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Salers, Where Lava Stone Meets the Volcanic Pastures of the Cantal
Salers is a lava-stone borgo deep in the Auvergne volcanoes: medieval towers, mountain-pasture cheese and an ancient silence.
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Eus: France's Sunniest Village at the Foot of Mount Canigou
Eus, perched beneath the Canigou in the Eastern Pyrenees, is France's sunniest municipality: golden stone, Catalan silence and 300 days of sun a year.
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Collonges-la-Rouge: the Scarlet Village of the Corrèze
Collonges-la-Rouge is built entirely in red sandstone — a blazing borgo set against the green countryside of the Corrèze.
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Cordes-sur-Ciel: the Gothic Bastide Suspended Among the Clouds of the Tarn
Cordes-sur-Ciel is a Gothic bastide that seems to float above the Tarn mists: a perfect alternative to Rocamadour, steeped in medieval craft.
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Saint-Cirq-Lapopie: an Eagle's Nest Above the Lot Valley
Saint-Cirq-Lapopie commands the Lot from a vertiginous cliff: artisan workshops, medieval houses and silence in the heart of the Quercy.
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Conques: the Romanesque Jewel on the Way to Santiago That Time Has Kept Safe
Conques guards a perfect Romanesque abbey and the treasure of Sainte-Foy among the hills of the Aveyron, far from the tourist crowds.
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Castles, palaces and monuments
Torrechiara: the Castle of Love with Its Gilded Frescoed Chamber
Torrechiara castle, among the Parma hills, shelters the Camera d'Oro with Bembo's love frescoes and sweeping views over the Val Parma.
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Italian villages
Bobbio: the Devil's Bridge and the Abbey That Saved European Culture
Bobbio enchants with the humpback Ponte Gobbo, the abbey of San Colombano and the genuine flavours of the Val Trebbia.
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Italian villages
Pennabilli: Tonino Guerra's Borgo of Petrified Gardens and Forgotten Fruits
Pennabilli, in the heart of the Montefeltro, preserves the poetic legacy of Tonino Guerra: petrified gardens, forgotten fruits and wandering Madonnas.
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