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Visit Vaison-La-Romaine, a town with a medieval and a Roman heritage 22 Jun 2012 | 10:13 pm
I had never heard of Vaison-la-Romaine until recently but it is a wonderful town. It has a medieval centre perched on top of a hill overlooking the modern town of which lies along the River Ouveze. Th...
Valence – Gateway to the South of France 22 Jun 2012 | 12:04 am
If you are driving from the UK to the South East of France then the chances are you will be driving through the Rhone Valley south of Lyon. As you drive the climate becomes noticeably warmer and the c...
Discover the many pleasures of Saint-Emilion 20 Apr 2012 | 04:44 am
The delights of St Emilion await everyone who visits. Situated in the Gironde and famous for its wines, 103 Châteaux, and largest monolithic church in Europe, as well as being a World UNESCO site, St ...
Angouleme – from comics to cars 15 Mar 2012 | 05:20 am
Angouleme is not a city on the normal tourist agenda but non-the-less does have an interesting historic centre and a couple of unusual events that take place each year. Comics Angouleme is home to the...
Montpellier, a city to discover 7 Mar 2012 | 01:20 am
A recent visit to Montpellier has me wondering why I have never visited before and how soon I can return. It is a beautiful city made all the more attractive by its young and vibrant atmosphere – defi...
Basque villages of south-west France 17 Jul 2011 | 06:12 pm
The south-western corner of France, on the border with Spain, is well known for popular resorts such as Biarritz and for the western Pyrenees mountains that lie a little way inland – you can visit the...
Touring the Medoc coast – by bike? 31 May 2011 | 04:09 am
The Medoc region is one of the less visited regions of southern France – and most (overseas) visitors are here for the famous vineyards to the east of the Medoc peninsula such as Chateau Margaux, Chat...
Castagniccia hill villages in Corsica 23 Mar 2011 | 09:02 pm
Heading south to the French island of Corsica, you reach a popular destination that has many busy resorts, towns and scenic highlights, with many renowned beaches and harbours filled with expensive ya...
Beautiful Provence villages 13 Feb 2011 | 04:31 am
To list all of the lovely villages scattered across Provence would be a substantial job to say the least – at every turn there is another hamlet perched on a precipitous hilltop, a perfectly preserved...
Pays de Fayence 24 Sep 2010 | 02:02 am
The region known as the ‘Pays de Fayence’ is found in Provence, to the east of Grasse and to the north of Saint-Raphael (a coastal resort on the Cote d’Azur). A very attractive region, set in country...
