A favourite treat for our visits to Paris has for many years been the Fontaine de Mars brasserie in the 7th Arrondisement. The main attraction has always been the informal…
The Basque city of Bayonne holds its annual Festival from 9 - 13 July 2025 During late July/early August Bayonne (64 Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle Aquitaine ) is ablaze in red & white with everyone dressed…
The town of Orange (84 Vaucluse, Provence ) in the heart of the Rhone Valley hosts one of the oldest festivals of music and opera in France (les Choregies d'Orange)…
On 14-15 July 2017 the village of Pouilly-sur-Loire (58 Nievre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté), best known for its crisp Sauvignon Blanc Pouilly-Fumé wines, celebrates its wine festival on the banks of the Loire…
If you are looking for a delightful way of exploring deepest France then cycling has to be an attractive and cheap option. Throughout France there is a network of "Green…
Now that does sound like fun - although maybe a little scary until you are confident on the machine - hire a Segway for a tour of the parts of…
Brittany Jazz - Every year the town of Coutances (50 Manche, Normandie) on the western side of the Cherbourg peninsula holds a Jazz festival enticingly entitled Jazz sous les Pommiers…
For many the black and white photos of Robert Doisneau encapsulate a vision of France as we romantically wish to remember it in the 1950s. In Avignon this summer (18…
The city of Nantes (44 Loire-Atlantique. Pays de la Loire) holds its Floral Festival (Floralies) 17 - 26 May 2024 at Le Domaine de la Chabotterie in 85260 MONTRÉVERD (85…
The Juan-les-Pins Jazz Festival runs from 14-21 July 2011. A glorious summer combination of the delights of the Cote d'Azur and a top rate Jazz Festival are on offer at…
Aix-en-Provence (13 Bouches-du-Rhone, PACA) is staging an exhibition of 20th Century masters this summer with the Picasso - Cézanne Exhibition which is open from 25 May – 27 September 2009.…
Brittany Ferries has introduced a new ship on its Plymouth - Roscoff route - the mv Armorique (see photo):- The state-of-the-art €120 million cruise ferry Armorique has been designed specifically…
Known as the Ile de Beauté in french - Corsica offers glorious scenery and the island also produces some interesting wines, which Yapp Bros are now stocking - and Yapp…
Le Canard au Parapluie Rouge, or the "Duck with red umbrella" has a good start with a memorable name for a B&B - sounds a bit more exciting than the…
Unless you are lucky enough to live within an hour or so of the English Channel ports, the annual trip to and from France can be a bit of an…
The organic vineyard of Chateau Haut Garrigue in the village of Saussignac (24 Dordogne, Aquitaine) near Bergerac has it all - a wonderful situation overlooking the Dordogne valley; a self-contained…
Good Hotel and even better restaurant at Cour-Cheverny in the Loire
Lille (59 Nord, Hauts de France) is a big and vibrant northern French city which is well worth a visit – but it’s not somewhere I associate with peace and…
In the heart of the Côtes de Duras vineyards between St Astier and Duras (47 Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine) on the Chateau la Petite Bertande - a gite sleeping up to 8…
At Saint Bauzille de Montmel (34 Herault, Languedoc) north east of Montpellier the Mas de Martin is a well-established vineyard (Coteaux du Languedoc AC) which also offers 2 Gites under…
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