhome.
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Stunning Chateau de Mercues. Cahors
Cahors gave the world Malbec – and Chateau de Mercues, which makes some of the best, has added food worthy of the rarefied appellation, not to mention “grand confort” in which to sleep off a multi-course dinner slaked with many vintages.
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Montpellier. Modern metropolis with a mediaeval heart
Anthea Gerrie reports on Montpellier, a vastly under-visited city in southern France. It’s a modern city but with a mediaeval beating heart.
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