Destinations

When one journey ends another begins

When one journey ends another begins

21 Jun 2010 by Joel Willans

Our Ovi Maps Explorer trip has come to an end. We’ve had a great time and we hope you have too. As a farewell gift, we’d like to share some of our finest memories.

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Just the ticket for sumptuous dining

Just the ticket for sumptuous dining

9 Mar 2010 by Joel Willans

Le Train Bleu is possibly the world’s most sumptuous train station restaurant. The ambiance is magnifique, the food delicious. So why’s one trip enough?

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Drop dead gorgerous

Drop dead gorgerous

22 Feb 2010 by Joel Willans

I’m neither a Goth nor a Satanist, but I do love a good graveyard. And if you secretly dig graveyards too, I guarantee my four favourites will knock you dead.

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Our distinctly modern lady of the Pentecost

Our distinctly modern lady of the Pentecost

15 Jan 2010 by Peter Sterling

Proof that there’s a place for cutting-edge design at church, Notre-Dame de Pentecôte is yet another Paris must-see.

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Take a superstar to dinner

Take a superstar to dinner

1 Dec 2009 by Joel Willans

Live in London and looking for a weekend to remember? Try taking a superstar to dinner.

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Oh la la, a château in Loire

Oh la la, a château in Loire

7 Oct 2009 by Joel Willans

The Loire Valley has hundreds of châteauxs, meaning you can live like royalty for a lot less than you might imagine.

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Tourists: The good, the bad and the ugly

Tourists: The good, the bad and the ugly

6 Oct 2009 by Joel Willans

What nationalities make the best tourists? Expedia asked 4500 hoteliers to give their opinion and some of the results came as bit of a surprise.

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Fine dining out past the tide

Fine dining out past the tide

7 Sep 2009 by Peter Sterling

In the year 708 A.D., St. Michael the Archangel appeared to St. Aubert, bishop of Avranches, and instructed him to build a church on a rocky islet off the coast of Normandy. Aubert had better things to do, and disobeyed – until St. Michael, as legend has it, burned a hole in the bishop’s skull with his finger.

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French say oui to “hunks in trunks”

French say oui to “hunks in trunks”

12 Aug 2009 by Joel Willans

First the French go cold on topless bathing. Now they’re making men feel the heat when it comes to swimming trunks. Is this another French revolution?

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