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Part of our series featuring places to stay and explore for a weekend or longer with recommendations on where to stay, eat, visit etc – recommendations from personal knowledge of people who know the local area well. Why Entraygues-sur-Truyere? Entraygues-sur-Truyere is a picturesque riverside village, where two rivers meet, the Lot River and the ………Continue reading Le weekend in… Entraygues sur Truyere The Telegraph(1 March 2008) offers a list of “50 Spring Breaks” which includes the idea of staying in a modern, well-equipped treehouse in southern Normandy In the heart of the Parc Naturel Régional du Perche, in southern Normandy, Perché dans le Perche is a treehouse with two bedrooms, a shower, internet access and panoramic views of ………Continue reading Holiday ideas for France 2008 There are a number of special offers around which may be of interest in the runup to Easter, only a few weeks away. There’s 15% off bookings for any of the “Sweet French Cottages” in the Aveyron (Midi Pyrenees) if you book by 15 April 08 – see www.frenchduck.co.uk Brittany Ferries has a number of offers ………Continue reading Roundup of Special Offers – cottages, wine, ferries BBC2′s final of MasterChef 2008 (Thursday 28 Feb 2008) takes the finalists to work in some of France’s best restaurants. The other challenges for the 3 finalists have included cooking at the London Hilton for a group of Professional Chefs with 17 Michelin stars between them, and cooking for the Army in the heat and ………Continue reading Masterchef goes to France The Aude département (11 Languedoc-Roussillon) straddles the Autouroute des Deux Mers (A62) as it heads east from Narbonne towards Toulouse and eventually Bordeaux. The autoroute follows the flattish valley bottom which has for years formed a major transit route, most famously and spectacutlarly with the Canal du Midi, followed by the railway and then the ………Continue reading Corbières – of wine and websites Late November/early December the Vignerons Independants (independent winemakers) hold a series of public wine fairs,(see Wine Maker Fairs) most notably in Lyon, Reims, Lille and Paris where you can taste a seemingly mind- and tongue-boggling array of wines from all over France. The exhibitors are mainly small independent winemakers (no co-operatives, negociants or multi-nationals) who ………Continue reading Highlights of the Lille and Paris Wine Fairs 2007 ………Continue reading Plaimont celebrates the French Paradox The Independent (25 Aug 07) has a short guide to Toulouse (32 Haut-Garonne) by Simon Calder. By far the largest city in the Midi-Pyrenees it is a mix of ancient and very modern, French and Arab. For me it is a great departure point for the whole of the South and South West – the ………Continue reading A guide to Toulouse ………Continue reading First French harvest of grapes starts in Rivesaltes ………Continue reading Wines from Gascony in the Telegraph |
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