and also – miscellaneous snippets on France, Travel. Events, Food and Wine….
A random selection of photos of France to raise everyone's spirits during the pandemic lockdown and travel restrictions in 2020/21
hpgruesen (CC0), Pixabay Rumours are around that there could be a new direct rail link between London St Pancras and Bordeaux avoiding the need to change in Paris - at…
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…
On 2 April 2017 the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, opened a new pedestrianised park on the right bank of the Seine in Paris which together with the existing Left…
Black Saturday - Every summer the major routes into and out of Paris get very congested as many Parisians head to the countyside, mountains or coast AND almost as many…
Occitanie is the new name for the new Region of Languedoc-Roussillon - Midi-Pyrenees
Nouvelle Aquitaine is the new name for the new region formed by the merger of Aquitaine - Limousin - Poitou-Charentes.
Grand Est is to be the new name for the new region (2016) of Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine which includes the départements of Ardennes, Aube, Bas-Rhin, Haute-Marne, Haut-Rhin, Marne, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse, Moselle, Vosges.…
With the reorganisation of the French regions on 1 January 2016, the regions were given self-explanantory names, reflecting the merging of 2 or more original regions. So when Nord-Pas-de-Calais and…
According to the Guardian (10 May 2016) there will no longer be the romantic (but uncomfortable) couchette sleeper compartments on overnight long-distance trains from Paris after July 2016 - except…
Having previously been restricted to professionals and expensive wine tour operators, the famous Chateau d'Yquem is to open to the public from March to September. A visit to 400-year-old Château…
The French, being very French, hold an annual day to celebrate their cuisine world-wide 16 April 2020 For the fifth year the Goût de France/Good France Festival celebrates France's prized…
In Spring every year there is great tension amongst the top chefs in France as they await the publication of the new Michelin Guide France - Michelin Guide (Red) France…
Anne Hidalgo, the Mayor of Paris has announced that the Avenue des Champs-Élysées will be closed to cars on one Sunday each month from April 2016 to open the whole…
The price of Diesel in France is now below €1.00 per litre, and even though the exchange rate for the £sterling has dropped slightly against the €uro, the equivalent price…
Building work at Le Mont St Michel (50 Manche, Normandie) has been completed and President Francois Hollande on 31 October 2015 opened a bridge which restores the Abbey's island status…
As from 1 July 2015 the city of Paris has imposed a ban on the most polluting vehicles from the centre of city: Coaches, buses and lorries registered before 30…
A 1930s mansion has been restored and will open to the public on 18 June 2015 - Villa Cavrois: An architectural manifesto, Villa Cavrois, the work of architect Robert Mallet-Stevens,…
The Normandy Tourist Board has published some stunning video of the magical Mont Saint Michel: an Island once more at the recent high tides: See more on Le Mont Saint-Michel…
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.…