Bordeaux Fete le Vin - Bordeaux celebrates wine (18 - 21 June 2020) when more than 300,000 visitors descend on the city to sample and enjoy its prime assets and…
The Marché aux Fruits Rouges - Festival of Red Fruits is held annually in early July at Noyon (60 Oise, Picardie) on the first Sunday of July (3 July 2022)…
Emergency assistance call from an old friend touring the Loire Valley who needed to find a nice hotel with a decent restaurant not far from Blois - No problem! As…
Les Baigneuses 2006 saw the opening of a major exhibition of the Impressionist Cezanne's work in and of Provence. The recently opened Musee Granet in Aix-en-Provence (13 Bouches-du-Rhone, PACA) is…
The French Government has announced the creation of a new "Parc Naturel Regional de Millevaches en Limousin", joining another 44 areas already so designated and protected by law. The…
Paris is to see yet another fine museum with the Musée du Quai Branly - dedicated to the arts and civilisations from Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas - bringing…
National Cycle Festival: 1 - 10 June 2019 France celebrates the humble "bicyclette" more often referred to as the "velo" (hence velodrome). with the Fete du Velo. This means various…
Saint Nectaire Cheese St Nectaire is one of those french delights which sounds very familiar, but it was a surprise to find that it comes from the Massif Central -…
Everyone is recommending Provence at the moment - the latest being Nigel Horne in the Telegraph who argues that this is the best time of year to go (mid-May…
A new book on French Markets provides a region-by-region guide to the best
Jean-Marc Brocard makes excellent Chablis wines in northern Burgundy.
A Festival of Provence Honey at Mouans-Sartoux in the Alpes-Maritimes in April 2006
French hotels can be good value for money, if sometimes a little idiosyncratic.
Touraine-Mesland in the Loire Valley has a wine festival 29-30 April 2006.
Castle, Flowers, Wine and accommodation at Chateau de Brissac near Angers
Amboise in the Touraine has a wine festival 15-17 April 2006
Arles celebrates its connection with the Camargue and its Roman legacy at Easter,