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LatestThe Man Who Owned a Hundred Gauguins: Gustave Fayet’s France in Nine Addresses You Can Still Visit
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Place

Villeneuve-lès-Avignon

Abbaye Saint-André, 58 rue Montée du Fort, 30400 Villeneuve-lès-Avignon

In August 1916, in the middle of the war, Fayet bought a second ruined abbey.

From The Man Who Owned a Hundred Gauguins
Spa

Quapaw Baths & Spa

413 Central Ave, Hot Springs, AR 71901

Large communal pools of natural thermal mineral water under a stained-glass skylight, plus private baths, massages and facials.

From Hot Springs, Arkansas
Place

Buckstaff Bathhouse

509 Central Ave, Hot Springs, AR 71901

The traditional bathhouse experience: a private mineral bath, hot packs, a steam cabinet and a sitz bath, with massage as an add-on.

From Hot Springs, Arkansas
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