Blog: a handy list of villas and gite companies
‘Can you recommend a good gite company?’ is one of the questions I’m most frequently asked, so here is a list of the companies and individual gites and villas I most often mention to people: BUDGET Sawday’s If you’ve never heard of Sawday’s, then they’re a great place to start your search. They list characterful […]
My favourite finds in 2019
What were France travel expert Carolyn Boyd’s favourite finds in 2019 – ranked 1 to 10! From beaches to hotels to food trails, add them to your list for 2020.
Lyon’s Cité Internationale de la Gastronomie
Do you like food? I do. Imagine then, a whole interactive, whizz-bang tourist attraction dedicated to it. In France, its host city could only be the country’s capital of gastronomy: Lyon. After Bordeaux’s Cité du Vin gave travellers a brilliant reason to return to Bordeaux, the foodie equivalent in Lyon – a huge attraction with […]
Sleep in a castle
Whether you have delusions of grandeur, dream of being a princess or simply want to see how the other half live, then France has thousands of opportunities for you to stay in a chateau. While some places understandably are luxurious hotels, others certainly need not break the bank. Indeed in some cases, sharing a big […]