Les Sables d’Olonnes is a subprefecture in Vendee, a department of the Pays de la Loire region of west central France. The nearest airports are in Nantes and La Rochelle. Musée du coquillage (Museum of Shells) Musée de l’Abbye Sainte-Croix Seafood is a specialty of the region. L’Amarena, 7 quai René Guiné. Gastropub PV-Holidays Port…
Borkum is the biggest of the East Frisian Islands by area and the second most populous. In some ways Borkum is “the odd one out” of the East Frisian Islands. The largest in area and second only to Norderney in population, it is also (together with Norderney) one of only two not to ban motor…
The resorts of Lanzarote are in the south and southeast of the island, most of them are only a few decades old. The traditional municipalities are in the middle of the island, and agriculture is still present. The north-west of the island is sparsely populated and is characterized by bizarre volcanic structures. To the north…
Åndalsnes is a town at the mouth of Romsdal valley in the western county Møre og Romsdal. It has attracted some unfavourable comments on travel boards but it’s a superbly located transport hub and the Romsdal valley is one of the most monumental and romantic valleys of Norway. Åndalsnes itself is merely a village, but the valley and surrounding…
Land’s End is the most southwesterly point in Britain and part of Cornwall in the South West. It is not a town or village but rather a former small holding which is well known for being the starting/ending point for the Land’s End to John o’Groats journey. It is now overdeveloped with a commercial “tourist…
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