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1 Carcassonne’s soaring cathedral.
2 The narrow streets of Nice.
3 The calm water at Calanques.
4 A Lyonnais bouchon.
4 5 Paris’s glorious Panthéon.

relaxing squares and warm sunlight, not into Les Halles de Lyon market (102 Cours
to mention the hallowed halls of the Lafayette) to gather every thing you might
14th-century Palais des Papes (p510). In need for a picnic. Walk east, across Pont
the afternoon, carry on up the Rhône Lafayette, and drop into the Musée de
Valley to the thriving market town of l’Imprimerie where the history of printing
Valence (p382). Visit the Romanesque is documented through fascinat ing,
Cathédrale St-Apollinaire and inspiring millennia-spanning exhibits (p370).
Renaissance-era Maison des Têtes,
embellished with the sculpted heads Day 14
of ancient Greeks. End the day with
dinner at innovative restaurant Têtedoie Spend the morning wandering the
(p371) in Lyon (p370), France’s sophis- galleries of Lyon’s marvellous Musée
ticated second city. Fall asleep at Le Royal des Beaux-Arts (p372) – don’t miss Paul
(www.lyonhotel-leroyal.com), a 19th- Gauguin’s evocative Nave nave Mahana -
century boutique hotel which hosted the meaning “delicious days” in Māori. Later,
Beatles and Sophia Lauren in its day. savour a leisurely lunch at the late Paul
Bocuse’s acclaimed restau rant L’Auberge
Day 13 du Pont de Collonges (p371). When you’ve
had your fill, hop on the fast train to
Awake with perfectly prepped barista Paris. Arrive at Paris Gare de Lyon in
coffee at La Boîte à Café (3 rue Abbé late afternoon and pass across the Pont
Rozier). Lyon is one of France’s culinary d’Austerlitz into the Latin Quarter and
capitals (p366), with several marvellous the soft gloom of the Panthéon (p142).
markets and cute little bouchons (bistros) Head west across the city to finish your
lining every street. Wander around journey at the top of the Eiffel Tower
medieval and Renaissance Vieux Lyon (p122) at sunset. As the City of Lights
(Old Town) and the city-centre Presqu’île, begins to twinkle in the falling dusk,
a narrow peninsula at the confluence of reminisce over everything you’ve seen
the Saône and Rhône rivers, then duck and done on your tour of France.
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