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…

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The Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux is a grouping of Bordeaux wine makers who host an annual tasting weekend - le Weekend des Grands Crus - to promote their…

A Plant fair at the Château de Crosville-sur-Douve (50 Manche, Normandie) - A Franco-British 'Journées des Plantes' Journées des plantes Franco-Britanniques' 19 - 20 April 2025 A little girl’s dream...…

In Spring across the Riviera and including the towns of Nice, Cannes, Grasse, Antibes and Menton (06 Alpes-Maritimes, Provence PACA) will see the Côte d'Azur Garden Festival 25 March -…

The wine village of Azay-le-Rideau (37 Indre-et-Loire, Centre/Val de Loire) is known throughout the world for its Renaissace era Chateau.Listed as a Unesco World Heritage site, the chateau is witness…

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1 €uro is worth about £0.89

Nantes (44 Loire-Atlantique. Pays de la Loire) holds its annual Nantes Jazz Festival (Nuit du Jazz) 23 November 2024 For more on the Nantes Jazz Festival see www.nuitdujazz.com/ Nantes -…

On the weekend of 18 - 19 October 2025 the vineyards of the Graves wine area of Bordeaux open their doors to the public Journées portes ouvertes for the Graves Wine Weekend. From la Brède to Langon (33 Gironde, Nouvelle…

La Rochelle Jazz Festival (Jazz entre les deux Tours) in October 8 - 12 October 2025 (translated as Jazz between the 2 Towers, the 2 towers being the 2 towers…

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

A Basque Soup Festival Championnat international de garbure or La Garburade is held in Oloron Sainte Marie(64 Pyrenees-Atlantiques, Nouvelle Aquitaine) 6 September 2025 Basque Soup Festival Known as Garbure this…

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.…