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The Roman Glory of Nimes.

11/03/2020 by .
Pont Du Gard © B.Watts

Beverley Watts visits the area around Nîmes and is transported back through time to the Roman Glory of Nimes.

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Truffle Hunting in Uzès, South of France

26/01/2017 by .
Skate with leeks and truffle

If there’s one reason to visit the South of France in winter, when despite the brilliant sunshine, it’s freezing cold from the Camargue to the Cote d’Azur, it’s truffles.   Fittingly for an area associated with luxury travel, this – particularly the area surrounding the picturesque town of Uzès –  is one of the most prolific hunting grounds in the world for tuber melanosporum, as the black truffle of winter is known.

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