Places Ombline Wants to Go

The smallest port in France is named after the pirate who created it.

Rows of multicolored bathing huts paint the sand dunes with pops of color.

Trek up this glacier before it disappears.

An icy lake tucked among jaw-dropping alpine panoramas.

Unable to build support structures on glaciers, the engineers for this tramway were forced to design a unique system.

A suspended footbridge allows for traversing this gorge carved through the French Alps.

At this monastery, monks make raw-milk cheese and use excess whey to create methane that powers their hot-water system.

Since ancient times these picturesque springs have been providing bathers with healing waters.

Resting on a hill overlooking the coast, these medieval ruins look completely deserted save for their restored chapel.

A beautiful discovery site of prehistoric burials.

This mountain trail inspired Nietzsche to complete his magnum opus.

A place to see how French aristocrats lived in the early 1900s.

A medieval military street hidden beneath a charming French fishing village.

Artist's eccentric property excessively decorated with found objects and work of his own.

One architect's organic, human-centric design has been fully realized in this alien art house.