BAYEUX , with its perfectly preserved medieval ensemble, magnificent cathedral and world-famous tapestry, is 23km west of Caen - a mere twenty-minute train ride. It's a smaller and much more intimate city, and, despite the large crowds of summer...
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The city of BORDEAUX is stunning when approached from the south along the river. It's big, with a population of over half a million, and obviously rich - as it has been since the Romans set up a lively trading centre here. Especially...
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In the remote westernmost corner of Rajasthan, a good 100km beyond its closest neighbour Pokaran, JAISALMER is a desert town par excellence , its sand-yellow ramparts rising out of the arid Thar like a vision from ...
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