Orange is currently the largest mobile phone provider in France and it is a brand that is largely owned and operated by France Telecom. It operates using a number of universal network technologies and this included high speed 3G networking with HSPA connectivity for unrivalled mobile internet access and seamless downloads. Orange provides a number of deals for customers and it is a key partner for smartphone manufacturer Apple, bringing the iPhone to consumers before any other network. A variety of price plans including pay monthly and pay as you go options are available from Orange and if you are after entry level mobiles rather than high end smartphones it has great value handsets on offer.

SFR is France`s second largest mobile phone provider and it is partially owned by Vodafone, which means it acts as a partner network for any UK customers arriving on the continent. It supports 3G networking for high speed data transfers via mobile phone and it champions a number of different smartphones, including those which use the Google Android operating system. Amongst its price plans of the pay monthly variety you can pick up deals which give you the first few months of the service free of charge and this is applied across a wide range of contracts as long as you sign up for a minimum of 12 months. Delivery on all of its new mobiles is free of charge and if you are not satisfied with your purchase or service there is a conditional money back guarantee.

Bouygues Telecom currently services the third largest mobile user base in France and it has competitive pricing and offers which allow it to stack up against its larger rivals. Its motto is that the mobile user should not only have freedom of movement, but also freedom of choice and as such it has a number of customisable packages and price plans to examine. Many of its offers are exclusively open to online transactions, so it is worth keeping tabs on its website if you want to get the best possible deal. Each package includes a set number of inclusive minutes and texts each month, starting with one hour of talk time on the cheapest deal and going right up to 40 hours or more depending on your needs. you can choose either a 12 or 24 month contract and the longer commitment period will get you a cheaper monthly price.

Choosing one of these three major French providers or one of the smaller alternatives can be difficult, particularly if you are looking to make cheap calls abroad by picking up a locally sourced mobile phone and contract. However, if you use price comparison online you will be able to seek out the ideal plan for you.

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The 2010 show will take place from 8th to 10th January at London Earls Court 2 and promises to be another great day out!

P&O Ferries will be at stand L45, where they will be offering some amazing deals on all our routes and a great range of prizes, exclusively for visitors to the France Show. Top prizes include a 7-night holiday for a family of five at a Eurocamp or Keycamp holiday park, a 10 day mobile home holiday in Camping La Plage, courtesy of Venue Holidays for 2 adults and 4 children, and three prizes of gift voucher worth up to £100 to spend on board with P&O Ferries (offer excludes alcohol).

Register for your free ticket here, but don’t delay this offer is only available until 1st December.

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Its location on the Atlantic makes it an ideal spot for outdoor water sports such as surfing, scuba diving, kayaking and sailing. Brittany also offers spa seawater treatments (thalassotherapie) that have long been guaranteed to relax weary tourists. Seafood lovers and fine-cuisine aficionados will certainly enjoy the food that this place offers.

World class museums and other historic places are found in Brittany, such as the Oceanapolis, the Nantes Cathedral, the Chateau de Combourg, the Grand Phare (Great Lighthouse), and the Musee de la Faiance. Its capital, Rennes, is classified as a city of art and history and is the centre of Celtic studies.

Diverse accommodation options are available in Brittany such as the Chataeu Richeux, which is an Oceanside villa with a view of Mont St. Michel; Le Grand Hotel des Thermes, which is a spa seawater, centre in Saint-Malo; Best Western France Angleterre-Champlain, and Le d’Avaugour in Dinan.

Travellers can get to Brittany by first flying to Paris. You must first secure a visa if you are coming from a country outside of the EU. From Paris, you can drive or take a train (Montparnasse Station) to Rennes. You can also get to Brittany by ferries that sail between Portsmouth and Saint-Malo; Portsmouth and Caen, Plymouth and Roscoff, or Poole and Cherbourg.

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“The Americans on D-Day” coincides with the 65th anniversary of D-Day and the Normandy invasion.

“D-Day became a focus point of my interest, and I decided to live a dream and move to France and take people all around these areas,” explained Seibold. “And the producer and director of WW2-Reflections said ‘why don’t we put one of your tours on film in Normandy’.”

Seibold noted that WW2-Reflections had assembled a remarkable and accurate collection of soldier’s testimony, stories and witnesses who survived one of America’s most bloody battles in war history. Siebold, donning American and sometimes German uniforms, hops into an early model Army Jeep much like General George Patton rode in as he walks you visually shows and tells you what brave solider endured.

The film uses smart graphics and extensive use of veterans’ recollections, as well as invaluable assistance from Dale Dye, a retired U.S. Marine captain who founded Warriors, Inc. – which specializes in training actors for war-themed film and television productions. Dye was in France researching an upcoming film project and worked with Siebold on historical accuracy. “We are thrilled that he has supported this tour film,” Producer Richard Lanni said.

“The Americans On D-Day provides an exciting insight into one of the most pivotal events of the 20th century,” said Captain Dye. “I’m really proud to have a hand in this effort to provide a foxhole-level view of what happened in Normandy on June 6, 1944.”

“I’ve seen a lot of tour videos that purport to give viewers an insight into what gallant Americans endured and accomplished on D-Day, but this one really hits the mark. The Americans On D-Day provides a stirring, GI-level look at one of the most momentous battles of World War II,” explained Dye.

On the trailer for the tour film Dye said, “I am a big fan of Normandy Tour Guide and Historian Ellwood von Seibold, who takes you for a ride in his 1943 Dodge Command Jeep for the D-Day landings in the real time, you’ll see the uniforms they wore and the weapons they used.”

“If you can’t afford a trip to tour the battlefields of Normandy, just get a copy of The Americans On D-Day and you’ll get a stirring look at events that changed the course of World War II in Europe. Ellwood von Seibold knows his history and how to present it to people in an exciting, understandable fashion. The insights and revelations in this work are extremely valuable to everyone interested in military history.”

“We wanted to show a snapshot of that ‘Day of Days’ through the individual soldier’s eye,” Lanni said. “Ellwood, who is an incredible 62-year-old, who put on all the different uniforms, allowed he to be suspended on a rope ladder over a cliff, ran out of the freezing water on Omaha Beach at 6.30 a.m., crawled through hedgerows and shinned up trees.”

The production shot its first interviews in 2007 with Howard Manoian, a veteran of the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne who landed in Normandy on D-Day and returned many years later to live in the country that he helped liberate.

“With the addition of archive footage and stills we have turned this interview into a short biographical documentary under the title of ‘A Soldier’s Journey,’ which we also hope to launch for the 65th anniversary,” Lanni said.

Manoian was recently named a recipient of the Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur by the French government. He will be presented with the award in June at St. Mere Eglise, where U.S. paratroopers suffered heavy losses during the Normandy invasion.

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Monday 2 February:

Eurostar is currently operating but subject to possible delays.

Due to heavy snow in the U.K. and consequent disruption to our services on Monday 2 February, the following four services will be cancelled on Tuesday 3 February:

London – Paris:

* Train 9004 (06:55 departure from London / 07:12 from Ebbsfleet International)
* Train 9044 (17:35 departure from London)

Paris – London

* Train 9015 (09:07 departure from Paris)
* Train 9049 (17:43 departure from Paris)

Travellers with reservations for these affected trains will be allocated seats on the next available departure and are therefore asked to arrive in good time for the subsequent service. Our current timetable is available at www.eurostar.com

Onward travel connections within London and the U.K. are likely to remain severely disrupted.

Travellers who choose not to travel tomorrow (Tuesday 3 February) will be able to exchange their tickets within the next 60 days and travel within 120 days.

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The France Show 2009 continues to sign up the best Chefs, wine experts, travel writers, tour operators, property developers, estate agents and financial experts to accompany the array of features including live cooking demonstrations by Jean-Christophe Novelli, Can Can dancers, live musicians and caricaturists.

Other attractions on show will be a single storey green Oak timber frame construction by S.Harlow Period Oak, a ‘free-to-play’ Petanque court which has been sponsored by legendary French drinks brand Ricard, and a luxurious mobile home from Siblu Exclusif which proved very popular all weekend last year.

As you would expect, food at the show will be nothing but the finest, prepared and served on site by London’s oldest French eatery, Mon Plaisir and modern cuisine specialists Café des Amis.

There are some great competitions to be won at the show including a boating holiday on France’s rivers including ferry crossing from Le Boat and Brittany Ferries; with lots more exciting promotions detailed on the website at: www.thefranceshow.com/visitor-promotions.asp.

The official show website is www.thefranceshow.com.

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An Hour from Paris is a small classic:  written with passion, perfectionism and amusement, a guide that will make you see a Paris – and a France – you would never have suspected.  Now fully updated with extra walks.

A strength is that it focuses on relatively unknown places that you can reach by a local train ride from the centre of the capital – probably just as unknown to many Parisians.

Parisians’ Paris is a guide that will help you experience Paris like a true Parisian.

Bill Gillham has been visiting Paris for decades, immersing himself in a particular quartier of Paris, discovering its little shops and bistrots, its markets, parks, and local entertainments, all the little quirks and particularities of its day to day life.  In this guide, he takes you to seventeen of his favourite areas of Paris – some central, some suburban, mostly just off the beaten track – and shows you how to discover the real city.  Neglected, or completely ignored by ordinary guidebooks, these quartiers all have a purely individual, Parisian character.

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If you plan dream vacation of yours in France, you need to know certain useful travel tips of France for having made your journey fully hassle free. There are many travel agencies which go on to offer you certain useful tips of travel with regards to French vacation of yours. Let some light be thrown on certain useful tips of travel on France.

France has been known for spectacular and varied landscapes of it, containing some amongst the most splendid mountains, beaches, rivers, valleys, and glaciers of the world. In fact, France is a home to various well-known rivers-Garonne, Loire, Sienne, Saone, and Rhone, for naming a few.

The rivers which go on to form France’s water system’s backbone are inclusive of Seine (770 Km), Loire (1010 Km), Rhone (522 Km), and Garonne (650 Km). Loire is amongst the longest rivers in France; whereas Rhine goes on to form a border between Germany and France for distance of around 190 Km. Rhone goes on to flow for the distance of around 522 Km in French territory. The other main rivers here are Rhine, Dordogne, Saone, Somme, and Marne.

French rivers serve of being a significant medium for urban, and industrial development. They are also actively used as means of transport. Moreover, French rivers present perfect conditions for a spectrum of recreation like whitewater rafting, sailing, barge cruising, etc. The Siene, Saone, and Rhone rivers are the most suitable ones with regards to cruises here, i.e. in France. You would be finding the most spacious cities and regions of France while on the river cruising regions. While having cruised along Rhone and Saone rivers, you would be having an opportunity of having explored scenic ‘Burgundy’, Provence’s lavender-scented hills, and Ardeche region’s breathtaking region.

Most of the rivers of France have been grouped by ocean or sea. However, there are also rivers flowing in to the other rivers. In French, the rivers have been conventionally classified as ‘fleuves’ while having flown in to the sea, and as ‘rivieres’ while having flown in to the other river.

French rivers have been favorite picnic spots for people all over the world since ages. The ambience provided by French rivers is so good that it cannot be expressed in words. They would give you feeling of being in a paradise. What else to say? French rivers are unique in themselves. You won’t find such rivers anywhere else. So, go on to explore the beauty of French rivers! Do not look back! You would not find the thrill any where else. So, do not wait for anything now! Just pack your bags and visit France. Enjoy!

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Majority of beaches here have been well-developed with lots of amenities. There are, however, some hazards present as well. French beaches along Mediterranean Sea, especially on south coast have been considered of being the best beaches in France. Beaches of ‘French Riviera’ or Cote d’Azur are, in actual sense, high-class. At the same time, they are highly expensive. Beaches of Cannes and St. Tropez are the hot-favorite ones, as they witness the visits of celebrities. These beaches would surely dig a hole in to your pocket. If you wish to obtain the same enjoyment, but have a tight budget, visit the beaches at Nice.

The western and northern coasts of France go on to offer secluded, long beaches. However, they are rougher, colder, and the water over here isn’t as warm or as clear as Mediterranean coast. Beaches along Atlantic aren’t all that crowded in comparison with counterparts of theirs, i.e. the ones on French Riviera. They do offer superb conditions for ‘surfing’. The other water sports can also be held over here. Brittany beaches found on France’s Atlantic coast are just amazing. Corsica is also known for having certain stunning beaches, whereas Cap d’Agde adjoining Montpellier are high-class nude beaches.

Some amongst the best French beaches have been located on French Riviera’s coast, inclusive of celebrity beaches, i.e. Cannes, the beaches of St. Tropez like Bouillabaisse beach, Jumeaux beach, Graniers Beach, Tahiti and Pampellone beach, and, last, but not the least, Monte Carlo beaches. Pleneuf-Val-Andre, Ile de Porquerolles, La Baules, La Rochelle, and belle-ile-en Mer are the main beaches along Atlantic coast.

La Rochelle can be described as one amongst the most gorgeous seaside resorts present in France. It has miles of various sandy beaches, whereas La Baules can be referred to as an eight-mile crescent-shaped beach. In fact, it’s the lengthiest sand stretch present in Europe. Now let some light be thrown on beaches located on ‘Corsica Island’. They include Saleccia Beach, Loto Beach, Santa Giulia beach, Palombaggia Beach, and Golfe di sogno Beach. As such, forget your worries and enjoy the moments on French beaches.

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Forest of ‘Fountainebleau’ is amongst the most protected areas. It’s also recognized as ‘National Park’. This can be attributed to the fact that it’s home to variety of fauna and flora inclusive of butterflies, mammals, and birds.

Fountainebleau is the hot-favorite weekend gateway with regards to Persians, which goes on to offer an ideal relaxing retreat, that too, far off from hustle and bustle of the city life. Fountainebleau can be described as a paradise with respect to adventure seekers, nature lovers, and the vacationers, especially family persons. Around 11 m people visit Fountainebleau every year. Historical ‘Chateau de Fountainebleau’ is main tourist attraction over here. It is situated amidst Fontainebleau’s green forest. Fountainebleau Palace had once been a hot-favorite hunting lodge with regards to royal member of the family, which went on to slowly develop in to a beautiful palace with stylish furnishings related to interior designs. A sophisticated and splendid Renaissance-style structure, i.e. Chateau of Fountainebleau has occupied the biggest area out of French royal palace.

Palace of ‘Fountainebleau’ might not be all that interesting. It can, by no means, be compared with Versailles. It goes on to feature marvelous Salle de Ball and grand apartments. Salle de Ball is a sparkling ballroom. The region adjacent to palace goes on to feature fine restaurants. The other main attraction here is inclusive of Fountainebleau Golf Club, which is a grand classic privately-established course that’s set on forest’s edge. He green landscape, beautiful gardens, and magnificent buildings make Fountainebleau the best place with regards to 1-day excursion. You can stay at Paris and visit Fountainebleau.

In fact, Fountainebleau has been more intimate. This can be evident from the fact that every kind had built special wing of his own, thereby having left own imprint of his in all. Fountainebleau had been a place of extreme fondness with regards to kings for having brought their mistresses. In fact, they were reported to live in the partial seclusion in comparison with Louis XIV’s life-in-public ceremony in Versailles.

Fountainebleau is known for being center of different schools for various artists, who are brought here through French Kings. This building is being adorned by works of theirs today. Art works in Fountainebleau are regarded as significant as palace itself.

The name

The meaning of Fountainebleau is ‘beautiful fountain’. Residents of local town have been called ‘les Bellefontaine’. This name can be traced back to ‘spring’ in forest’s center. The mixture of woods and fresh water teeming with the game had been enough for ensuring royal interest. Palace, in the beginning, had been built prior to 1137 on site. The palace existing at present came later. As such, Fountainebleau would not let you repent on visit to it.

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