Saint Palais, Pyrénées-Atlantiques

We have traversed the border from Spain into France this morning across one of the Pyrénées passes. We love this part of France.
We had a stop in Saint-Jean-Pied-Port for lunch. We had intended toもっと詳しく
We have traversed the border from Spain into France this morning across one of the Pyrénées passes. We love this part of France.
We had a stop in Saint-Jean-Pied-Port for lunch. We had intended toもっと詳しく
We took a little detour this morning to the Stèle de Gibraltar which marks the point where the pilgrimage routes from the North meet in a single path. The Via Turonensis from Paris, the Viaもっと詳しく
A very nice stopover on the edge of the village.
The village has an open air theatre built around a lavoir (washhouse) from 1820. Some of the village houses overlook it.
Nice walks around here tooもっと詳しく
In a secluded spot in the countryside in Labastide d'Armagnac is the Church of Our Lady of Cyclists which was converted in 1958 to a museum of cycling dedicated to racing and touring cyclists.
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Aillas is a tiny village in the Gironde where we decided to stop after another day of very scenic driving.
It is not unusual to find these small communes with quite imposing churches.
We had aもっと詳しく
We are staying in Lembras a lovely rural village, adjacent to our aire is Le Promenade du Caudeau a walk that takes you through woodland alongside a lake and up to a Roman Bridge. Niska thoroughlyもっと詳しく
We like to visit Mareuil as often as we can when travelling through France. This lovely peaceful spot holds very many happy memories for us.
Brantôme; Venice of the Périgord will always be a favourite of ours.
It has a wonderful lively atmosphere and attracts lots of visitors.
We visited St Léonard de Noblat in Spring and it was also on our route today as a stopover on the Via Lemovicensis; one of the pilgrim routes.
We are perched above the low town with great views and aもっと詳しく
We had a lunch stop at Bénévent L'Abbaye, worth the detour. We've put this on our list as a place to return to. It was incredibly scenic and peaceful, with lots of walking opportunities.