One of the first major stage professional cycle races of the season runs for a week between the outskirts of Paris down to the Mediterranean at Nice every March (3…
The Nuits de Fourvière (Nights of Fourvière) is a festival of theatre, circus, music, dance, and film in Lyon (69 Rhône, ARA) 30 May - 25 July 2024 The festival…
The Jazz à Vienne Festival has been celebrating the world of jazz for the first fortnight in July (29 June - 13 July 2022) - ever since Jean-Paul Boutellier founded…
Mirmande was nominated as one of France’s favourite villages by viewers to France3 TV Channel in 2020 Mirmande Mirmande (26 Drôme) is also classified as one of the most beautiful…
Montpeyroux was nominated as one of France’s favourite villages by viewers to France3 TV Channel in 2020 Montpeyroux(63 Puy-de-Dôme) in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region is a medieval hilltop village and a…
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For the 9th consecutive year, Samoëns (74 Haute Savoie. ARA) will be celebrating good French food and well-being at its Samoëns Winegrowers Week (la Semaine Vigneronne) which combines skiing and…
The French news channel France 24 has published a list of towns in France which provide FREE Bus Transport. mainly as a move to increase the use of public transport…
The spa town of Evian (74 Haut-Savoie, ARA) hosts a Jazz Festival 3 -4 February 2023 Jazz en Ville. Jazz festival proposed by the City of Evian, in collaboration with…
The Site Le Corbusier (Le Corbusier architecture) is an international site of Modern Architecture at Firminy (43 Loire, ARA) and is being considered for inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage…
A dramatic setting for an outdoor jazz festival is the Roman amphitheatre (one of the biggest in Europe) at Vienne which hosts the main acts, which in 2016 included Imelda…
Aix les Bains Aix-les-Bains (73 Savoie, ARA) hosts a summer Rock music festival Musilac 10 - 13 July 2024 on the lakeside esplanade - see www.musilac.com The town styles itself as…
The extraordinary professional cycle race the Tour de France and its accompanying circus and roadshow hit the roads of France in July 29 June - 21 July 2024 Exceptionally, because…
The wine town of Ampuis (69 Rhône, ARA) celebrates the wines of the northern Rhône valley with its Marché aux vins d'Ampuis 19 -22 January 2024 This is the land…
EU citizens under the age of 26 get free entry into most of France’s national monuments and museums, and many museums are free for the first Sunday of each month.…
Les Plus Beaux Villages de France There is to be an exhibition promoting the organisation and its villages in Paris (on the railings of the Luxembourg Gardens) in the 6th…
The wine village of Vaux-en-Beaujolais is one of many pretty villages in the Beaujolais region of southern Burgundy. With gently undulating hills and stunning landscapes of this rolling vineyard countryside…
A new museum has opened in Lyon at the confluence of the Rhône and Saône Rivers, two of the major rivers of France: Musée des Confluences It is an interdisciplinary…
Peker and Henry Taylor have taken over this Auberge in the Auvergne for 5-6 months, taking a break from Bristol's River Station restaurant on Bristol's harbourside.
Try the wines of the northern Rhone valley at Tain l'Hermitage in February