Alphabetical Listing of Places Visited in France: P through S
PARIS (photos) needs no introduction. Beautiful, vibrant, full of history and museums and neighborhoods that everyone in
the world knows.
PECH MERLE (photos), near CAHORS is the site of beautiful Neanderthal cave paintings.
PERIGUEUX (photos) in
the southwest is the foie gras capitol of France and has a medieval town, Roman ruins including a museum built over a Roman villa,
and a great marketplace.
PERONNE (photos)is a small town in the Somme that was the headquarters of the Germans in WWI.
PONT
DU GARD in the south is the remnant of a huge Roman acquaduct that carried water to all of Gaul
RENNES (
Photos) in Brittany,
a university town with many half-timbered houses from medieval times.
ROCAMADOUR in the southwest near CAHORS was built directly
into the side of a mountain.
ROUEN (Photos) northwest of Paris has a number of tourist attractions, and is famous as the
place where Jeanne D’Arc was burned.
ST. MALO (Photos) is
a walled city in Brittany that still functions as a beachside town. It was heavily damaged during many wars but the city has
always rebuilt in the old style, complete with walk-around ramparts.
STE. MERE EGLISE (Photos) is the the first town liberated
in the Normandy invasion. In the movie “The Longest Day” the actor Red Buttons played a paratrooper who gets hung up on its
church's steeple. The celebration of D-Day in this town as well as its wonderful museum make it an outstanding place to visit.
ST.
PAUL DE VENCE (Photos) in the south is an exquisite little town which doesn’t allow cars to enter. Streets remain
as they were centuries ago – and the stores are worth looking at.
Strasbourg (Photos) in Alsace is a historic city with Roman,
German and French roots and a very gothic huge Cathedral.
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