France
Reinventing the summer music festival
Forget camping, weak beer and wellies – Orpheus and Bacchus is reinventing the summer music festival for lovers of the classical variety.
Take a beach break with Eurocamp
Eurocamp offers accommodation at many of Europe’s most celebrated costal resorts, where families and couples can enjoy days at the beach, soaking up the sun, building sandcastles and can even try their hand at a range of watersports.
Snowshoeing holidays in France
A first for Ramblers Worldwide Holidays, is the launch of snowshoeing holidays in France as featured in its new brochure.
Top five tips for an affordable holiday to France
Lagrange Holidays have put together their top five ideas for affordable holidays to France. These include family self-drive packages to Brittany, apartments on the Bay of St Tropez, the prehistoric caves of Dordogne, discounts on Alpine properties near the Tour de France and a classic seaside resort in Aquitaine.
Paris on two wheels
Nip around the sights of Paris – by cycle and on foot - taking in ‘must sees’ such as the Eiffel Tower, Napoleon’s Tomb, The Louvre and the Tuileries Gardens – courtesy of specialist operator, Belle France.
Affordable accommodation for Cannes Film Festival
The glitz and glamour of Hollywood returns to the French Riviera this May for the 63rd annual Cannes Film Festival.
Keycamp launches new apartment resorts
Whether it’s a week of full-on family fun or a chic getaway for two, the addition of nine new residences to its apartment resorts portfolio – including the exclusive Residence Costa Plana on the Monaco border - means even more choice from Keycamp this Spring.
Flybe announces new service to Nantes
Flybe has announced a brand new year-round service that, effective 15th July, will fly six times a week between London Gatwick and Nantes, Brittany’s most important commercial hub and the sixth largest city in France.
Family-friendly holiday options for May half-term
For a family-friendly May half-term holiday, HF Holidays is highlighting two of its self-guided options – a donkey trail in France and a cycling itinerary in Germany and Austria – which offer the family the flexibility of travelling at their own unhurried pace.
Star Clippers offers tall ship sailing with free flights
Departing on 1st May 2010 Star Clippers is offering free flights to the value of £200 per person with bookings for its seven night fully crewed sailing on board the head-turning, four-masted Star Flyer.
A-list holidays without the Hollywood price tag
This year, Eurocamp has added a further nine French destinations, to its collection of apartment resorts throughout Europe.
Blessed are the cheese-makers
Cheese-lovers have the perfect excuse to indulge while visiting the medieval ‘cliff-hanging’ village of Rocamadour (just north of Toulouse) as each year it hosts the largest cheese festival in the South of France.
Money off summer holidays to France and Spain
European accommodation specialist Pierre & Vacances is offering savings of between €100 and €400 on accommodation at all 15 of its family-friendly holiday resorts until November 2010.
Back to basics: Family holidays
A recent YouGov survey reveals that 91% of parents with children up to eight years said their children could enjoy a holiday without theme parks or amusement arcades, while 75% of those parents planned to include traditional activities such as country walks and cycling on their trip.
Enjoy Michelin cuisine in Alsace
Despite being well off the main French tourism trail, Alsace can lay claim to being the country’s leading area for good food and wine as the region boasts more Michelin starred restaurants than anywhere else in France other than Paris.