The South West of France has strong connections with its Spanish neighbours on the other side of the Pyrenees. These links were strengthened during the Spanish Civil War when many…
Cahors with its Malbec (or Cot or Auxerrois) based wines remain one of my personal favourites – and these wines seem to improve year on year. This may be due…
The Vignerons Independants (independent wine makers) of the Vins de Pays des Cotes de Gascogne hold their annual wine festival in the town of Eauze (32 Gers, Occitanie) on 18-19…
The elegant city of Montauban (82 Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie) gets its streets filled with music from 20 - 23 June 2024 with its Festival Montauban en Scènes (see www.montauban-en-scenes.fr) and there…
12 - 17 July 2022 you can indulge in a feast of summer music with the Cahors Blues Festival (46 Lot, Occitanie) . Amongst the attractions in previous years has…
From 1 July 2008 you will need to carry both a warning triangle and a hi-viz jacket in your car in France – and in the event of a breakdown…
Duck, Goose, Foie Gras, Cassoulet, Madiran, Armagnac and all the other good rich produce of the land feature in Martin Calder's book A Summer in Gascony: Discovering the Other South…
The LE BACCHUS FESTIVAL ROUSSILLON (wine festival) takes place in Argelès-sur-Mer. (66 Pyrenees-Orientales) 6 - 9 June 2024, where local winegrowers from the Roussillon region will present their wines. The…
France has always been a good camping destination - the French themselves enjoy "le camping" and the autoroutes heading south are testament to what seems like a mass exodus of…
Whilst French autoroutes tend to offer a more enjoyable drive than UK motorways, most are toll roads (peages) and hence the speed and ease of covering long distances in France…
France has big rivers and great bridges – the spectacular Viaduc de Millau on the A75 autoroute(12 Aveyron, Midi-Pyrenees) and the Pont de Normandie on the A29 autoroute between Le…
Doué-la-Fontaine (49 Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire), south of Angers, self-styles itself as "the Rose Garden of France!" and also claims to be the largest rose production area in the…
Throughout France over a weekend in late Spring (18 - 19 May 2024) there will be 78 sites open to the public to celebrate European Journée des Moulins (Mill Days).Events…
On the weekend of 1 - 2 June 2024 the village of Sainte Maure (37 Indre-et-Loire, Centre Val de Loire) between Chinon and Loches celebrates the local goat's cheese (Sainte…
Another French icon, the Solex motorised bicycle used to be a common sight throughout France - although in earlier times it was powered by a noisy smelly little 2-stroke petrol…
We tend to think of the Rose as a quintessentially English flower, but the French have their moments with Rose Days (Journées de la Rose). Avignon (84 Vaucluse, Provence) celebrates…
Pont du Gard 2000 years ago over 1000 people worked for 5 years on the construction of the Pont du Gard, near Remoulins (30 Gard, Occitanie). The objective was to…
Aurillac holds its Christmas Market 12 - 24 December 2024 - see www.aurillac.fr The village of Pailherols (15 Cantal, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes) will be celebrating the local Cantal cheese 1 -2 June…
Over the past thirteen centuries, the Mont Saint Michel (50 Manche, Normandie) has become a world renowned monument, celebrated both for its spiritual and religious significance as well as its…
The Saussignac appellation in the western part of the Bergerac vineyard (24 Dordogne, Aquitaine) seems to be pioneering organic (bio) vineyards - interesting for an appellation which has only recently…
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