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The brilliant Good Life France Magazine Autumn 2022
The brilliant Good Life France Magazine Autumn 2022

The Good Life France Magazine Autumn 2022 is out. It’s totally free to read, subscribe and share. And it’s utterly fabulous. It’s absolutely chockfull of fabulous features by top travel writers, brilliant photos, recipes, guides and much more. Read here for free: The Good Life France Magazine, Autumn 2022 Expore Aix, known as the ‘Little …

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Take a Tour of the ‘Real’ South of France
Take a Tour of the ‘Real’ South of France

To many, Languedoc-Roussillon (Occtanie) is the ‘real’ south of France. It’s a land of many different landscapes including glorious beaches, snow-peaked mountains, castles, picturesque villages, vineyards and fields full of sunflowers. It’s a land that is unspoiled and authentic, beautiful and historic. And it’s an area that is famous not just for its magnificent scenery …

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Captivating Cannes | Glitzy, Glamorous & Gorgeous
Captivating Cannes | Glitzy, Glamorous & Gorgeous

Cannes on the Cote d’Azur, which English speakers call the French Riviera, is famous for the world’s most glamorous annual trade show – the Film Festival. Each May, the sunny city attracts the great, the good and the wannabees of the movie world – drawn to the glitzy, glamorous town like moths to a flame. …

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The Camargue – the cowboy country of France
The Camargue – the cowboy country of France

France’s largest wetland is much more than just marshland – it’s a land of white horses and pink flamingoes, of Roman remains, rose coloured sea and picturesque villages. Gillian Thornton explores this diverse landscape on foot and by boat, four wheels and four legs. Where white horses roam and pink flamingos flock… Sunset over the …

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Bassins des Lumieres, Bordeaux
Bassins des Lumieres, Bordeaux

In a former German submarine base in Bordeaux, a most spectacular sensory digital art venue now resides: the Bassins des Lumières. The base was built from 1940-1943 to house multiple U-boats and submersibles. This is a truly vast concrete space, some 600,000 cubic metres was used to construct it. And it is now the largest …

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The expat artisan gin makers in Cognac
The expat artisan gin makers in Cognac

Meet the expat gin makers distilling an award winning gin in the living room of a house in Cognac… “The gin and tonic has saved more Englishmen’s lives, and minds, than all the doctors in the Empire…” So said Winston Churchill, and it has to be said, gin is generally thought of as an “English” drink. However, …

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Newhaven to Dieppe ferry with DFDS

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DFDS are the only cross-Channel ferry operator to offer the Newhaven to Dieppe crossing. Direct …

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Stuffed mushrooms | Champignons farcis

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A great alternative for any occasion where red meat is a little heavy, or undesirable. …

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French Chateau Style | Château de Digoine, Burgundy

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Have you ever wondered what it’s like to live in a chateau? Nearly half of …

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What to see and do in Aisne, Picardy

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The department of Aisne in Picardy is the ancient cradle of France. Its capital Laon …

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The rules on tax residency for France

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The question of French tax residency rules affect anyone who has a home in France. …

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Provence Movers | Expert removal services to France

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Provence Movers  are the experts when it comes to removals to and from France, from …

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