Bordeaux is less than an hour-and-a-half from London by air. Take your tipple by the glass in a chic bar or by the bottle with local gastronomy in a side-street bistro. Whatever your pleasure, Bordeaux has something to whet every appetite and the region itself produces more than food and drink – there is so [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 9, 2009
The French property and lifestyle event of the year opens its doors on 9 January 2009. Over 33,000 tickets have been taken online for The France Show 2009, leaving little doubt that this will be one of the greatest celebrations for all things French ever to take place in London. The France Show 2009 continues to [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, January 4, 2009
Interviewed in a recent article in the Financial Times, Viva the Villa, Villa Book director, Edward Marquis, confirmed that in these difficult economic times, there are plenty of signs already that holidaymakers are opting for a villa holiday over a hotel holiday. In fact, over the last few months, The Villa Book has seen a [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 17, 2008
This winter many of us are waking up to all the usual hallmarks of a British winter: wrapping up warm, de-icing the car and latching on to the nearest radiator. Winter is many people’s least favourite season, probably best explained by how – besides summer – it is the most popular season to go away [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 13, 2008
Since 1996, Limoges has gone all out to celebrate Halloween. Around 30,000 people come into the city to watch a street parade of ghosts, ghouls and goblins carrying candlelit pumpkins, tell spine-chilling stories and to join the parties held at many of the town’s bars and cafés. Why not combine the festivities with a gîte holiday [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Perfect for wildflower walks and meanders through mediaeval villages, the Quercy region of the Dordogne offers gastronomic ramblers a true taste of life in rural France. Organised exclusively for Kirker clients, stride out on a seven-night tour that offers food, wine and walking in equal measure – combining cookery demonstrations, ‘truffleculture’ tips and fine wine tasting [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Free Disney trips, free horse-riding and free food are some of the Autumn offers from family friendly travel company Tots to Travel. Plus, families looking for a half term break can still snap up a property if they move fast. FREE Horseriding Taster Sessions and Adventure treks for tots Les Gites de Lavalette, in the Charente / [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Explore offers a moderately-paced, eight-day bike break in France’s famous wine region for £644 pp, following the Canal de Bourgogne, plus visiting the village setting of Chocolat, medieval abbeys and a walled town specialising in aniseed balls. Suitable for regular cyclists. Price includes return Eurostar train travel (London), all transportation, seven nights’ B&B and the services [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Holiday rentals website French Connections has unveiled its new range of properties for the 2008-09 ski and snowboarding holiday season. The selection of chalets and apartments give holidaymakers an authentic taste of France. For example, book a long ski weekends or midweek breaks at a farmhouse in authentically French St Gervais Mont Blanc, new for 2008-09. La [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, August 16, 2008
Mirror.co.uk have teamed up with PV-holidays.com and Brittany Ferries to giveaway a two-week family driving holiday to Brittany and Vendée in France. The winners will spend one week at Pierre & Vacances’ Port-Bourgenay self catering holiday village in the Vendée region of France. Located 9km south of Les Sables d’Olonne, this 90-hectare village has a nine-hole [...]
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