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Hostellerie de Plaissance (Hotel de Pavie), Saint-Émilion
Saint-Émilion is rustic and picturesque. Hostellerie de Plaissance (Hotel de Pavie) is located in the center of it sitting above the Place du Marché next to the Monolithic church (Clocher de l’eglise Monolithe). The restaurant of the hotel – La Table de Plaissance (La Table de Pavie) has a private courtyard that overlooks the square and restaurants below.

Saint-Emilion snapshots, part I
Saint-Emilion is a popular place because of its environment, history and produce. The communes of Saint-Emilion, there are 22 of them, extends over 238 sq km between Libourne and Castillon-la-Bataille, and bound to the south by the Dordogne river. The town is named after a monk named Emilion (duh) who came to settle in the 8th

Au Logis des Remparts, Saint-Émilion
Our first night of the 2017 Alps-to-Atlantic trip was spent in Saint-Emilion. This small medieval village is known for its status as a UNESCO World Heritage site and extremely well known for its red wine. Our hotel “Au Logis des Remparts” is located at the edge of the village center and was built using a

Le Pré, Clermont-Ferrand
Today is the day of the French presidential election. The future of Europe depends much on this result. Apt that we blog about France here aujourd’hui. We spent a week on the west coast of France over Easter. On our drive towards the Atlantic from the Alps, Clermont Ferrand is roughly the midpoint after Lyon.






































