a photo journal

Aix-en-Provence

26 July 2022

Aix (pronounced like the letter X) is all class - its leafy boulevards and public squares are lined with 17th- and 18th-century mansions, punctuated by gurgling moss-covered fountains.

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Milan

24 July 2022

Milan is Italy's city of the future, a fast-paced metropolis where money talks, creativity is big business and looking good is an art form.

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Lago di Maggiore

23 July 2022

Italy's second-largest lake, Maggiore is one of Europe's more graceful corners. Arrayed around the lakeshore are a series of pretty towns like Stresa, Verbania, Cannobio and, on the Swiss side of the border, Locarno, and these serve as gateways to gorgeous Maggiore islands.

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Chamonix

20 July 2022

At the heart of the Haute-Savoie, in the Valley of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, mountains loom large almost everywhere you look.

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Les Gets

19 July 2022

Part of the Franco-Swiss Portes du Soleil region, Les Gets is one such traditional village in Haute-Savoie.

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Lindau & Lake Constance

16 July 2022

In summer the harbourside promenade of Lindau has a happy-go-lucky air, with its palms, bobbing boats and folk sunning themselves in pavement cafes.

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Creu de Sant Salvador

14 February 2022

The Sanctuary of la Mare de Déu de Sant Salvador is a monastery dating back to the mid-14th century.

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Puig des Tossals Verds

13 February 2022

Puig des Tossals Verds (1118 m) is a peak in the central Tramuntana Mountains on the Balearic Island of Mallorca.

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Cap de Formentor

12 February 2022

At the end of the road on the cape rises this 19th-century lighthouse, with fine views to Cap Ferrutx to the south

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Palma de Mallorca

11 February 2022

Rising in honey-coloured stone from the broad waters of the Badia de Palma, this enduring city dates back to the 13th-century Christian reconquest of the island, and to the Moors, Romans and Talayotic people before that.

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