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France’s spectacular abbey Mont-Saint-Michel celebrates 1,000th birthday

June 5, 2023871 Views

France’s beloved abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel has reached a ripe old age. It’s been 1,000 years since the laying of its first stone. The millennial of the UNESCO World Heritage site and key Normandy tourism magnet is being celebrated until November with exhibits, dance shows and concerts. French President Emmanuel Macron is heading there on Monday. FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of Mont Saint Michel, Normandy, France. (AP Photo/David Vincent) Macron plans to deliver a speech and to see a new exhibit tracing the Romanesque abbey’s history via 30 objects and pieces, including a restored statue of Saint Michael. Legend has it that the archangel Michael appeared in 708, duly instructing the bishop of nearby Avranches to build him a church on the rocky outcrop. The exhibit, two years in ...

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Notre Dame’s fire-ravaged roof rebuilt using medieval techniques

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May 30, 2023731 Views

If time travel was possible, medieval carpenters would surely be amazed to see how woodworking techniques they pioneered in building Notre Dame Cathedral more than 800 years ago are being used again today to rebuild the world-famous monument’s fire-ravaged roof. Certainly the reverse is true for the modern-day carpenters using medieval-era skills. Working with hand axes to fashion hundreds of tons of oak beams for the framework of Notre Dame’s new roof has, for them, been like rewinding time. It’s given them a new appreciation of their predecessors’ handiwork that pushed the architectural envelope back in the 13th century. Part of the new wooden roof of the Notre Dame de Paris cathedral, Thursday, May, 25, 2023 is pictured near Angers, western France. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Schaeffer) ...

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Tourism under threat as winter drought dries up France’s Lake Montbel

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March 17, 2023986 Views

Set at foot of the Pyrenees mountains, Lake Montbel is famous in south-west France for its turquoise waters, massive size and thriving aquatic life. But as spring nears, the postcard landscape has largely turned into a muddy wasteland, with the boats of the local sailing club left stranded on its banks, as France's driest winter in 64 years kept the lake from filling up. France, like most of Europe, is in the grip of a winter drought that is prompting growing concerns over water security across the continent. A view shows cracked and dry earth of the partially dry Lake Montbel at the foot of the Pyrenees Mountains as France faces records winter dry spell raising fears of another summer of droughts and water restrictions, March 13, 2023. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier For the month ...

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Airbnb offers ‘Phantom of the Opera’-themed stay at Palais Garnier in Paris

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February 14, 20231055 Views

Airbnb is offering a night for two in the Palais Garnier opera house in Paris this summer, transforming a box in the theatre into a plush bedroom with sweeping views of the famous auditorium. The "Phantom of the Opera"-themed stay - a nod to the novel by Gaston Leroux and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical - comes as tourism bounces back in Europe after several years of pandemic disruptions, with visitors from the United States arriving in France in droves since last summer. A view shows the Loge d'honneur transformed into a bedchamber inside the Opera Garnier, during a media presentation of the space inspired by the Phantom of the Opera which will be rented through Airbnb to two people for one night, in Paris, France, January 3, 2023. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes European capitals are als...

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Anantara heralds a French debut with the opening of Plaza Nice

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January 31, 2023755 Views

The arrival of Anantara Plaza Nice Hotel in a rejuvenated 19th century architectural jewel on Nice's boardwalk, marks a triumphant return of one of the most storied hotels on Côte d’Azur and a continuation of Anantara’s European expansion. The heritage property overlooking the Promenade des Anglais is now open following an extensive two-year renovation to its Belle Époque era glory. Centrally located at the entrance to Nice's Golden Square, Anantara Plaza Nice Hotel overlooks Albert 1er gardens and the glittering Promenade des Anglais – the most famous stretch of seafront in Nice. Reopening with 151 rooms including 38 suites, many with sea-facing terraces and balconies, the remarkable 175-year-old building features a new Anantara Spa, a seminar space with six meeting rooms and a ba...

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Ski lifts to slow down as French Alps resorts face energy crunch

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November 29, 2022250 Views

Ski resort managers in the French Alps are scrambling to find ways to conserve energy as part of a national effort to reduce consumption, with about half the resorts also bracing for power bills to be three to six times higher than in prior years. In Chamonix, close to Switzerland, if there is no crowd, the lift will go 10% slower. And if the resort gets an alert that power supplies cannot meet demand, Chamonix will slow the lifts by 30%. A snowboarder starts a climb ahead of the season opening and amid surge in electricity costs in winter sports resort Val Thorens, France, November 24, 2022. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse A number of ski resorts including Chamonix and Val Thorens have also pledged to limit artificial snow production and reduce heating within buildings, officials said. ...

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France had hottest month of October since 1945

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November 1, 2022628 Views

October 2022 is set to be the hottest month of October in France since records started in 1945, national weather agency Meteo-France said in a statement. With an average temperature close to or even just above 17 degrees Celsius (63 Fahrenheit) - three to four degrees above normal levels - last month was far warmer than the previous record in October 2001, when temperatures averaged 16.3C. People enjoy a warm and sunny autumn day on the beach of the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France, France October 27, 2022. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard The second half of the month saw an exceptionally long and intense period of unseasonably high temperatures, with the southwestern city of Bordeaux registering on Oct. 16 the latest 30C since records started. Meteo-France said that due to climate ...

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The kick comes at the end – world’s hottest chili flavours French chocolates

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October 29, 2022962 Views

It is hard to come up with something new at Paris' annual chocolate fair, but French chocolatier Damien Vidal found a way to put a mouth-tingling twist on his confectionary: incorporating the world's hottest chili. French chocolatier Damien Vidal poses with chocolates flavoured with Carolina Reaper chilli pepper at the Paris Chocolate fair in Paris, France, October 28, 2022. REUTERS/Lucien Libert Besides traditional ingredients such as raspberry, cassis and passion fruit, his marble-shaped "Bille en tete" (a play on a French idiom for "headfirst") chocolates are flavoured with Carolina Reaper, the world's hottest chili pepper according to Guinness World Records. He managed to put just enough chili in them to give them a kick, but not too much so as to make them unpalatable. Tw...

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Alpine views, picturesque towns, and a mountain to cycle up

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October 27, 2022315 Views

“Be patient, slow down,” I reminded myself as we neared the summit of the Col de la Colombiere in the French Alps, a climb that’s been ridden 23 times in the Tour de France. And, trust me, they don’t include it so regularly in the world’s most famous race because it’s easy. The Colombiere is a 17.6-kilometer (10.9-mile) challenge with an average gradient of 6.5 percent. (There’s a sign every kilometer that lets you know the gradient for the upcoming kilometer.) I’m not a professional cyclist and was struggling. Up ahead was Mike Booth, my new cycling companion. Booth, a charming and chatty Brit who lives near the base of Mont Blanc, has ridden the Colombiere more than 50 times and wasn’t even breathing hard. The village of Le Reposoir appears along the route to the summit of the ...

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Summer rolls on along French Riviera as balmy temperatures persist

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October 27, 2022364 Views

It is late October on the French Riviera, but tourists are sunbathing in bikini, the terraces are full and the seawater is warm enough for swimming. On the beach in Nice, few were complaining about global warming. "At the end of October it cools down normally and by All Saints Day it usually rains, but this year is exceptional," said Rose-Marie Martini, tanning on the beach in a bathing suit. People enjoy a warm and sunny autumn day on the beach of the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France, France October 27, 2022. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard She said that at home, the heating was still off, and that the water was still great for swimming at 20 to 21 degrees Celsius. Western Europe's unusually balmy October follows a summer during which blistering temperatures parched farmlands and ...