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British Week Le Touquet – Celebrating Entente Cordiale
British Week in Le Touquet is a peculiarly French affair that celebrates everything British. Le Touquet is the chic and fun seaside resort on the …
The Biggest Puppet Show in the World
What’s big or small? Solid or a shadow? Held up by string, a stick or even a crane? Puppets! Every two years (uneven numbers) – …
Hallowe’en Pumpkin Festival in France
Hallowe’en starts early in the town of Marchiennes in Northern France, where one of the last witch trials took place. Péronne Goguillon, her daughter and …
Puppet Festival in France that pulls all the right strings
The World Puppet Festival is held every two years in Charleville-Mezieres in the Ardennes region in northern France. For the ten days the fete takes …
Set Sail for a very special Rouen Armada 2013
The Rouen Armada festival is held every five years – a fabulous occasion that draws millions to the river banks of the Seine right in …
Angouleme | Cartoons and fast cars
Discover two of Angoulême’s great attractions- cars and cartoons! If, like me, you find modern Formula One racing to be boringly processional, don’t despair. …
International Kite Festival, Berck-sur-Mer, France
Every year in the seaside resort of Berck-sur-Mer on the Opal Coast of Pas de Calais a kite festival takes place – the Rencontres Internationales …
Bayonne Ham Fair, Easter festival in France
Among the delicious Basque specialties that can be enjoyed in Bayonne, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, south-west France, there are two that stand out from all the …
Strawberry Festival, Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne, Limousin
Each year on the second Sunday of May, the pretty town of Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne in the Limousin region hosts a very special feast open to everyone …
The Dunkirk Carnival France – a way of life, a work of art
The music, the colour and the solidarity of ‘Les Dunkerquois,’ merge and become one at carnival time. Their roots run deep to the 17th century …