Amiens Cathedral all lit up!
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Amiens Cathedral all lit up! ………Continue reading Amiens Cathedral in Colour Wine and Chocolate in Nuits St Georges ………Continue reading Burgundy and Chocolate More UK – France ferry competition this summer ………Continue reading Portsmouth – Le Havre Ferries A special island – even has a summer Opera Festival ………Continue reading Magical Belle-Ile – and opera In the summer Eurostar runs a direct service from London St Pancras to Avignon (84 Vaucluse, Provence)!! Calling at Ashford International you can travel direct to Avignon without changing trains or battling your way through Paris from Gare de Nord to the Gare de Lyon. The journey takes under 6 hours and leaves on Saturday ………Continue reading by Train direct from London to Avignon! For 2013 the city of Marseille and the Provence region is the nominate European Capital of Culture. All throughout the year 2013, hundreds of cultural and artistic events will be staged across the Provence region, from Arles to Toulon. Artistic and cultural disciplines of all kinds will be present for this major event, ranging from ………Continue reading Marseille-Provence – European Capital of Culture 2013 The Riviera city of Nice (06 Alpes-Maritimes, Provence) hosts its Jazz Festival 8-12 July 2013. Over 500 musicians are scheduled to perform at the Nice Jazz Festival, which is now one of the biggest jazz festivals in Europe. It was set up in 1948 by Jacques Hebey, and took its present name in 1994. Over ………Continue reading Jazz in Nice Sedan (08 Ardennes. Champagne-Ardennes) is a name that haunts the French with memories of the battles of the Great War and the Napoleonic Wars in Eastern France. Sedan has always been a crucial point, situated on the River Meuse and just inside the border with Belgium. Hence the medieval fortified castle – le Chateau ………Continue reading Chateau Fort de Sedan An ambitious project to locate an outpost of Paris Musée du Louvre in unfashionable Northern France opens to the public on 12 December 2012 The Louvre-Lens is sited in Lens (62 Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais) about 100km from Calais. This is in the old coal-mining district, notable for its towering conical terrils (slag heaps) which dominate the ………Continue reading The Louvre in Lens For the first 2 weeks of August each year (from 30 July to 15 August in 2013) the quiet Gascony village of Marciac (32 Gers, Midi-Pyrenees) holds its annual JAZZ Festival= Jazz in Marciac This usually serene small town in the middle of Gascony comes alive in the heart of a region which is peaceful, ………Continue reading Jazz in the Gers |
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