Wednesday 17th Sept 2025
Troyes is a beautiful, compact city in the Grand Est Region of France. It is known for its many half timbered and colourful , medieval buildings. We are staying the night on an excellent paid aire with all the services, just on the outskirts of the city.
Lots of the buildings are extremely wonky:
Some buildings are built so close to each other that despite a gap, they rely on each other for support:
Like other medieval cities, it has an amazingly ornate cathedral, but I have only shown a few images of this one, due to the potential for overload.
Troyes is famous for stained glass and this was a centre of excellence even in medieval times. We visited the museum dedicated to this craft, which traced the history of stained glass over hundreds of years.
As a part of this museum, there is also an apothecary exhibit:
It is really pleasant to wander around the city centre with many squares, sculptures and fountains:
On our way back to the aire, we passed the stadium, where a team of motorcycle footballers were practising …at speed. I have never seen this sport before, goodness knows what the carnage is like in a game.
That is all for today. TTFN and See-u-later.
"See-u-Later" 
Another interesting post. I’ve stayed in Troyes and loved it!
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Thanks for your comment Keith.
Yes, I think it is one of the best places we have stayed in France.
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Wow, those buildings 😅 I thought you’d taken them on an angle at first!
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Yes, there were many buildings that had waht appears to be an alarming lean. I discussed this with a historian when I visited Little Moreton Hall in the UK. He said it would have been straight when it was built, but over time, oak timber framing moves.
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Beautiful buildings.
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Hi Mélodie
Yes, we loved it.
Regards, Peter
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