The last ray : the green ray !
Klod5 Says: Lors des couchers de soleil sur l'océan (et c'est toujours un spectacle fascinant), il faut être attentif au tout dernier rayon. par grand beau temps, si l'air est clair et limpide, le dernier rayon est vert émeraude !At the time of the sunset on the ocean (and it is always...
Steve-H Says: The restaurants along the seafront do offer a bigger selection of dishes but the location means they come at a premium. The menu is very French with lots of seafood on offer. There are lots more places to eat in the town only a few hundred yards behind us but we went for the...
"La Belle Epoque", le "Tout-Paris" fréquente Royan
Klod5 Says: Dès le début de la IIIème République, Frédéric Garnier devient maire et le restera de 1871 à 1905. Le développement de Royan à cette époque est son œuvre.Un nouveau casino, le Grand Casino de Foncillon, est inauguré en 1885. A cette époque, le casino est un élément...
Steve-H Says: To your left the mighty Gironde river, to your right the Atlantic Ocean, the weather can be changable (especially in May) so remember - There is no such thing as bad weather, there is only the wrong clothes.
Steve-H Says: During the war Royan took quite a pounding from the allies consequently the surviving houses had some new neighbours and a variety of styles came to the area.
Klod5 Says: La courbe épouse le littoral et on apprécie la vision des urbanistes et architectes des années 1950 qui ont imaginé ce front de mer qui sépare bien les deux secteurs complémentaires de la ville, la vie balnéaire et la vie urbaine. Les bâtiments du front de mer, deux étages...
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