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Holiday events in Dordogne 2012 start soon. This is our guide to what’s on in the Dordogne, it’s a social calendar for the Dordogne.The annual International Comic Strip Festival is on in Angueleme 26th to 29th January 2012.The Truffle festival takes place in Sarlat in January in homage of the local delicacy. Last year there were 58 kilograms of “black diamond” on display with prices ranging from 600 to 900 euro per kilo.In May three days of musical acts from around the world perform at the Musiques Metisses Festival in...

Thursday, January 19, 2012


Holiday events in Provence 2012 will be starting soon. This social calendar of what’s on in Provence is designed to help you get the best out of your stay in one of our villas in Provence.The Hivernales is a contemporary dance festival held annually in Avignon. In 2012 it is on from 25th February to 3rd March.Also in Avignon it’s the annual Avignon Motor Festival in the Parc des Expositions 23rd to 25th March.The Aix Cartoon Festival takes place each year, from 26th March to 28th April 2012. The Festival de la Bande Desinee is held at the...

Thursday, January 19, 2012


Holiday events in Cote d’Azur 2012 get under way shortly. Here we have compiled an on-going guide of what’s on in the Cote d’Azur, it’s a social calendar for the Cote d’Azur.The Bonnard entre amis exhibition runs until 16th September at the Musee Bonnard in Le Cannet.The Monte Carlo Rally starts proceedings on 17th January 2012 until the 22nd.On late January it’s the annual Midem Music festival in Cannes at the Palais des Festival. It’s a trade fair for professionals with the NRJ awards.The Historic Monte Carlo...

Wednesday, January 18, 2012


Holiday events in Corsica 2012 are listed here, so you can see what’s on where on the isle de beaute. Here is the social calendar for Corsica 2012.In March it’s the annual Citerium International Cycling Race in the southern Corsica seaside resort of Porto Vecchio. Road race, hill race and speed race trials for this 80 year old event.The annual Ajaccio marathon in March is a multi discipline event with a full marathon, a half marathon and a 10km walk. The Jazz Equinoxe Festival is on in Bastia at the Theatre Municipal in April, the event is...

Wednesday, January 18, 2012



Cote de Rhone wines produced in Provence are another of the great treats to enjoy whilst staying in a holiday villa in Provence.The great thing about a holiday in a wine area is that you get the chance to dig out the real gems and benefit from generally cheaper prices for local produce in the shops and supermarkets.This is most noticeable when you go to the champagne area and look in the supermarkets there. The choice of champagne on offer and the unbelievable prices help you understand how local produce finds its way into local shops and...

Wednesday, January 18, 2012


Events for holidays in Brittany 2012 Brittany, France has a lively cultural scene of which the locals are justifiably proud and which visitors are invited to join in. Here is the Brittany social calendar for 2012.The annual Scallop festival takes place in Erquy on the Cote d’Armor in Brittany in April. This is the centre for Coquille Saint-Jacques as they are also known.Also in May Saint Brieuc hosts the Art Rock Festival which is an annual event of contemporary music and performance art.In June, its another seafood related event, this time...

Tuesday, January 17, 2012


Nimes in Provence has an astonishing Roman arena which is still used today for large concerts and events.Provence is an area of France where the Romans built some of their most impressive arenas, amphitheatres and aqueducts. You get the impression that they really liked the area and were intent on building a “little Rome” in Provence, France.I went to Nimes for the first time a few years ago to see a concert in the Roman arena. Having never been before we decided to make a day of it and spent a pleasant afternoon shopping and wondering round...

Monday, January 16, 2012


The Parc Naturel Regional des Alpilles, a beauty spot in Provence, in fact it is one of the most recently formed parks in Provence, France, launched in 2007.The Park Naturel regional des Alpilles was created in order to preserve the stunning countryside in the Alpilles, a range of limestone hills located north west of Salon en Provence. Included in the communes and villages in the Parc are Aurielle, Les Baux en Provence, Maussane les Alpilles, Senas, Tarascon and Saint Remy de Provence. The coordinates for the map of the park are 43° 45′...

Sunday, January 15, 2012


Pont d'Avignon is a Provence landmark of national importance which has become immortalized in one the most famous French songs.“Sur le Pont d’Avignon l’on y dancer l’on y dancer tout en rond” goes the line which every French child learns in school or at holiday clubs. Somehow many a Francophile has also picked up the catchy tune.I was intrigued to see what the Avignon bridge featured in the song, which dates back to the 15th century, was actually like and went out of my way to see it many years ago. Its most obvious...

Saturday, January 14, 2012


Provence honey is one of the many local produce for which the area is well known, it is particularly rich in flavour.It is easy to see why the honey produced in the Provence area of France tastes so fantastic. When you get off the beaten track in Provence, either on foot or bicycle you come across beehives all over the place, many of them brightly coloured, reflecting the mentality of the locals.Hives are set amidst fields amass with wild flowers, who’s heady scents fill the air which positively throbs in the heat of the blazing sun. In the hills...

Friday, January 13, 2012



Holiday events for France 2012 get under way shortly as we start a new social season. Here is our resume of the social calendar, from Deauville to Monte Carlo, for France 2012.The Monte Carlo rally starts soon on 17th January to the 22nd in and around Monaco in the south of France. Properly referred to as the Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo this is the opening round of the International Rally Challenge.Followed soon after by the Historic Monte-Carlo Rally starting 28th January and ending 4th February. This is the top winter historic road rally.Rugby,...

Tuesday, January 10, 2012


Les Arcs ski pass and piste details 2012. These are the Les Arcs Paradiski ski pass prices in euro.There are three principal types of ski pass available for Les Arcs Paradiski (open 18/12/10 to 25/04/11), either the local Les Arcs area or the local area with a day in the wider circuit or the wider circuit of La Plagne, les Arcs and Peisey Vallandry. There are also villages sector passes which are cheaper.Paradiski Unlimited (access to the whole of the Paradiski area (Les Arcs, Peisey Vallandry and La...

Monday, January 09, 2012


Marmot spotting on a Cote d’Azur holiday might seem a bit far fetched but actually its only a couple of hours drive into the Alpes Maritime to the perfect spot.I’ve always had a thing about Marmots, I don’t know what it is but there are such lovely creatures and really quite unusual. Whenever I’m on a walk in the high mountains of the Mercantour National Park, on the border with Italy, in the south of France, I’m always on the lookout for marmots.The trouble is they are quite secretive and only really tend to show...

Sunday, January 08, 2012


Spotting Cicadas in the Cote d’Azur, France is frustratingly difficult as they are so well disguised.The shrill sound of cicadas is synonymous with the sound of summer in the south of France, the Cote d’Azur and Provence in particular. Look in the gift shops and you will see ceramic ones for sale all over the place, often you walk through the door and the imitation sound of cicadas begins.Mainly you will hear them in woodland in the hills but you will often come across them trilling in the garden of your Cote d’Azur villa. At first...

Saturday, January 07, 2012


 
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