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Gardens of Marqueyssac – FRANCE
The town of Vézac in the Dordogne region of France is home to one of the world’s most magnificent landscapes, the famed Gardens of Marqueyssac. These stunningly sculptured landscapes wrap around a 17th century chateau that sits perched above the picturesque Dordogne valley. The bubbly, rounded forms of the garden are carefully manicured by active attendants, maintaining a design that was first developed over 300 years ago.
The Gardens of Marqueyssac are now available for public strolls, having been restored to their original glory for a public opening in 1996. The Château de Marqueyssac stretches across a large plot that includes 5 km of walking trails, a Belvedere pavilion high above the river below, a chapel and these famed overhanging gardens. While Vézac may be out-of-the-way for most travelers, it’s roughly half-way between the Bourdeaux and Rhone wine regions, placing it directly in the path of French wine travelers. The Gardens of Marqueyssac are certainly worth a stop, as the gallery below suggests…
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Pont de Normandie – France
The Pont de Normandie is a cable-stayed road bridge that spans the river Seine linking Le Havre to Honfleur in Normandy, northern France. Its total length is 2,143.21 metres (7,032 ft) – 856 metres (2,808 ft) between the two piers.
Construction
The bridge was designed by Michel Virlogeux. The architects were François Doyelle and Charles Lavigne. Construction by Bouygues, Campenon Bernard, Dumez, Monberg & Thorsen now part of MT Hoejgaard, Quillery, Sogea and Spie Batignolles began in 1988 and lasted 7 years. The bridge opened on 20 January 1995.
At that time the bridge was both the longest cable-stayed bridge in the world, and had the record for the longest distance between piers for any cable-stayed bridge. It was more than 250 m longer between piers than the previous record. This record was lost in 1999 to the Tatara Bridge in Japan. Its record for length for a cable-stayed bridge was lost in 2004 to the 2883 meters of the Rio-Antirrio. At the end of construction, the bridge had cost $465 million and was financed by Natixis.
The cable-stayed design was chosen because it was both cheaper and more resistant to high winds than a suspension bridge.
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Cap d’Agde, France, is just a few miles from Montpellier and it is one of the worlds best naturism and naturist villages and resorts.
Cap d’Agde naturism resort is an enclosed self-contained village, where anyone who enjoys this lifestyle can enjoy vacations or holidays and everything including going to the bank, post office, restaurants, launderette or for a walk along the mile long beach, as nature intended.
France as a country is laid-back in its attitude about naturism and in summertime, the population of Cap d’Agde naturists resort is up to as many as 40,000. This resort is a great location and destination resort for a holiday or vacation, considered one the best naturism destinations in the world.
Cap d’Agde is also close to many other wonderful French destinations to which you can also travel. On your holiday or vacation travel for example to the nearby port city of Sete for some great sea-food, or travel to the medieval city of Carcassonne to the west. Only a five-hour TGV train ride to travel to or from Paris, France is a great country to holiday in.
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