Burgundy Vineyard launches hot air Balloon
Balloons in Burgundy!
Channel4 TV is running a series by chef Jamie Oliver called "Jamie Does....". On 12 May 2010 the episode is entitled "Jamie does the French Pyrenees" - a slight misnomer…
As part of a drive to invigorate an otherwise overlooked and under-resourced area of France, a branch of Paris' iconic Pompidou centre (Museum of Modern Art)is opening in the north…
A new airport is due to open in June 2010 serving Brive-la-Gaillarde/Souillac. Just 12 miles from Souillac and the upper Dordogne Situated between Cressenac and Nespouls south of Brive(Correze) and…
Don't want to fly? There are other options for getting to France train and ferry London to Paris Train from London to Dover Priory, then transfer bus to Dover Eastern…
A quiet secluded cove in the cliffs is always worth finding - and at Ault (80 Somme, Picardie) between Eu/Le Treport on the coast of Picardy discover Hotel/Restaurant Le Cise…
Entraygues-sur-Truyere In a favourite corner of France in the upper reaches of the Lot Valley is Entraygues-sur-Truyere (12 Aveyron, Midi-Pyrenees) - Le Petit Chou is a cute apartment in Entraygues…
Carnaval de Nantes poster Although a little late in the Carnival season, usually associated with Lent, Nantes (44, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire) celebrates its annual Carnival 30 March -…
Chaumont-sur-Loire (41 Loir et Cher, Centre-Val de Loire) between Tours and Blois on the Loire river, holds its International Garden Festival (le Festival International des Jardins) from 19 April -…
There has long been a connection between monastic orders and alcohol - just think of Chatreuse (made by Carthusian Monks, popular since the 1740s. It is composed of distilled alcohol…
Berck-sur-Mer (62 Pas-de-Calais, Hauts de France), south of Boulogne-sur-Mer, hosts the International Kite Festival (Rencontres internationales de cerfs-volants) from 20 - 28 April 2024. The breezy, sandy beaches here in…
BOVES d'ARRAS Each spring in Arras, (62, Pas-de-Calais), the underground city beneath the town (known as the Boves, originally chalk caves and used for shelter in the First World War)…
To the east of Tours (37 Indre-et-Loire, Centre) at Montlouis-sur-Loire, the Chateau de la Bordaisiere offers hotel accommodation in 17 delightfully decorated and elegant rooms. The chateau estate is famous…
Every Spring (19 -21 April 2025) the Chateau de la Bordaisiere at Montlouis-sur-Loire, just east of Tours (37 Indre-et-Loire, Centre- Val de Loire) hosts the a Festival of Spring Plants(Fete…
The birthplace of Impressionism, Normandy has already hosted four editions of the “Normandie Impressionniste” festival. Rouen (76 Seine-Maritime, Normandie) and the Seine Valley, have been important with their shared past…
To mark the end of Lent, the town of Vitré (35 Ile et Villaine, Bretagne)on various dates between 29 March and 26 April 2025 holds a funfair and 2 parades…
There are few things so evocative of summer than the strawberry - and of course in southern France summer comes earlier than it does in northern climes. Hence the village…
A peaceful bird and nature Festival on the Somme
Arles has strong connections to Vincent Van Gogh who spent 15 months of his most productive period in the town; There is a new museum dedicated to Van Gogh opened…