Bordeaux - French Sleeping Beauty

Bordeaux is often called Snow White, because it's beautiful, designated, but not so popular as Paris and other cities to enjoy French. Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France. With a population of 239 157 inhabitants, it is the 9th largest city in France. A total area of ​​19.06 square miles.

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If you want to visit this summer and explore some new place and enjoy the breathtaking scenery, beautiful old architecture, museums, amazing places and streets .. then we propose in Bordeaux , Below you can see amazing images that gonna be stunning to look at.

Fountain in Bordeaux

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Street in Bordeaux

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The city lies on a bend of the river built on the right bank to the East and left bank in the West: Garonne and is divided into two parts. Nicknamed the city "La Perle d'Aquitaine" (the pearl of Aquitaine) and "La Belle Endormie" (Sleeping Beauty) in relation to the old center. Also Bordeaux is the major wine industry capital of the world.

Amazing view of Bordeaux

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Place de la Bourse

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Beautiful architecture, museums, opportunities for tasting the famous local wine, charming cafes, a swimming, parks ... and Bordeaux is a city of art, full of monuments that you might be wondering what they are capable, hands that built, but smaller, slower and more relaxed life. He did not get the vibration of tourists, but the vast students.

Le pont de pierre

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Visiting 10 French beaches

After theguardian.com and the experts asked, they checked many French beaches and 10 beaches came french to a final list of the top. This French beaches are from Brittany to Corsica and they are fantastic. French Some of these beaches are for families, others for lovers, some you may have the great excitement of water sports and some of them are for adults only. For each beach we give a brief info followed with some nice pictures, if you want to read more about this place, you can visit a website theguardian.

Porto-Pollo, Corsica

Porto-Pollo is said best in Corsica. The expert to say that this is the best place in Corsica Jacqueline Mirtelli of France Tourist Office. The sand in the bay protected by green hills and the crystal clear waters are the most obvious things.

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Baie d'Audierne, Brittany

Chosen as the best Breton beach of Wendy Mewes, author of the Footprint in Brittany. It is 30 km long beach, the quiet relaxation, and family-friendly places and has some adventurers.

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L'Ile de Riou, Marseille

Frederic Di Meglo The Secretary General of the Fédération Française d'Etude et de Sports Sous-Marin said that L'Ile de Riou is the best place for diving. This island is uninhabited and preserved. It is only accessible by boat.

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Euronat, Côte d'Argent, Aquitaine

Euronat is best nudist beach from France to Nick Mayhew-Smith, author of the best nudist beaches in the world. It is by the mass tourism and the golden sandy beaches of the Côte d'Argent are unaffected sky for the back-to-nature beach lovers.

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Plage de l'Almanarre, Hyères, Provence-Alpes Cote Riviera

Pascal Boulanger, world champion funboarders, chose this beach among the best for water sports. It is the best beach for wind fanatics, there's a consistent wind from one side. There are several areas for windsurfers, kitesurfers and funboarders reserved.

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Plage de Ménéham, Brittany

Of all the French beaches Plage de Ménéham is selected can the best for campers and RVs. Mail George, editor of All the Aires France is the one who will be held responsible for this pick. Here you can discover one of the finest white sand beaches by the French-lane coastal road north of Kerlouan.

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Paloma Plage, French Riviera

Gerard Spatafora, Clé d'Or and concierge at the Fairmont Hotel Monte Carlo since 1980, says Paloma Plage is the best celebrity spotting French beach. Calm, chic and protected, it is perfect place for celebrities from around the paparazzi to hide and enjoy. Anyway half of the beach is public, so there for those who reserved non-millionaires.

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Côte Sauvage, Poitou-Charentes

The best wild beach all French beaches of the Côte Sauvage. Dominic earler what is the editor of France: Time Out of the Perfect Places found that this beach should get this reward. It is only a 10-minute hike from the D25 berween Ronce-les-Bains and La Palmyre reach.

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Argelès Plage, Languedoc-Roussillon

Of all the French beaches, the one that is best for families Argelès Plage. Mirella Salomone, co-founder of findmybeach.com says that French family has been here for many years and the flocked good reason. It; s. Beautifully maintained and has great facilities including a marina and a beach club for children

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Beaulieu-sur-Mer, French Riviera

At the end of the best beach for children is Beaulieu-sur-Mer. And the experts who has picked up the 8-year-old Samuel Landry. The beach is sandy and shallow.

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The Notre Dame Cathedral is the French Gothic treasure

Paris - city of light, of love and wine is the most romantic city in the world. Good wine, good coffee and sights around every corner is in you memory imprint. If you ever go to Paris, take some time for pleasure, but also you will need an extra hour to many places offered by the city to visit. The annual number of more than 45 million tourists makes this city into the world's most visited. If you have the chance to look at all the cultural, historical and artistic sights, as well as parks and other attractions, but be sure not to miss the Notre-Dame Cathedral.

Located on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, this cathedral is the finest example of French Gothic architecture. According to the Tourism Organization of Paris, tourists prefer to see the beauty of the old cathedral, as set out on the Eiffel Tower. This is real proof that the cathedral is really famous.

The Notre Dame cathedral is the church of the Roman Catholic church, where many Christians come to pray. But no matter who it opens its doors to everyone who is ready for the faithful or not. Every day, the cathedral is open to visitors, which are organized in different languages. That is how a spiritual message is addressed to all those whose enter to send its doors.

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The cathedral was in 1163 during the reign of Louis VII , During the construction period, the project of numerous architects worked. The Gothic masterpiece became the prototype for future cathedrals in France. The construction of Notre - Dame is 128 meters long and its towers are 69 meters high. A tower was added in the nineteenth century and reaches 90 meters. Cathedral has the most spectacular and outstanding windows.

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They are large and rose. The west window is 10 feet in diameter, is the south of 12.9 meters and consists of 84 glass panes is assembled. The North is also 12.9 meters in diameter. All of them are exceptionally beautiful. The cathedral has 10 bells and the famous "Emmanuel" is located in the Southern Tower. It weighs 13 tons and has been redrafted in 1631, all the portals of the Notre Dame Cathedral are magnificent examples of early Gothic.

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