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• I’ve written about France for 20 years – here are my favourite places to visit

  23-03-2024 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  After a lifetime exploring the country’s cities, coast and countryside, our France expert chooses her personal highlightsWhen you can gaze on the salt pans of Guérande, near Nantes, cycle through lavender fields in Drôme, in the south-east, and bask in the splendour of the Cirque de Gavarnie in the Pyrénees, you have to wonder how France got so lucky with its diverse landscapes. Most recently, the volcanic landscape of the Massif Central captured my heart. The chain of
  
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• Not just cheap beer and old buildings: an arty weekend in Prague

  23-03-2024 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  A new sleeper train from Brussels is bringing the Czech capital’s contemporary art scene within easy reach of rail travellersFor decades, cheap flights, nightclubs and booze made Prague one of Europe’s stag party capitals. City officials have spoken out about tourists’ drunken behaviour, but Prague remains popular among men dressed as Smurfs drinking 50 koruna (£1.70) pints of pilsner.I arrive on the train from Dresden, the German city just north of the Czech border, shor
  
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• My top restaurants and food discoveries from 20 years of writing about France

  23-03-2024 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  From roadside picnics to Michelin-star restaurants, the former editor of France magazine picks her most memorable foodie momentsStandout moments from nearly 20 years of writing about travelling and eating around France include meals in legendary restaurants and the joy of a shared dinner at a chambre d’hôtes. That said, there’s a venue that can’t be underestimated as an opportunity to enjoy France’s culinary delights: the car boot picnic.Standing under the
  
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