Eight kilometres west of Gignac, the market town of CLERMONT-L'H…RAULT - accessible by bus from Montpellier - is a rather dull little cantonal capital, whose only recommendation is that it is a good jumping-off point for visiting the area...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU , responsible for giving Rush Limbaugh to the airwaves of the world, looks down on the Mississippi from a rocky ledge 55 miles downriver. Among its antebellum and Victorian buildings, the Port Cape Girardeau , 19 N Water St...
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Although it's the Big Island's capital, and largest town, just 45,000 people live in HILO , which remains endearing and unpressured. Mass tourism has never taken off here; basically it rains too much. However, the rain falls mostly at night,...
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