On summer weekends, the Bordelais escape en masse to ARCACHON , the oldest resort on the CÙte d'Argent and a forty-minute train ride across flat, sandy forest from Bordeaux. The beaches of white sand are magnificent but can be crowded, and its...
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At GRANGE , five miles north of Drumcliff, there's not much apart from an old boys' bar off to the right, over the bridge. However, if you venture inland past the pub, you'll get a changing perspective of Benbulben as you approach the Gleniff...
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ARGENTAT is the last major town on the Dordogne and the last part of the river accessible by anything other than foot. Beyond Argentat, the Dordogne changes character entirely, due to the series of hydroelectric dams ( barrages ) that turn...
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