The year’s best articles about France were announced at a recent industry bash for travel companies. Entries were submitted in two categories, for newspapers and magazines, and voted for by a panel of travel editors. The winner of the Newspaper category was freelance journalist Ian Belcher, for his fantastic piece ‘Living high on the hog in the Languedoc’ [...] [...more]
Although siblu is best known in the UK for our holidays, we actually have more than 5,300 families who own holiday homes at our parcs in France. For many, the temptation is to have their own holiday home where they can enjoy a lazy lifestyle in the sun, without having to pay the earth. In [...] [...more]
How to describe Languedoc? Well, it’s the bit of France’s Mediterranean coast that most of us can’t name, ie, it’s not the Cote d’Azur. But being the south of France, you still get incredible sunshine, beaches, a relaxed attitude to life and beautiful scenery. It used to be said that Languedoc was a well-guarded secret for [...] [...more]
French law has been changed to make it compulsary for cars to be equipped with roadside warning triangles. Although this has been law for several months, there has been a grace period while shops have restocked with the products. This grace period is now over and anyone stopped will be liable to an on-the-spot fine, so make [...] [...more]
Research by Indesit has found that more of us cut short our weekends because we start worrying about work, and even answering emails, on a Sunday. If the day of rest has already been affected, do these findings have any relevance on how we spend our holiday time? [...more]
I’m ashamed to say that despite being a Francophile, I’m the world’s worst wine buff. Waves of inadequacy flow over me if asked to choose a red, white or rosé when with friends. I live by the rule of house-rouge for meat, house-blanc with fish, and house-rosé for my wife. So it was with mixed feelings [...] [...more]
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