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South of France Video Tour: Montpellier, Part 1
In this video tour, David Hill of New York Habitat ( explores France's thriving city Montpellier! Montpellier is located in the South of France, near the Mediterranean Sea. Because of this, Montpellier is usually thought of as summer holiday destination. Although Montpellier is definitely worth visiting in summertime, the city is also a great place to visit in the cooler months, because of its lovely mild climate.
Montpellier has been the fastest growing city in France over the past 25 years, and is now the 8th largest city of the country. Furthermore, it's the 3rd largest French city on the Mediterranean coast, after Marseille and Nice. Montpellier is a fantastic shopping destination, and also a cultural hotspot.
Place de la Comédie
The tour starts at Montpellier's famous square the Place de la Comédie, which is often considered to be the heart of the city. The square dates back to before 1755, and is surrounded by beautiful building such as the Opéra Comédie, which houses the city's famous opera company. On the square itself you can find the impressive Three Graces Fountain, which was sculpted in 1790. In wintertime the Place de la Comédie is the place to get your holiday shopping done, as a Christmas Market is held here every year. Lastly, you can find many cafes and restaurants around the square.
Musée Fabre
One of Montpellier's best-known museums, the Musée Fabre, is located just two blocks north of the Place de la Comédie. The museum was founded by the Montpellier-born painter François-Xavier Fabre in 1825. A collection of his works formed the basis for the museum. Nowadays, the museum also displays paintings from the 17th Century up to the 19th Century, as well as several statues and other ceramic works. The museum is classified as a Museum of France.
The Polygon
If you come to Montpellier for the shopping, the huge shopping center Polygon is a good place to start. Located just east of the Place de la Comédie, the Polygon houses everything from well-known global brands to famous French stores. For example, a branch of the famous French department store Galeries Lafayette is located here. You'll also find shops such as Zara and H&M.
Stay in a Montpellier Vacation Rental Apartment
The best way to experience Montpellier is to live there like a local! We have many vacation rental apartments available in Montpellier with great locations so you can experience the best of the city. And if you enjoy the city so much that you want to stay for a longer period, we also have furnished rental apartments in Montpellier where you can truly feel at home.
Montpellier's City Center the Ecusson
The historical city center of Montpellier is called the Ecusson. This area is full of narrow cobblestoned streets, beautiful French architecture, and small boutiques. If you prefer small independent shops to large department stores, the Ecusson is the place to go. The Ecusson neighborhood also boasts many great cafes and restaurants. If you want to have a proper French lunch or dinner, just stroll around the city center and pick a brasserie you like.
The Odysseum
For those of you who do like big department stores, the Odysseum is the shopping destination to check out. Located to the south-west of the city center of Montpellier, this massive complex houses big brands such as Apple, Ikea, H&M and Zara. Furthermore, there's a lot more to do here. The Odysseum features a big aquarium, a bowling alley, a rock climbing facility, and more. Plus there are plenty of restaurants and bars where you can enjoy some good food in between al the activities.
City Hall & Antigone
For lovers of modern architecture, the new City Hall is definitely something worth seeing. The contemporary glass structure was designed by Jean Nouvel, and opened in November of 2011. The main hall and the surrounding grounds are all open to the public. Another great display of architecture from the 20th Century is the Antigone neighborhood. The neighborhood features buildings designed by Ricordo Bofill in a grand neoclassical architectural style. The region including the arch-shaped Hotel de la Région and the impressive apartment buildings is nicknamed the Champs-Élysées of Montpellier.
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Avignon, France - pedestrian zone
Continuing our visit to Provence, France. We're going to take you on an extended walk through the pedestrian zone and narrow streets on the east side of downtown Avignon, in the south of France, an area filled with shops, people and historic buildings. The only way to see this part of town is by walking. Old town is a charming neighborhood of shopping lanes and narrow residential streets with little back alleys, perfect for strolling.
Some of these routes are exclusively for pedestrians, no cars allowed, especially in the shopping center just southeast of the Place de l’Horloge. It's like one big shopping mall. And this historic center can easily be seen on foot in one day, for it is a compact zone about 1/2 mile wide and about 1/2 mile long.
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The Roman Delights of Nîmes, France
Walk the narrow, leafy streets of Nîmes, in southern France, and you may find yourself longing to wear a Roman toga. While the city is the birthplace of Serge de Nîmes, or “denim,” as it is commonly known, it is the 2,000-year-old Roman architecture that may inspire you to wear some Roman attire.
Renowned as the “Rome of France,” Nîmes boasts a number of incredibly intact Roman structures that can be found throughout the city. Clustered together, these ancient legacies can easily be visited on foot.
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Neuilly-sur-Seine, city of birth for Marine le Pen, beautiful suburb of Paris
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Neuilly-sur-Seine, ville de naissance pour Marine le Pen, belle banlieue de Paris
Neuilly-sur-Seine (French pronunciation: [nøji syʁ sɛn]) is a French commune just west of Paris, in the department of Hauts-de-Seine. A suburb of Paris, Neuilly is immediately adjacent to the city and directly extends it. The area is composed of mostly wealthy, select residential neighbourhoods, and many corporate headquarters are located there.
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Until the French Revolution, the settlement was often referred to as Port-Neuilly, but at the creation of French communes in 1790 the Port was dropped and the newly born commune was named simply Neuilly.
On 1 January 1860, the city of Paris was enlarged by annexing neighbouring communes. On that occasion, a part of the territory of Neuilly-sur-Seine was annexed by the city of Paris, and forms now the neighbourhood of Ternes, in the 17th arrondissement of Paris.
On 11 January 1867, part of the territory of Neuilly-sur-Seine was detached and merged with a part of the territory of Clichy to create the commune of Levallois-Perret.
On 2 May 1897, the commune name officially became Neuilly-sur-Seine (meaning Neuilly upon Seine), in order to distinguish it from the many communes of France also called Neuilly. However, most people continue to refer to Neuilly-sur-Seine as simply Neuilly. During the 1900 Summer Olympics, it hosted the basque pelota events.[1]
The American Hospital of Paris was founded in 1906.
In 1919, the Treaty of Neuilly was signed with Bulgaria in Neuilly-sur-Seine to conclude its role in World War I.
In 1929, the Bois de Boulogne, which was hitherto divided between the communes of Neuilly-sur-Seine and Boulogne-Billancourt, was annexed in its entirety by the city of Paris.
Main sights[edit]
It was the site of the Château de Neuilly, an important royal residence during the July Monarchy.
Transport[edit]
Neuilly-sur-Seine is served by three stations on Paris Métro Line 1: Porte Maillot (with a direct access to RER line C), Les Sablons and Pont de Neuilly.
RATP Bus service includes the lines 43, 73, 82, 93, 157, 158, 163, 164, 174 [1]
Night Bus lines include N11 and N24.
Economy[edit]
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Education[edit]
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Collège et Lycée Pasteur
Liceo Español Luis Buñuel
Public schools in Neuilly:[4]
Eight écoles maternelles (preschools): Achille Peretti, Charcot, Dulud, Gorce-Franklin, Michelis, Poissoniers, Roule, Saussaye
Ten elementary schools: Charcot A, Charcot B, Gorce-Franklin, Huissiers, Poissoniers, Peretti, Michelis A, Michelis B, Saussaye A, and Saussaye B
Two lower secondary schools: Collège André Maurois and Collège Théophile Gautier.
Collège et Lycée Pasteur
Lycée Saint-James
Lycée professionnel Vassily kandinsky
Domestic private schools:[5]
École primaire Sainte-Croix
École primaire Sainte-Marie
École primaire Saint-Dominique
École Ses Guérin
International private schools:[5]
Liceo Español Luis Buñuel, the Spanish international obligatory secondary (junior high school) and baccalaureate (bachillerato or sixth-form college/senior high school) school
Primary school classes for students in the Spanish school system are hproducer
Wassily Kandinsky, Russian Abstract-Expressionist artist
Sophie Marceau, French actress
Roger Martin du Gard, winner of 1937 Nobel Prize for Literature
Mireille Mathieu, chanson singer, has been a resident since 1965
Olivier Missoup, rugby player
Ilona Mitrecey, Eurodance artist
Christoph H. Müller musician, composer, co-founder of Neotango band Gotan Project
Anaïs Nin, author and diarist, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine
Allan Nyom, footballer
Vacances dans le Sud-Est de la France
Septembre 2014 : villes, villages et sites visités.
Abbaye de Montmajour
Abbaye de Senanque
Abbaye de Silvacane
Abbaye St-Hilaire
Abbaye Saint-Roman
Aigueze
Alba-la-Romaine
Arles
Avignon
Balazuc
Barjac
Bonnieux
Chamaret
Chapelle saint-Sulpice
Chapelle Saint-Laurent
Charssiers
Chartreuse de Bonpas
Chartreuse de Valbonne
Chateau d'Allegre
Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Colorado Provençal
Cornillon
Crestet
Crillon-le-Brave
Dentelles de Montmirail
Gordes
Gorges Ardèche
Gorges de la Beaume
Gorges de la Ligne
Gorges de la Nesque
Goudargues
Grignan
La garde Adhemar
La Roque-sur-Cèze
Labeaume
Largentière
Le Barroux
Le-Poët-Laval
Les Baux de provence
Lourmarin
Lussan
Menerbes
Mont Ventoux
Montclus
Mornas
Moulin de Daudet
Nimes
Nyons
Pont du Gard
Rochecolombe
Rochegude
Rochemaure
Rocher de Sampzon
Roussillon
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence
Sceautres
Seguret
Saint-Montant
Saint-Pantaleon
Suze-la-Rousse
Taillades
Tarascon
Taulignan
Uzes
Vaison-la-Romaine
Vallon-pont-d'Arc
Venasque
Village des Bories
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Pont du Gard - Provence, France
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Pont Du Gard Provence
This ancient Roman aqueduct still stands over the Gard River, as it has for over 2,000 years.
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- ... My life did not feel complete Pont du Gard Onto the autoroute in the direction of Avignon ...
- ... We based ourselves at Avignon and travelled around the area discovering places such as the Pont du Gard a world heritage site of a massive aquaduct ...
- ... Since Nimes we have explored the intricacies of the engineering marvels that the Romans accomplished at Pont du Gard - for over a thousand years the highest bridge in the world ...
- ... After visiting Nimes, we are going to the Pont Du Gard which was a Roman aqua duct ...
- ... We then headed up the road to Pont du Gard ...
- ... So we left Avignon and drove up the road to see Pont du Gard, the most preserved aqueduct of the Roman period ...
- ... The next day we headed off and made a quick stop off at the Pont du Gard just outside Avignon ...
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- Cloakroom assistants at the Pont du Gard museum! by Jeniboots from a blog titled Barcelona - Carcassone - Avignon - Antibes
- Eddie & Shirley at Pont du Gard by Campbellsabroad from a blog titled Last week in Provence
- Snow at Pont du Gard by Jeniboots from a blog titled Barcelona - Carcassone - Avignon - Antibes
- Pont du Gard shot by Dodgy from a blog titled When the skies are grey, just eat your day away
- Pont Du Gard by Kelncre from a blog titled Avignon : Bonjour, Bonsoir, Bonjour!
- Pont du Gard by Crashman from a blog titled The first three days in Avignon!
- Pont du Gard by A_schafs from a blog titled New Year's in Avignon
- Pont Du Gard by Kelncre from a blog titled Avignon : Bonjour, Bonsoir, Bonjour!
- Pont du Gard by Kelncre from a blog titled Avignon : Bonjour, Bonsoir, Bonjour!
- Pont du Gard by Jeniboots from a blog titled Barcelona - Carcassone - Avignon - Antibes
- Pont du Gard by Caroladele from a blog titled France
Vidéo Paris Médiéval - Visite touristique
Notre reporter Mathieu vous guide pour un voyage dans le temps à Paris. La capitale française garde de nombreuses traces de sa longue histoire, pour les découvrir rendez-vous sur l'Ile de la Cité. La visite commence par la célèbre Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris, puis Mathieu passe par la muraille de Philippe Auguste, l'Hôtel de Sens, le cloître médiéval de la rue des Archives et la Tour de Jean Sans Peur de la rue Etienne Marcel. Après cette promenade, si vous souhaitez un restaurant dans le style médiéval, Mathieu vous fait connaitre la Taverne Médiévale, rue St Sabin. Les caves de cette taverne vous accueillent dans une ambiance festive pour danser, ripailler et festoyer comme au Moyen-âge !
Avignon in Provence, France
Home to nine popes during the 14th century and one of the most beautiful cities in France today, Avignon is a treasure house of palaces, museums and meandering lanes, surrounded by an old fortified wall that still protects it from modernization. This city in the heart of beautiful Provence lays claim to dozens of historic monuments, especially the great Palace of the Popes which was gradually enlarged into an imposing fortification during the 60-year papal residency and is now a museum open to the public.
Stroll over to Rue Joseph Vernet, perhaps the prettiest street in town, lined with lovely shops, galleries and restaurants. Detour a few blocks up and down Rue St. Agricol, which offers a similar environment of pleasant shops and leads to the main square of town, Place de lHorloge.
Continue with a stroll along the main street of Avignon, Rue de la République, which extends through the center from the train station nearly to the Popes Palace in a straight line about a mile long. Look for one of the most picturesque streets in town, Rue des Teinturiers, the street of the tinters. Several ancient water wheels along this cobbled lane are still turning, pushed along by a quaint little, tree-lined canal. The wheels were once used to provide power for the manufacturing and dyeing of textiles. Now this is a trendy street, with cafes, boutiques and a small theater, a mere ten-minute walk from the town center.