World Directory, Europe, France, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Alpes-Maritimes

The village of Valbonne sits in the center of a vast residential area spread through the surrounding woods. This area outside the village includes luxury villas, housing estates for the nearby Sophia Antipolis high-tech park and homes of the old-time generations of Valbonnais. In contrast to the twisty little streets in the hundreds of other medieval villages of Beyond, Valbonne village is laid out in neat, symmetrical rectangles planned by the Abbot of Lerins, following the layout of Roman cities.

World Directory, Europe, France, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Alpes-Maritimes

Juan-les-Pins is a town in the commune of Antibes, in the Alpes-Maritimes, in southeastern France, on the Côte d'Azur, which is part of the Ligurian Sea. It is famous for its annual jazz festival in July. New Orleans is a sister city, something which for a series of years was manifested with carnival festivities in the streets of Juan-les-Pins, with both local and New Orleans jazz bands parading.

World Directory, Europe, France, Languedoc-Roussillon, Pyrenees-Orientales

Banyuls-sur-Mer is a French municipality in the département of Pyrenees-Orientales in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon.

World Directory, Europe, France, Bretagne, Ille-et-Vilaine

Saint-Malo is a walled port city in Brittany in northwestern France on the English Channel. It is a sub-prefecture of the Ille-et-Vilaine department.

World Directory, Europe, France, Languedoc-Roussillon, Herault

Cap d'Agde is the seaside resort of the town of Agde, France, on the Mediterranean sea in the departement of Herault, within the region of Languedoc-Roussillon.

World Directory, Europe, France, Picardy, Oise

Beauvais is a town and commune and capital of the Oise department in northern France. Population (1999): city: 57,355; city and suburbs: 59,003; metropolitan area: 100,733. It lies about 90 km (56 mi) north of Paris. Its residents are called Beauvaisiens.

World Directory, North America, United States, Hawaii, Kohala

Located just a few miles east of Hawi, Kapa'au is another quaint Kohala town. In the center of city, across the street from the public library, is the original statue of King Kamehameha the Great.

World Directory, Europe, Greece, North Aegean, Evros

Samothrace or Samothraki is a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea. It is a self-governing deme in the prefecture of Evros. The island is 17 km (11 mi) long and is 178 km2 (69 sq mi) in size and has a population of 2,723 (2001 census). Its main industries are fishing and tourism. Resources on the island includes granite and basalt. Samothraki is one of the most rugged Greek islands, with Mt. Fengari rising to 1,611 m.

World Directory, Europe, Turkey, Istanbul, Istanbul

Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, largest city proper and second largest metropolitan area in Europe, and fourth largest city proper in the world with a population of 32.6 million.

World Directory, Europe, Switzerland, St. Gallen, St. Gallen

St. Gallen is the capital of the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It evolved from the hermitage of Saint Gall, founded in the 7th century. Today, it is a large urban agglomeration (with around 160,000 inhabitants) and represents the center of eastern Switzerland. The town mainly relies on services for its economic base.