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Throughout your navigation, discover the Western France by taking the side roads ... Discover nooks off the beaten track, sometimes forgotten, but always full of charm and incredible authenticity.

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Pech Merle

Pech Merle, prehistory center and museum. A leap of 29,000 years, to the origins of art
placeCabrerets – Lot
labelMajor sites
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Le Musée du Palais des Evêques & cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-la-Sède

The Museum of the Bishop's Palace The Museum of the Bishops' Palace and the “Sistine Chapel of Ariège”
placeSaint-Lizier – Ariège
labelRemarkable buildings
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Les chats d’Angeline

When Angeline's cats were rescuing La Romieu
placeLa Romieu – Gers
labelRemarkable buildings
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Le Thor,

Le Thor, a typical village in the Pays de Sorgue region and the capital of Chasselas
placeLe Thor – Vaucluse
labelGastronomy [to drink]
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Musée du Scribe

The Scribe Museum: 5,000 Years of Writing...
placeSaint-Christol-lès-Alès - Gard
labelMuseums & Collections
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To discover

Bompas - cargolade

Bompas capital of the Snail
placeBompas – Pyrénées-orientales 
label Festivities & festivals, brotherhoods Gastronomy [to eat]  
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Charles Trénet comes back to life on a motorway area
placeVinassan – Aude 
label People from here  
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Pas d'euro avec le Christ
placePrincipauté d'Andorre  
label Amazing... isn't it?  
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Rareté animale
placeDaux - Haute-Garonne 
label Animals  
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Le Truffadou

he Truffadou, little truffle train
placeMartel - Lot 
label Station, train, boat, plane...  
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Jean Gabin dans

L'affaire Dominici
placeLurs - Alpes de Haute Provence 
label Films: film locations  
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Unusual, forgotten, bizarre, mysterious, original,
curious, picturesque, unknown, wonderful ...

Abbaye de Lagrasse

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