[ September 4, 2009 to September 6, 2009. ] Our ocassional series of articles using local knowledge to help you get the best out of a visit to different parts of France.
Saumur (49 Maine et Loire, Pays de Loire)
Where to stay
[caption id="attachment_2667" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Le Bellevue"][/caption]English/French family-owned Gite and B&B (Chambres d’Hote) – Le Bellevue on a vineyard run by Sarah-Jane Beaumont and her
………Continue reading Le weekend …. in and around Saumur
Ryanair is introducing new flights to France next summer (2010) from Leeds/Bradford to Limoges, Montpellier, Nantes and Carcassonne! There are already flights from Yorkshire Avignon, Bergerac,Chambery, La Rochelle, Nice, Paris and Toulouse.
This comes at the same time as Ryanair has also announced the cancelling of many flights from Stansted over this winter.
So, much will depend
………Continue reading More UK to France routes for 2010
Air France has introduced a new route from London’s City Airport to Nantes at the mouth of the Loire, ideally situated to explore Brittany, the Loire Valley and the Vendée – see www.airfrance.co.uk
Meanwhile budget airline Easyjet starts flights from London Luton to Montpellier in southern France from 7 July 2009 – well-positioned for the mediterranean
………Continue reading New air routes to Nantes and Montpellier
[ May 8, 2009 to May 19, 2009. ] The city of Nantes (44 Loire-Atlantique. Val de Loire) holds its Floral Festival (Floralies) from 8 to 19 May 2009
For 10 days visitors can explorethe biggest ornamental flower show in France. This year’s theme “Pouvoir des fleurs” – or roughly translated as “Flower Power”! or to put it in the usual French “flowery” phraseology:
“The power
………Continue reading Nantes Floral Festival 2009
Situated on the borders of Normandy, Brittany and the Loire Valley, there is a good B&B/Chambres d’Hote near St Hilaire du Harcouet :-
set in a quiet hamlet in the beautiful Mayenne countryside, on the border with Normandy and Brittany.It is only 20 minutes from the A84 autoroute, which links the Channel ports of Cherbourg and
………Continue reading B&B in Lower Normandy/Mayenne
[ April 21, 2009; May 2, 2009; May 9, 2009; May 14, 2009; May 28, 2009; June 4, 2009; June 11, 2009; June 18, 2009; June 25, 2009; July 2, 2009; July 23, 2009; July 30, 2009; August 27, 2009; ] At Saumur there is a famous French National horse training school – Le Cadre Noir which holds regular open days for the general public to admire these magnificent animals and their skills.
For 2009 the dates are April 9, 16 and 21; May 2,9,14 and 28; June 4,11,18 and 25; July 2,23 and 30; August 27;
………Continue reading Show Horses at Saumur