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…
Loire Music Festival 2022 saw the return of the Sully and Loiret Music Festival (Festival de Sully et du Loiret) andin 2024 will be held 29 May- 15 June 2024…
Yevre-le-Chatel was nominated as one of France’s favourite villages by viewers to France3 TV Channel in 2020 Yevre-le-Chatel, northeast of Orléans, is in the Loiret département of Centre-Val-de-Loire region and…
Frazé was nominated as one of France’s favourite villages by viewers to France3 TV Channel in 2019 Frazé (28 Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire) is a small, pretty village in the…
Trôo was nominated as one of France’s favourite villages by viewers to France3 TV Channel in 2020 Trôo is a pretty village of troglodyte houses bulit into the caves in…
Chateaux?
Another of the riches to be found in French Markets is charcuterie, a term which covers both the shop (i.e. delicatessen) and cooked/prepared meat products such as Jambon ham (e.g…
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 village of Châteauneuf-sur-Loire (45 Loiret, Centre Val-de-Loire) lies just to the east of Orléans on the River Loire . The highlight is on the ruined Chateau which sits in the middle of a large…
The wine village of Azay-le-Rideau (37 Indre-et-Loire, Centre/Val de Loire) is known throughout the world for its Renaissace era Chateau.Listed as a Unesco World Heritage site, the chateau is witness…
18 July 2015
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.…
France has always been keen on cycling - the annual Tour de France is probably the biggest cycle race in the world, covering over 3000km in 3 weeks each July,…
Rouen (76 Seine Maritime, Normandie) celebrates the French heroine Joan of Arc with its medieval Joan of Arc Festival (Les Fêtes médiévales et Jeanne d’arc) 9 - 11 May 2024.…
Loire Pumpkin Festival at a Chateau southwest of Tours
Chartres Cathedral The Guardian (20 December 2014) reports on a controversial restoration of the UNESCO listed Chartres Cathedral's interior which is being cleansed of centuries of dirt and grime (28…
The pretty wine town of Chinon (37 Indre et Loire, Centre) lies in the heart of the Loire Valley
There are a selection of "medieval" gardens in central France which could be worth a visit to explore both history and horticulture: See our map of French Gardens Jardins du…
In the heart of the Loire Valley south of Blois, Cheverny is best known for its classic Loire Chateau rather than its wines, which remain relatively obscure. Yet such is their quality that Parisians regularly head 200km down the autoroute at the weekend to stock up!
Every year in March (23 March 2024) the winemakers of appellation of Bourgueil descend on the city of Tours (37 Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire), about 30 miles (50km) to the…
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