France
A brilliant family campervan roundtrip from England to Croatia
27/01/2020 .Insider Guide to the Pink Granite Coast of Brittany
10/07/2019 .Journey past Dinard and the enchanting half-timbered houses and ramparts of Dinan, and an astonishing natural wonder awaits; to be discovered in this guide to the Pink Granite Coast of Brittany.
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Christmas Markets in Northern France
07/12/2018 .Rupert Parker goes hunting Christmas Markets in Northern France
Read the full story hereMoulin Rouge, Paris
29/10/2018 .Its very name is such a cliché, you’d be tempted to think the word itself is a bastardisation of Clichy, the boulevard synonymous with the legendary Moulin Rouge, But cliché or not, this sumptuous cabaret approaching its 130th birthday continues to be the greatest show in town.
Read the full story hereAtelier Des Lumieres. Paris
18/10/2018 .Can viewing art digitally ever be as good as poring over the brush-strokes of the real thing? The thrilling close-ups of Chagall’s Paris Opera ceiling recently projected onto a screen at the city’s Philharmonie convinced this art lover it really could, and now the Atelier des Lumieres, the city’s latest and greatest attraction, proves that looking at highly-detailed images through a magnifying lens and state of the art projectors is the way to go.
Read the full story hereThe best of Touring Brittany by Motorhome
23/07/2018 .Andy Mossack swaps his usual luxury hotel for a new Bailey Advance 74-2 motorhome as he goes touring Brittany by motorhome.
Read the full story hereMontpellier. Modern metropolis with a mediaeval heart
13/02/2018 .That you can get a great glass of organic wine in Montpellier for three euros tells you something about the allure of this under-visited city. That a mile or two and a millennium separate the historic centre and the futuristic new city rising on the riverbank tells you something else – it’s forever moving forward.
Read the full story hereLes Glorieuses Festival. Bourg en Bresse
21/12/2017 .Anthea Gerrie travels to France to visit Les Glorieuses Festival, a celebration of poulet de Bresse, some of the finest chicken in the world.
Read the full story hereBiking in Burgundy
19/06/2017 .The EuroVelo 6 is a long distance cycle track from the Black Sea to the Atlantic. It runs a total of 2,270 miles along the course of some of Europe’s major rivers. Rupert Parker tries a short stretch in Burgundy.
Read the full story hereWalking the Camino de Santiago
14/05/2017 .In recent years the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela, in the North West of Spain, has become increasingly popular. It’s known in English as “The Way of St James”, as the bones of the disciple are supposedly buried in the cathedral of Santiago, but to most people it’s just the Camino.
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