There are plenty of fine Chateaux around Bordeaux, but few of them offer B&B (Chambres d'Hote) accommodation, and even fewer are as impressive as the Chateau de la Rivière at…

Montpellier (34 Herault, Occitanie) celebrates Christmas with a winter festival (Hivernales) including a Christmas Market from 23 November - 24 December 2024.  With a large market of 160 stands, a…

Domaine de Rayol holds its Mediterranean Plants Festival Gondwana , (la Fête des Plantes Méditerranéennes) on 5 - 6 October 2024 to celebrate the pleasures of Mediterranean gardens - even…

For many visitors to France from the UK, the City of Orléans (45 Loiret, Centre-Val-de-Loire) is often just a bottleneck on the journey to the Loire and South West -…

Every year a skating rink is constructed in front of the famous Hotel de Ville in the heart of Paris - in 2010 it is open from 21 December 2012…

The town of la Roche-Posay (86 Vienne, Nouvelle Aquitaine) east of Chatellerault offers a different slant on the seasonal festivities when it holds a Medieval Christmas Market (Marché de Noël…

Lisieux (14 Calvados, Normandie) holds it traditional Christmas market on the place Mitterand 7 December 2024 - 19 January 2025 Don't miss the choirs singing and the arrival of Father…

Boulogne-sur-Mer (62 Pas-de-Calais, Hauts de France) is holding its Christmas market: Boulogne-sur-Mer (upper town) 6 -8 and 22 December 2024 Although there is no direct ferry crossing to Boulogne any…

Corsica is rightly known as the Ile de Beauté (Isle of Beauty) and is worth a visit at any time of year for its stunning coastline, rugged interior or its…

One of the joys of travelling through France by car is the opportunity to get off the autoroutes and main N roads and follow back roads to your destination. Often…