Places Edited by philippe gonzalvez

Abandoned outpost once home to a murderous tyrant.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

"Drunken ship" sculpture memorializing the French poet in the city where he died.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

Three floors of musical instruments coming from all corners of the world and hundreds of years of musical history.

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

This futuristic observatory at the top of the Pyrénées offers unrivaled views.

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

A chapel on a volcanic core, marking the end of a successful journey.

A Turkish monastery tucked into a cliff wall.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

Bordered by forest on three sides and the ocean on the other, the Great Dune of Pilat is the highest sand dune in Europe.

Giant topiary dog once played a role in a terrorist bomb plot.

Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.

A sacred lake with thousands of sacred carp and a biblical history.

This French ghost town from World War II has been left as a memorial to German atrocities during World War II.

Walk through living pictures and music in the Cathedral of Images.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.