A unique land…

Warm, welcoming, dynamic, traditional, contemporary and most of all smiling… This is the absolute friendly destination!
In its shops and like everywhere in the territory, at every step, a local is happy to give away great advices and secret spots adresses.
Visitors main expectations are to meet people, discover local culture, and experience the place through the eyes of the locals. People do not simply visit a territory anymore, they live it, they seek to appreciate its distinctive features off the beaten tracks.

 

From egg to shining box tree caterpillar

From egg to shining box tree caterpillar

(last episode of a series of five) Nature, as much as art, feeds us gently...

The loves of the lively small emperor moth of Champagne

The loves of the lively small emperor moth of Champagne

Photos by the Author (except the anemone) Poetry is my mother tongue which I learned...

A very strange balcony…

A very strange balcony…

At No.2 Place Jean Jaurès, there is a rather unnoticed large half-timbered building which seems...

The glittering small emperor moth of the department of Aube

The glittering small emperor moth of the department of Aube

There is one curious and fascinating thing about this insect called “the small emperor moth”:...

Poetry and Carnival

Poetry and Carnival

Party time Winter is a cold, wet and sometimes sad season, which can seem very...

Born from the womb of a cocoon

Born from the womb of a cocoon

“It always seems that we were born halfway between the beginning and the end of...

Fallen from the sky before Christmas

Fallen from the sky before Christmas

Mr Maurice GENEVOIX, our compatriot born in Burgundy, soldier, writer of the Great War and...

An inhabitant of Troyes among the Vikings!

An inhabitant of Troyes among the Vikings!

According to the chronicler monk Raoul Glaber, Hasting (or Hastein), undoubtedly the most cruel and...

1524 Troyes and the great fire

1524 Troyes and the great fire

For centuries, the city of Troyes has endured ravaging fires, such as the one in...

Sculptures by the water

Sculptures by the water

If you enter the churches of Troyes, absolute temples of sacred arts, you will find...