"Montelimar Couleur Lavande" Festival at Montelimar (26 Drome, Rhone-Alpes) - more famous for its nougat - see www.frenchduck.com

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A small Jazz festival at Ramatuelle (83 Var. PACA) overlooking the Bay of St Tropez 21 July - 20 August 2022 Created in 1986, the Ramatuelle Jazz Festival focuses on…

The Languedoc’s climate is not generally very conducive to the development of traditional gardens, but down near Pezenas (34 Herault, Languedoc-Roussillon) , Françoise et Daniel Malgouyres set about clearing an…

2000 candles will illuminate the magnificent Renaissance chateau and gardens at Villandry (37, Indre-et-Loire, Centre) west of Tours in the Loire Valley - culminating with a magnificent firework display. 1…

In the heart of the town of Brive-la-Gaillarde (19 Correze, Nouvelle Aquitaine) an artificial beach (Brive Plage) is created for 10 days with entertainments for kids, music and dancing for…

The City of Bordeaux has been officially recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage site, and so joins a large section of the Loire Valley and the medieval city of Carcassonne…

The medieval city of Carcassonne (11 Aude, Languedoc) is both the setting and backdrop of a fantatic light and firework show to celebrate Bastille Day. The fortified medieval city of…

Markets in the Gironde (33, Aquitaine) Arcachon for oysters and seafood, Bazas for beef.and almost everything in Bordeaux. The following list is provided as an indicator of what markets take…

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Evening Jazz concerts in the vineyards of the Southern Rhone e.g.:- Cairanne Visan Cairanne For more info see www.jazzdanslesvignes.fr/

Pouilly-sur-Loire (58 Nievre, BFC), best known for its crisp Sauvignon Pouilly-Fumé wines, celebrates its wine festival on the banks of the Loire. The Pouilly-sur-Loire vineyards lie in the Nièvre département…

Bayeux (14 Calvados, Normandie) celebrates its medieval heritage every July with a weekend festival of music, street entertainment etc - see www.bayeux-tourism.com/

I should not be surprised, but the French do seem to have a propensity to celebrate almost anything that is food-related, and claim that it is only their village that…

Wine from Cahors the first thing I tend to associate with the Lot département in South West France (Midi-Pyrenees), but is has so much more to offer and discover. For…

ferry The term "Normandy Beaches" conjures up images of heroic landings in occupied France, and yet there is much more to the Normandy coastline than that. Normandy of course stretches…