Daniel Benchimol shows us around Cabourg in Normandy. There, you'll find a casino and the famous Grand Hôtel, where Marcel Proust stayed and found inspiration for his book In Search of Lost Time.

Daniel Benchimol continues his tour of the Normandy coast with stops in Tourgéville, Houlgate, and Dives-sur-Mer. Along the way, he shows us some interesting houses built on top of German bunkers from World War II.

Deauville, one of the most prestigious resorts on the Normandy coast, is a movie lover's dream: besides featuring an annual American film festival, it was also the filming location of A Man and a Woman, a classic of French cinema.

Honfleur is a Norman town whose beauty was immortalized by the Impressionists. Come take a trip with Daniel Benchimol through this historic town that inspired an entire art movement.

Daniel Benchimol takes us on a stroll through Trouville, a town in Normandy that's famous for its boardwalk. A favorite of novelist Gustave Flaubert, this charming town also boasts some beautiful villas, a fishing port, and delicious restaurants.

Daniel Benchimol takes us through the village of Barbizon, which has served as an inspiration to numerous artists and writers since the mid-1800s. Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet, and Robert Louis Stephenson are just a few of the many people who have fallen in love with this charming town.

Daniel Benchimol visits Fontainebleau, a town south of Paris that many French kings visited. Its magnificent Renaissance style castle was Napoleon's favorite residence.

The Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Reims is one of the finest examples of Gothic architecture, and it's just one of many interesting things to discover in the northern French city of Reims. Daniel Benchimol walks us through this gorgeous city in this video.

Daniel Benchimol continues our tour of Reims. You'll not only see the Cathedral, but a lot of intriguing architectural styles, art deco buildings, and a fifties structure merged with a medieval tower.

Daniel Benchimol is in the charming little town of Saint-Mammès, south of Paris. Its unique location at the confluence of the Seine and the Loing was a source of inspiration for the famous impressionist painter born of British parents, Alfred Sisley.

In this episode, Daniel Benchimol takes us to the Bois de Vincennes, a beautiful green area on the outskirts of Paris. There, we will discover the impressive Vincennes Castle, a tropical agronomy garden, a British-style phone booth, and the highest Buddhist temple in Europe.

Daniel Benchimol takes us to the quiet village of Carrières-sur-Seine, a mere twenty kilometers from Paris. He points out a fun bench called Le banc des menteurs (The Liars' Bench), where one can sit and presumably tell lies until closing time at 7 p.m. Then the liars can take cover in one of the nearby cave dwellings carved straight out of the cliffs.

Daniel Benchimol is in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, where France's King Louis XIV was born. The Parisian suburb is also the site of the summer art exhibition Nouvelles folies à la française (New French Follies). This year's exhibition includes, among other things, a giant four-poster bed floating in the middle of a fountain!

A few kilometers from Paris, on Chatou Island (also known as Impressionists' Island), Daniel Benchimol has a nice surprise for you.... Watch this video to find out what it is!

In this tour of the town of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, you will discover a very old castle built by King Francis the First as well as a quintessentially French marketplace, whose numerous fountains make it the perfect place to cool off in the summer.