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Located in the French Riviera, France

The site is in an old hamlet on the French Riviera, at the end of a narrow road, built around a spring that predates the nineteenth century. The main house, compact and symmetrical with terracotta tiles and a stone-framed entrance, was built less than forty years ago but reads as if it belongs to the older settlement. The brief was to extend it.

ELLENA MEHL Architects defined the project clearly before designing anything: this is a landscape project. The extension does not stand in front of the existing house or beside it as a legible addition. It sits between the house and the existing restanques, set within the terraced planes, redefining the intersection lines of the landscape rather than adding a new one.....see more here

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See Peru through the eyes of the women who call it home on Intrepid’s brand-new Women’s Expedition.

With an expert local leader out front and a small group of like-minded women by your side, this trip connects you with the local communities you visit ,giving you a unique insight into Peru’s culture and traditions.

With an expert local leader out front and a small group of like-minded travellers by your side, this trip gives you a unique insight into Peru’s culture and traditions.

Part of Intrepid’s Women’s expedition range, this eight-day adventure has been thoughtfully designed to support local women in tourism while delivering immersive experiences specifically for women travellers.

You’ll traverse the lesser-known Chinchero to Urquillos trail in the Peruvian Andes alongside an all-female crew, spend time in an Andean village learning about daily life, take part in a traditional textile workshop led by local women and experience a spiritual cleansing ritual guided by a female shaman.

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