Le Mans has more to offer than a 24 hour motor race #France
Now in its 38th year Rétromobile (le salon de la voiture ancienne) is the annual vintage car show in Paris 31 January -4 February 2024 Linking the past and the…
Every 5 years Rouen (76 Seine-Maritime, Normandie) and the Seine hosts the Armada, l'Armada de Rouen 8 -18 June 2023. The highlight will include many tall ships (previously including ships…
Pont Chaban Delmas A new bridge opened in 2013 in Bordeaux (33 Gironde, Nouvelle Aquitaine) - The Pont Chaban Delmas is a lifting bridge - i.e. the central section lifts…
Following the longest main road in France, the route to the sun from Paris to Provence, cyclist Adam Ruck makes the most of the vineyards and foodie pit stops that…
According to the Automobile Association, French law has now changed making it illegal to use a Sat Nav which identifies speed camera locations in France. Effective from 3 January 2012…
a wine fair on the Moselle in France!
Ship festival on the Med
more fast train connections in Burgundy and across the Pyrenees
Motorists to carry a breathalyzer in France from Spring 2012
Dunkerque (62 Pas de Calais, Hauts de France) manages to brighten up the miserable northern French winter with its annual Carnival on numerous dates between 1 January - 22 March…
A mere 800km of cycling along the Loire Valley
Although Dunkerque (59 Nord, Hauts de France) is not the most attractive of Channel ports, the DFDS ferry from Dover to Dunkerque has meant that many travellers now by-pass Calais…
From 26-28 January 2018 the France Show returns to London's Earls Court, where francophiles can get a mid-winter taste of all things French. 2020 Show CANCELLED You can expect top-notch…
The city of Orléans(45, Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire) hosts the Festival de Loire every 2 years in September (20 - 24 September 2023), a celebration of the river in all…
Situated just an hour south of the Channel port of Calais , St Valery-sur-Somme (80 Somme, Hauts de France) offers not only a first or last stopover to/from more distant…
St Jean-Pied-diu-Port (64 Pyrenees-Atlantiques, Nouvelle Aquitaine) is a major gateway to the Pyrenees and is the confluence of serveral pilgrim routes on the way to St Jacques de Compostela (Santiago…
The iconic Citroen 2CV is the star of a rally around the perfume town of Grasse (06, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence) organised by the local enthusiasts club but attracting participants from across…
A new link in the French Autoroute system has been completed (December 2010) with the A65 Langon - Pau road now linking Bordeaux with the Pyrenees. The new route starts…
The French Government has announced plans to extend the high speed train network beyond Bordeaux to connect to Agen, Toulouse and another line to Bayonne, Biarritz and the Spanish Border.…