The low-cost airline sector is very compeitive and as a result new routes are frequently introduced and other routes are discontinued. Ryanair has decided to close all its routes to…

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  • Post last modified:January 2, 2025

42 French cities and urban areas are now covered by Low Emission Zones from January 2025. We would not generally recommend driving in Paris, with the congestion, difficulty and cost…

Held every year on the last Sunday in January (26 Jan 2025) the village of Sorges (24 Dordogne, Aquitaine) holds a competition to find the biggest truffle - and its…

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  • Post last modified:December 24, 2024

Sarlat holds its annual Medieval Christmas Market 4 - 31 December 2024 . In the heart of the medieval town of Sarlat, in the Dordogne Valley no fewer than 70…

Ribeauvillé Christmas Market In the heart of the Alsace vineyards , Ribeauvillé hosts a medieval Christmas for two weekends in December - traditional medieval costumes, minstrels, fire-eaters, and street entertainers.…

  The following is a list of French Christmas Markets Marchés de Noël in France and other seasonal events in November - December 2024 . Dates are shown when available…

There is an Annual wine fair held in the small Mediterranean appellation of Bandol (83 Var, Provence). The town gives its name to the distinctive local red wine, which is…

The Second Wine Fair is a unique event that highlights the second wines of the great Bordeaux estates. Unlike premier cru wines, second wines come from the same prestigious vineyards…

The departement of the LOT celebrates its local food with its Lot of Saveurs festival Lot Food Festival in Cahors (46 Lot, Occitanie) 27 - 30 June 2024 Products include…

In the heart of central Brittany that the town of Gourin (56 Morbihan, Brittany) presents the FETE DE LA CREPE, the last weekend of July - 27 - 28 July…

The town of Mourjou (15 Cantal, ARA) hosts an annual Chestnut Festival Foire de la Châtaigne et du Châtaignier 19 -20 October 2024 The Festival includes a large market selling…

Traditionally meat was banished from the diet during Lent. As was sugar, ingredients containing fat, eggs and dairy products. Hence Shrove Tuesday ( Mardi Gras = Fat Tuesday) was the…

Normandie is rightly known for the quality of its dairy produce (cheese, cream and butter) and apples (cider and Calvados) and -holds an annual Cheese Festival at Touffreville-sur-Eu (76 Seine-Maritime,…

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  • Post last modified:May 26, 2024

17 April 2020 Bassins de Lumières FROM VERMEER TO VAN GOGH THE DUTCH MASTERS From 16 February 2024 to 5 January 2025 In what could be a spooky and threatening…

North of Hyeres and Toulon, the village of Solliès-Pont (83 Var, PACA) is the self-proclaimed "Capital of the Fig" and accordingly celebrates with its Fig Festival on 26 - 27…