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Puy du Fou at night with ruined huge house at back, lake and thousands of actors dancing in front dressed as peasants, audience in foreground

Puy du Fou – The World’s Best Theme Park

Mary Anne8th January 2025

Puy du Fou is, according to many (and to myself), quite simply, the world's best theme park. It's a romp through French history, a spectacular dip into the Vik...

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Guide to the Tour de France 2024

Mary Anne13th June 2024

The Tour de France is the world’s greatest cycling race. It’s the 111th race and this year is slightly different due to the 2024 Paris Olympics. Taking place f...

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Juno Beach with sandy path enclosed by hedges and fences leading to sea with bunker on right and iron cut out image of soldiers on left

Courseulles-sur-Mer on the Normandy coast

Mary Anne18th June 2023

Courseulles-sur-Mer is a charming seaside resort on the Normandy coast. The French love the small town with its marina for small yachts, its fish market, glori...

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saint nazaire chantiers de l'Atlantique ship yard with huge double gantry cranes moving part along an enormous ship being built

The Industrial Heritage of Saint-Nazaire

Mary Anne13th March 2023

Saint-Nazaire’s industrial heritage offers the visitor a fascinating mix of sights. I have to admit that they weren't on my bucket list but after a visit to t...

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Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyards in Saint-nazaire with two huge boats being constructed in the water in distance

Guide to Saint-Nazaire

Mary Anne13th March 2023

This guide to Saint-Nazaire will, I hope, inspire you to visit. I went there not knowing what to expect and very rapidly fell in love with this great Atlantic ...

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Fish market Deauville/Trouville with boats in water, market behind and old buildings in distance

Guide to Deauville and Trouville

Mary Anne31st December 2022

Guide to Deauville and Trouville by guest writer Fiona Quinn The twin seaside towns of Deauville-Trouville on the Normandy coast in the département of Calva...

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Escal'Atlantic on deck showing darkened deck and video of large passenger ship passing nearby

Escal’Atlantic and the Great Passenger Liners

Mary Anne25th October 2022

Saint-Nazaire’s Escal’Atlantic tells the story of the great passenger liners of the past. It does a great job recreating the history and life of those transatl...

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Kirsten Newschafter on boat showing smiling skipper on her yacht in harbour

Golden Globe Race 2022 – A Heroic Adventure

Mary Anne27th August 2022

The Golden Globe Race starts on Sep 4, 2022 from Les Sables d’Olonne on France’s Atlantic coast. It’s a remarkable race, recalling the Golden Age of solo racin...

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Moncontour small village at dusk with atmospheric shot down a darkened cobbled street

The Most Beautiful Villages of France

Mary Anne3rd August 2022

The Most Beautiful Villages of France is one of the most attractive organisations that the French are so good at creating and enjoying. Les Plus Beaux Villages...

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Looking over red tiled rooftops with round and square towers of Le Malzieu with wooded hills behind

Favourite Villages of the French 2022

Mary Anne30th June 2022

Every year the French public gets the chance to vote for their favourite village. The Village préféré des Français is the brainchild of TV presenter Stéph...

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