Another surprising French Food Festival - a Chick Pea Festival (La Fête du Pois Chiche )at Montaren & Saint Médiers (30 Gard, Occitanie) 24 - 26 May 2024. In reality…
Chateaux?
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.…
Chusclan and neighbouring Laudun (30 Gard, Occitanie) is one of the Côtes du Rhône villages entitled to add its village name to the wine label: Côtes du Rhône Villages Chusclan and holds its own Vintage Wine Festival (Vendanges de…
Throw them to the Lions in Nimes?
Nimes is the southernmost wine region of the Cotes du Rhone
Journées européennes du patrimoine (European Heritage Open Days) in France are on the weekend of 21 - 22 September 2024. Throughout the weekend and across France, many galleries, museums and…
12-13 April 2014 sees the organic wine fair Printemps des Vignerons (Winemakers' Spring) at Cabrières(30 Gard,Languedoc Roussillon). The event takes place at Clos Romain at Cabrières near Nimes and is…
Celebrate St Valentine in Roquemaure(30 Gard, languedoc-Roussillon) at the Festo de Poutoun (Occitan for The Kissing Festival)11-12 February 2012.
The railway journey from Nimes(30 Gard, Occitani) to Clermont Ferrand (63 Puy de Dome, ARA) offers you a different perspective on the Massif Central than most of us experience using…
St Valentine special locations in France
Despite being several hundred kilometres from the Spanish border, Nîmes (30 Gard, Occitanie) has strong Spanish/Catalan links, most visibly with the annual Feria bull-fighting festival. From 10 - 20 January 2024…
On the border between Provence and Languedoc and known as the birth place of denim ("de Nimes"), Nimes is a popular tourist destination due to its rich history dating back…
Pont du Gard 2000 years ago over 1000 people worked for 5 years on the construction of the Pont du Gard, near Remoulins (30 Gard, Occitanie). The objective was to…
Nimes (30 Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon) celebrates the grape harvest with a 3–day festival centred around Bullfighting – Corridas, but you really do not have to get involved with the bulls to…
Nimes (30 Gard, Occitanie ) like many towns and cities on or close to the Mediterranean coast, has a long tradition of bullfighting and many of their festivities are centred…
The number of budget airline routes to France from the UK is continuing to grow, as is the number of French destinations - no longer restricted to the major cities.…
Must be serendipity - finding out about the Truffle Festival at Uzès (30 Gard, Occitanie) at the end of January. and today hearing of the wines of the same town…
Uzes (30 Gard, Occitanie) hosts its annual Truffle Festival usually on the third Sunday of January. 13 - 15 January 2023. This is another of those towns which tends to…