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Who Was Casanova?
The personal memoir of history's most famous lover reveals a misunderstood intellectual who befriended the likes of Ben Franklin
April 2012 |
By Tony Perrottet
Ride a Stage of the Tour de France
You may not be wearing the yellow jersey, but taking a bicycle on the world’s most famous race is still thrilling
July 28, 2011 |
By Jeanne Maglaty
Stolen: How the Mona Lisa Became the World’s Most Famous Painting
One hundred years ago, a heist by a worker at the Louvre secured Leonardo’s painting as an art world icon
June 16, 2011 |
By James Zug
Jeu de Paume: Holding Court in Paris
Court tennis, the quirky game of finesse and speed that once dominated France, is now kept alive by a small group of Parisians
May 19, 2010 |
By Jonathan Brand
Rick Steves’ Europe: Rue Cler, Paris, France
The “best little street in Paris” offers tasty cheese, delectable pastries, vegetable stalls and old-fashioned merchants as an irresistible slice of authentic neighborhood life
May 01, 2010 |
By Rick Steves
Circling in on Paris’ Arc d’Triomphe
On the eastern end of the Champs-Elysees, the iconic memorial arch is a traffic nightmare but a tourist’s lesson in French history
August 01, 2009 |
By Rick Steves
Navigating the Paris Metro
With nearly 300 stops in the underground system, the Metro takes Parisians and tourists alike from neighborhood to neighborhood
August 01, 2009 |
By Rick Steves
Via Aurelia: The Roman Empire's Lost Highway
French amateur archaeologist Bruno Tassan fights to preserve a neglected 2,000-year-old ancient interstate in southern Provence
June 2009 |
By Joshua Hammer
Days 7 to 12: A Cannes Farewell
As Michael Parfit bids goodbye to the Cannes Film Festival, there is good news for Luna from the Canary Islands
May 25, 2009 |
By Michael Parfit
A Tour of France’s Cave Homes
In France’s Loire Valley, domesticated cave dwellings, known as troglodyte homes, offer a history as rich as the region’s chateaus
May 19, 2009 |
By Kristin Ohlson
Days 5 and 6: Dark Days at Cannes
The buzz surrounding a new film leaves Cannes-goers anxious, but Michael Parfit finds reasons for hope
May 19, 2009 |
By Michael Parfit
Saving the Jews of Nazi France
As Jews in France tried to flee the Nazi occupation, Harry Bingham, an American diplomat, sped them to safety
March 2009 |
By Peter Eisner
Snapshot: The Champagne Region
Celebrating the new year has become synonymous with drinking champagne, but the grapes are from an area steeped in history
July 2008 |
By Janet Hulstrand
Larger than Life
Whether denouncing France's art establishment or challenging Napoleon III, Gustave Courbet never held back
April 2008 |
By Avis Berman
A Record Find
How The Phantom of the Opera led me to a long-lost musical treasure in Paris
March 2008 |
By Michael Walsh
The Louvre’s Priceless Masterpieces
Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo are just two of the works housed within the walls of this fortress-turned-royal palace-turned-museum
January 2008 |
By Alison McLean
Marseille's Ethnic Bouillabaisse
Some view Europe's most diverse city as a laboratory of the continent's future
December 2007 |
By Andrew Purvis
Snapshot: Paris Underground
Tunneling into the fascinating dark underbelly of the City of Lights
November 05, 2007 |
By Siobhan Roth
France's Leading Lady
Relics from her 1431 execution are a forgery. Will we ever know the real Joan of Arc?
June 01, 2007 |
By Amy Crawford
