Section 02 · filed 5–10
The Cities
From the step below Sacré-Cœur to the rebuilt waterfront at Le Havre — French cities at ground level.
6 guides, emptiest last
Busiest first · emptiest last
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Paris Below the Monuments
The steps, the canal, the covered passages — the city at pavement level.
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Colmar: What Survives the Crowds
The photographs have replaced the place. What is left still repays an early morning.
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Lyon: The City Between Two Rivers
A peninsula between two rivers with hills on both sides. Most visitors see a quarter of it.
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Marseille Past the Vieux-Port
Past the Vieux-Port the city stops performing and starts being a city.
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Beaune and the Slope Behind It
The town is the excuse. The slope behind it is the visit.
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Le Havre: The City That Was Built Twice
A whole city centre built to one plan, and almost nobody in it.
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