My Summer 2020 France trip started two days after the official British FCO ban on anything but essential travel to France was lifted on July 4.
The trip ran...
The world’s greatest cycling race, the Tour de France 2020, takes place this year in August, not the traditional June/July months due to Covid-19. It’s the 107...
The French Atlantic coast is magnificent, sweeping down the west side of France from Brittany to the Basque country and the Pyrenees on the Spanish border. It ...
Provence is one of the most beautiful, and popular, regions of France. This Essential Travel Guide to Provence takes in the countryside, cities, coast, shoppin...
The seven main mountain ranges of France range from the Alps to the Pyrenees, from the Massif Central in the centre of France to nearby Morvan in Burgundy.
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The longest rivers of France are impressive and beautiful. They flow through the landscape, through cities, towns and villages. Think of France and you conjure...
Ferries to France from the UK run mainly from five ports in the south of England. Dover is the most popular port.
Here is a round-up of the different ports,...
What were
your first memories of France?
My first memories of France: I remember lying in a bunk with my mother on a ferry from Newhaven to Dieppe. I was fo...
Location
Getting to the Iles de Lérins is easy, it's just a wonderful 15 to 20 minute ferry ride. And they are fabulous, these secret islands off Cannes. S...
