The Telegraph magazine chooses French Connections
Published February 14, 2012 | 
Last Saturday the Telegraph newspaper’s magazine published its annual travel issue, with major features by top writers reporting from around the world – and one of them was about a family cycling holiday at our gorgeous Les Bernaches villa on the Ile de Re. Close to La Rochelle, the island has become seriously glamorous in an understated sort of way and is now popular with celebrities like Jonny Depp, Gerard Depardieu and Princess Caroline of Monaco. Charles Aznavour once wrote a song about its forest. Continue reading
Tagged in: cycling holiday, family holidays, France Lovers, French holiday villa, Ile de Re, News, telegraph
P&O Offer for Launch of Ship
Published February 9, 2012 | P&O are offering a fantastic opportunity celebrate the launch of their long awaited sparkly new ship The Spirit of France. A special fare of £30/ 39 euros will be offered for all passengers who book before 14th February to travel on The Spirit of France the brand new sister ship of The Spirit of England.
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2012 is off to a great start!
Published February 9, 2012 | January has been a successful month at French Connections, with site visits, new visitors and enquiries for holiday rentals and properties for sale all up on the same period last year. In an uncertain economic climate, we reckon this deserves a shared pat on the back with our staff, advertisers and holidaymakers. Continue reading
Tagged in: enquiries, france holidays, french property, holiday letting, News, search engines, website visitors
Chocolate Truffles for Valentines day
Published February 6, 2012 | Valentine’s Day will soon be upon us and at home here in Wales I notice there are many advertisements in the local newspapers for Valentine’s short breaks to Paris. This is surely a most romantic getaway for those couples wanting to spend a special time together and where could be more romantic than Paris!
Tagged in: chocolate, cooking, food, French Recipes to Love, valentine
Christopher Campbell-Howes accounts for his morning . . .
Published February 1, 2012 | ALONG THE road early to St Pons de Thomières, a place of 2353 inhabitants, according to the 2007 census. One of the curiosities of St Pons – as it’s called for short – is that there’s a cathedral in the middle of it. If hosting a cathedral promotes a place to the rank of city, St Pons must be the smallest cathedral city in France, if not Europe. It’s a peculiar cathedral, too. For one thing it’s the wrong way round. For the early church builders it was imperative for the altar end to face east, towards Jerusalem.
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Love France on Valentine’s Day
Published January 27, 2012 | Romance is in the air and I love to make Valentine’s Day really special with a short break or long weekend in France. It just feels like the right place to be. Travel is quick and easy from the south east with Eurotunnel or by ferry from Dover – and Northern France has some fascinating places to discover. Continue reading
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When the Village Christmas Lights went out
Published January 13, 2012 | The village where I live is in that part of France that was occupied by the Germans during World War 2, as opposed to the ‘other’ southern portion of France which was Vichy France.
The consequence of this was that there was a German Lieutenant and a section of Germans troops billeted in the village during the War. This gave the village population someone to fear and hate directly, as opposed to the French South where the resources of Police and manpower were put at the disposal of the Third Reich, so ‘They’ instead became the feared official force.
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Tagged in: christmas, French Bread, french lifestyle, world war II
French Entree Competition
Published January 12, 2012 | The lucky winners of our competition in January’s FrenchEntree magazine will be taking their family of four for a free week’s stay at the gorgeous La Flotte, a recently restored Manoir and character cottages in sunny Charente Maritime near the sea. La Flotte has 16 acres of private grounds in a wildlife and wild flower reserve surrounded by vineyards and sunflowers and the stay will be in Honeysuckle Cottage, with its vaulted ceiling, exposed beams and a staircase up to the two bedrooms, available as king doubles or twin bedded. Continue reading
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New! Fly direct from London City to Brive-Dordogne Valley
Published January 10, 2012 | From January 2012 regular flights are in service between London City and Brive-Dordogne Valley airport, operated by City Jet. At present there are two flights a week, on Fridays and Sundays, and a more frequent service will be offered from 23rd March for the high season. The new Brive-Dordogne Valley airport was opened in June 2010 and is located between the towns of Brive, Souillac and Sarlat. London City is located in London’s Docklands. Continue reading
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January in France and some winter recipes
Published January 6, 2012 | Well, it’s now January 2012! Bonne année et bonne santé – I wish you all a very happy new year and the best of good health.
If you are travelling to France this month you have many things to look forward to as there is so much to see and do. It’s a good time to take it easy and simply browse the museums and art galleries if you love French art or have a love of history..
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