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Throughout your navigation, discover the Western France by taking the side roads ... Discover nooks off the beaten track, sometimes forgotten, but always full of charm and incredible authenticity.

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Saint-Nazaire

Fishing in the city!
placeSaint-Nazaire - Loire-Atlantique
labelTourism, sports and cultural activities
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Licence: points or chickens?
placeChailland - Mayenne
labelSmall trades
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Le Musée de la Fève

Oh, I've got the bean! Archaeology, 1900s stores, broad beans and Christmas cribs...
placeBlain – Loire-Atlantique
labelTourism, sports and cultural activities
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Le « Théatro’fournil »

Farmer, baker, author, actor!
placeSaint-Viaud - Loire-Atlantique
labelSmall trades
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« Loire-Atlantique insolite »

Loire-Atlantique in 125 discoveries!
placeLoire-Atlantique unusual
labelTourism, sports and cultural activities
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To discover

Musée-château de Villevêque

From the Middle Ages to the Renaissance at the Musée-Château
placeRives-du-Loir-en-Anjou – Maine-et-Loire
label Castles & Monuments Museums & Collections Tourism, sports and cultural activities  
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Musée de la fonderie

A human and industrial history
placeRosières - Cher
label cities and villages Museums & Collections People from here Tourism, sports and cultural activities  
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Fête de la sorcière à Cuzion

Festivals and sleepless nights of witches and wizards of Berry
placeBué - Rezay - Cher
label cities and villages Religious, mystical & pagan cults Festivities & festivals, brotherhoods Legends, stories & Treasures  
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Le Musée de la photographie

The incredible museum of photography
placeGraçay - Cher
label cities and villages Museums & Collections People from here Tourism, sports and cultural activities  
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Le Château de Luynes

Luynes Castle, administratively inaccessible
placeLuynes - Indre-et-Loire
label Castles & Monuments  
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La Fardellière, à la rencontre des cerfs
placeVallanjou - Maine-et-Loire
label Animals  
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Unusual, forgotten, bizarre, mysterious, original,
curious, picturesque, unknown, wonderful ...

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