France: Auvers-sur-Oise (1 day)

A small rural village close to Paris, place where Vincent Van Gogh lived his last weeks painting as never, Auver-sur-Oise fields, city view and church were painted in some of his famous works. The house where he used to live is now open for visit. It's possible to imagine how the artist lived his days on the place.

Other two important places that must be visited in the city is the Château d'Auvers and the Absinthe Museum.

Where

1. Auver-sur-Oise

• Vincent Van Gogh place: Auberge Ravoux, 52 rue du Général-de-Gaulle;
• Château d'Auvers: rue de Léri;
• Absinthe Museum: 44 rue Callé;

Tip: The same place Van Gogh lived was home of other artists before him. Camille Pissarro, Paul Cézanne e Charles-François Daubigny. You can visit Doubigny's studio at rue Daubigny 61 and Doubigny's museum.

Tip2: Can go by train from Gare du Nord in Paris.

Getting there from Paris:

Transportation: Take the RER C toward Pontoise. Disembark at St-Ouens L’Aumone (approx. 1hr.). Switch to the Persan Beaumont Creil line (walk downstairs and change to opposite platform; consult screen for departures) and get off at Gare d’Auvers-sur-Oise (approx. 15min.). (Information from letsgo)

Can use Imagine R for this.

The price of Château d'Auvers is 13 euros.

Map HERE

Enjoy it :)

France: Caen, Le Mont Saint Michel, Saint-Malo (2~3 days - from Paris)

Where

1. Caen
• Caen Memorial;
• Day D beaches;
• Chateau de Caen - a castle from 1060;
• Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caen#Abbeys
Tip: Any search for "One day trip Caen" will give you a good result for this city.



Le Mont Saint Michel
• Incredible place, with a castle in a small island, see some pictures, you will understand;
• Walk around during the day and during the night;
• Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Saint-Michel





Saint-Malo
• Historical city;
• Close to the sea;
• Fort national I think is the principal tourist point of the military complex made for defense;

What is the schedule

• Day 1
• Paris-Caen (240km)
• See the memorial;
• Eat;
• Day D beaches;
• Caen-Monte Saint Michel (120km)
• Look the island during the night, walk around;


• Day 2
• Touristic tour in Monte Saint Michel until 11:30;
• Eat;
• Monte Saint Michel - Saint Malo (60km)
• Touristic tour in Saint Malo and go back to Paris.

This trip can be in 3 days, so would be less tiring.

Enjoy :)

What is the blog about?

The idea of this blog is help you to enjoy this incredible continent in weekends or holiday + weekend. Each schedule will have 1~4 days with the list of cities, what important things have in each one, maps and references.

After a number of posts I will start to put a new session in the end of each schedule with a list of schedules that could be done next, making possible the definition of a big trip with a group of small trips.

Hope you enjoy and comment :)