Why is this the best time to visit Île de Ré, where Parisians go on holiday?
Standing atop the bell tower of the Le Lanternon hotel, I watched the weathered, pale stone buildings of the capital of the Îl de Ré fade into a shadow of ripe peach flesh. Saint-Martin-de-Ré opened up in front of me in the shape of a star against the Atlantic Ocean. Behind him, the three-kilometer bridge… Read More »