Secret French Riviera (Local Guides by Local People): A guide to the unusual and unfamiliar (Jonglez Secret Guides) - Softcover

Jean Pierre Cassely

Softcover

ISBN 10: 2361953056 ISBN 13: 9782361953058

Publisher: Jonglez, 2019

Synopsis

Let Secret French Riviera guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating French Riviera guide book and let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of an amazing region. Ideal for local inhabitants and curious travellers alike. The places included in our guides are unusual and unfamiliar, allowing one to step off the beaten track.

Now in its second edition, Secret French Riviera features 200 secret and unusual locations. Inside Secret French Riviera : A game of petanque played with square boules, an astonishing aerial well, stained-plastic windows, a marble bench built in memory of the Queen of England's haemophiliac son, the instruments of the Passion of Christ, a cannon that fires cherry stones, a good-luck pig, a mysterious pyramid, a monument to secret agents, an entire village that 'moved house', a gas mask for horses, a statue sculpted by Saint Luke, a chapel showing the dead rising from their tombs, a trapdoor in the nave of a church that opens onto a rushing torrent, a restaurant in an Orient Express railway car, Babar's beach, Tintin's Black Island, and Sleeping Beauty's chateau, a chance to admire the Riviera's first pair of naked breasts, or spend the night sleeping in a tree...

Don't miss - Each chapter of this Secret French Riviera corresponds to a different part of the region so that one can always find a hidden or secret place to discover.

Perfectly planned walks - Make sure that you do not miss any Secret location, by discovering each one featured in this guide by planning a walking tour of each region.

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About the Author

Criss-crossing between Tuscany, Languedoc, the French Riviera, and his native Provence, Jean-Pierre Cassely spent ten years working for the French television network, France 3, before becoming an independent in the field of television, video and sound (together with his long-time partner Philippe Carrese). One day in Paris, he had an eye-opening experience. A series of visits revealed to him the secrets of the Ile-Saint-Louis, the hidden corners of Montmartre , and the black humour lurking in Pere-lachaise cemetery. Returning home to Provence by train, Jean-Pierre was already thinking about all the anecdotes he had collected or could collect about his own native region. He proceeded to explore the village of Cassis, the the cities and towns of Marseille, Aix, Sanary and, most recently, Toulon. His commentaries concerning his discoveries, broadcast daily on France Bleue Provence radio, under the apt title of `Unusual Provence', took a humorous and sometimes provocative `popular-historical' approach. Further information on these astonishing accounts can be found at: www.provence-insolite.org

Edition details

• Publisher: Jonglez
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 2361953056
• ISBN 13: 9782361953058
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 256