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Salammbô

Salammbô

Art Imitates Life Imitates Art

June 2, 2021 | By Heidi Ellison | Daytrips From Paris, Exhibitions

The lovely Musée des Beaux-arts in Rouen is celebrating the bicentennial of the birth of its famed native son Gustave Flaubert with a clever exhibition based on his historical novel Salammbô. Why Salammbô and not the much more famous Madame … Read More

Parc de Sceaux

Parc de Sceaux

Escape from Paris

March 10, 2021 | By Heidi Ellison | Daytrips From Paris, Exhibitions

With Covid-fatigued Parisians desperate for a ray of sunshine, every square inch of space in Paris’s parks and on the banks of its waterways is occupied when the weather is good, mostly by people who have taken off their masks … Read More

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen

Why Return to Rouen?

January 22, 2020 | By Heidi Ellison | Daytrips From Paris, Exhibitions

With the wealth of museums we have in Paris, it’s easy to forget about the art treasures to be found in the impressive museums in France’s provincial cities. The city of Rouen, only about an hour from Paris by train, … Read More

Loup! Qui Est Tu?

Loup! Qui Est Tu?

Who's Afraid ... ?

December 4, 2019 | By Heidi Ellison | Daytrips From Paris, Exhibitions

In French, the expression “image d’Épinal” refers to something that’s traditional, naively upbeat, clichéd, maybe even corny. The expression’s origin goes back to the Imagerie d’Épinal, founded in 1796, which became famous all over France for its brightly colored, simplified … Read More

Susumu Shingu: Une Utopie d’Aujourd’hui

Susumu Shingu: Une Utopie d’Aujourd’hui

To Catch the Wind

October 16, 2019 | By Heidi Ellison | Daytrips From Paris, Exhibitions

The view of the Château de Chambord from the near distance is spectacular, but the sight of Susumu Shingu’s white kinetic sculptures moving silently in the breeze like abstract swans swimming on the moat turns it into pure magic. Beyond … Read More

Château de Cheverny

Château de Cheverny

Château Life, 1624-2019

September 18, 2019 | By Heidi Ellison | Daytrips From Paris, Exhibitions

The early-17th-century Château de Cheverny, one of the few in the Loire Valley that has been continuously inhabited for its entire existence by the same family, has added a new attraction to the many it already has: a “Love Garden” … Read More

10 Château Day Trips from Paris

10 Château Day Trips from Paris

Château Life Outside Versailles

October 31, 2018 | By Emma Hussain | Daytrips From Paris

Strolling around a landscaped garden and seeing some pre-Revolution architecture can be a peaceful way to spend a weekend, away from the rush of life in the city. The famed Château de Versailles is a must for most Paris visitors, … Read More

Abbaye Royale de L’Epau

Abbaye Royale de L’Epau

The Queen's Abbey Repurposed

July 4, 2018 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive, Daytrips From Paris, Exhibitions

The Cistercian Abbaye Royale de l’Épau was founded in the 13th century to ensure the salvation of its founder, the Spanish-born Berengaria of Navarre, queen consort of England (although she never set foot in the country while actually queen) as the wife of … Read More

Tours

Basking in the Charms of Balzac's Hometown

March 15, 2017 | By James Gascoigne | Daytrips From Paris

Nestling between two rivers, the Loire (to the north) and the Cher (to the south), Tours is ideally situated for a daytrip from Paris or a longer stay as a launch pad for visiting the castles of the Loire valley … Read More

Domaine de Chamarande

Summer Escape at “People’s Palace”

June 24, 2015 | By Heidi Ellison | Daytrips From Paris

A spirit of fun always reigns at the Domaine de Chamarande, where a once-aristocratic residence and its park have become something of a “people’s palace” with contemporary art  exhibitions and a vibrant program of performances and activities, all open to … Read More

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