A front door in the City of Viiviers, France, as seen from the street

If you're interested in medieval history and authentic period architecture, Viviers might just be the place that is for you... because it's one of the best preserved medieval towns in all of France, and it boasts some of the most well-preserved architecture that you can possibly imagine. Besides its narrow streets, it is also home to a number of lanes and kinks that give a sense of how life was in the Middle Ages here.