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February
Van Gogh at the Atelier des Lumières in Paris
Atelier des Lumières in Paris
Until 31 December
1
January
75th Anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy
Normandy
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The Distinction Palace
In France, hotel rankings highlight the exceptional 5-star hotels by elevating them to ‘palace’…
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Currency, electrical voltage, units of measurement... useful day-to-day information for your stay…
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Here’s why you MUST visit the Eiffel Tower in 2019
130 years after its inauguration at the 1889 World Fair, the Eiffel Tower is more than ever a…
Sports, culture, fashion, gastronomy...
7 reasons to visit France in 2019
It’s always a good time to plan a trip to France – but more than ever in 2019, with culture, sport…
Take the train of History
3 reasons to visit the Armistice Memorial
The museum located in Compiègne, in Northern France, is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the…
The Centenary of the 1918 Armistice
Celebrate Peace in these Hauts-de-France Gardens
On the former front lines of WWI in the Hauts-de-France region, resilience is best recognized…
A moving memorial
Discover the International Memorial’14-18…
With its cemetery, interpretation centre and Ring of Remembrance, inaugurated Nov 11, 2014, the…
Explore these major Great War Sites that should never be forgotten
48 hours in Verdun: in the footsteps of World War…
February 1916, in Verdun: French and German troops get involved in the longest battle during World…