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Golfing
France has over 500 golf courses and some of the finest courses in Europe. The fairways are usually uncrowded and the scenery impressive. Play with stunning views of the Rhone Alpes, overlook the beaches of Normandy or Brittany or even play a spot of royal golf next to a Châteaux on the banks of the Loire. With courses for all handicaps, France is the ideal destination for both a longer holiday and a short break. |
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Golfing in Provence/Cote D'Azur
A great golfing region, Provence offers amateurs and professionals a host of opportunities to play this great sport. Provence’s mild Southern climate means golf is played here all year round. Golfers of all abilities and levels can practise their sport by choosing a customized itinerary. The choice is yours, the sea, hills or mountains. |
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Golf in Limousin
There are nine golf courses to choose from in the Limousin region, all of which are open to visitors. Two of them are near Limoges. Prices are lower than you would normally pay in the UK and courses are generally un-crowded. |
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Golf in Loire (Western)
By the sea, or in the countryside. On the Atlantic coast at Saint-Jean-de-Monts, Sables d'Olonne, Pornic or La Baule; or else at the heart of the country valleys, like Saumur, Laval or Sablé-sur-Sarthe the 27 golf courses of the Pays de la Loire await you.
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Golfing in Lorraine
Golfers of all levels will find a stimulating variety of playing conditions and landscaping on Lorraine's golf courses, with something for everyone. Lorraine boasts a collection of 16 quality golf courses that are constantly well maintained. |
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Golf in Picardy
Picardy’s valleys and general landscape makes it a golfing hot spot. It has 23 golf courses to choose from, some are surrounded by forestry, others by lakes. Golfing with a castle in the background is very common and other natural beauty is to be found surrounding a golf course in a nature park. |
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Golfing in Paris / Ile de France
Paris is an ideal destination for those who want to combine a golfing trip with the attractions of one of the world’s most famous cities. There is a wide range of world class golf courses throughout the region and the sport is enjoying increasing popularity amongst locals and visitors. |
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Golf in Loire (Centre)
The Loire Valley has golf courses which bring the golfer right into the centre of all its nature. How about playing a course of golf on the banks of the Loire River? |
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Golf in Brittany
Brittany boasts some 30 golf courses spread evenly throughout all four geographical departments. From the historic links to courses in the blooming heath land, Brittany offers a variety of configurations, technical and well-designed. |
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Golfing in Languedoc-Roussillon
Languedoc-Roussillon does not disappoint when it comes to golf courses. With its Mediterranean climate the longer days and good weather are the perfect compliment to their quality golf courses. Diversity is there to with such evident landscape differences. Play at a high altitude, in a valley or on dryer faster land. |
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Golf in Franche-Comté
Franche-Comté’s large green areas have spawned many golf courses. Saint-Claude has, for example, a course of 9 holes on a mountain, with bunkers and water levels. The course is at the root of a forest, with views on the neighbouring area.
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Golfing in Nord-Pas de Calais
If you love green spaces, let yourself be tempted by our fine golf courses, amongst fields and hedgerows, in the heart of the metropolitan area, on the coast, in the forest or even on the plains. |
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Rhône-Alpes on the fairway
With its 60 golf courses, the Rhone Alpes is France’s second most important golf region and is planning to further develop this popular specialist sport.
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Golf in Corsica
Corsica may not have many golf courses at its disposal but the Sperone golf course is rated as one of the best in France. The scenery is stunning and the island’s landscape insures that the courses will be challenging. You will have to avoid the many water obstacles and sand dunes if you hope to do well here. |
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Golf in Poitou-Charentes
The delightful sound as the club hits the white green-tinted ball that flies away surrounded by amazing scenery awaits you. No doubt about it, you are on one of the numerous greens of Poitou-Charentes: Royan, Angoulême, Niort and Poitiers. |
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Golf in Normandy
Golfers have been flocking to Normandy for years, attracted by the accessibility of the courses as much as the accessibility of the area, sea views, verdant greenery, stunning lanscapes and a warm welcome. |
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The Morvan Natural Park
Burgundy's green spaces are ideal for a range of leisure pursuits and getting close to nature. The beautiful landscape is ideally suited for hiking, horse riding, golf cycling and even hot air balooning for those looking for a bit of adventure. |
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Golf in Aquitaine
It was in Pau that golf first saw the light of day in France, in 1856. Since that date, people from Aquitaine have been golf-crazy to such an extent that there are now 50 courses in the region. |
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Not to be missed in Champagne-Ardenne
The fruit of its vineyards is so famous that the first thing you think of in this region is a glass of champagne. You can of course begin the journey underground and visit the wine cellars. Reims, its magnificient cathedral or its museum of fine arts, should not make you forget the 'vine-growers' villages spread around the region. There is also the Ardennes with its wild forests, populated by roe deer and hares. |
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Not to be missed in Languedoc-Roussillon
The Mediterranean on one side, the eastern Pyrenees to the south and Lozère to the north, Languedoc-Roussillon takes pleasure in the contrats if its stepped relief. |
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Not to be missed in Paris
Some cities call to mind lovers, others architecture, yet others an intellectual, cultural or appealing popular atmosphere. Paris has all these faces, plus lots more to discover depending on your particular interest. |
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Not to be missed in Franche-Comté
This is a region with distinct faces. In the north, the valleys of the Haute-Saône which, from the Grays region to the Saône Vosges, passing through Vesoul, back onto the region of Belfort. Châteaux and churches give added attraction to its towns and villages, and a great many museums house specimens showing the traditional craftmanship related to wood, but also to clock making. |
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Not to be missed in Poitou-Charentes
The dispute between Ancient and Modern is not on the agenda in this region where the vestiges of the past are keyed neatly into an openness to the future. |
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Not to be missed in Auvergne
If it were possible, the best way to travel in this region would be on the back of a donkey, just as the writer Stevenson did. It is indeed probably the pleasantest way to see this land of volcanoes, fashioned by their eruptions. Inactive for centuries, they gave birth to a strange and majestic landscape. |
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Not to be missed in Brittany
A land of seafaring people, and the aspect that makes Brittany the daughter of Neptune. Its thousands of kilometres of coastline, from Cancale to Saint-Nazaire, give it a prodigiously varied relief, with the strange rocks of the Pink Granite coast and the idyllic beaches of the Morbihan following on from one another. |
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Lille in Nord-Pas-de-Calais
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Not to be missed in the French Riviera
It is the blue of the south that defines this land. Its climate is so mild, its nature so filled with flowers that thousands of years after the Romans, English aristocrats, fed up with the greyness, fell in love with it. Since then, the Côte d'Azur has been entirely given over to summer pleasures. |
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Not to be missed in Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Traditionally an industrial region, it has now turned to tourism, a natural choice in a landscape where forests predominate, and where the Opal Coast has a host of beaches dedicated to surfing, wind-surfing, water-skiing, and more. |
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Not to be missed in Lorraine
Bordered by the three countries, Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany, Lorraine is a strategic region which today exudes a peaceful charm. There is no shortage of reasons to explore it. For lovers of architecture and the arts, Mirecourt, Bar-le-Duc and Epinal possess many wonders. Enthusiasts for footpaths, will find routes dotted with lakes, forests and green valleys in the Lorraine Regional Park. Another excellent reason to come is for its springs and to stay in one of the well-known spa establishments in Contrexéville or Vittel, where the gastronomy is not to be outdone. |
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Not to be missed in Midi-Pyrénées
Few regions offer such a variety of landscapes, climates and architecture. This is because the region is huge, it runs from Aveyron to Gers and from Ariège to the edges of the Dordogne. |
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Not to be missed in Burgundy
From the vineyards of Chablis to those of the Mâconnais passing through the Côte de Beaune and Côtes de Nuits, from the luminous Loire Valley to the opulent Bresse region passing through the mysterious forests of the Morvan, Burgundy is beautiful in its natural state and in every season. |
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Not to be missed in the Loire (centre)
It is western Europe's last wild river, over 1,000 km long, that shapes the region : The Loire. On its banks the aristocracy built châteaux that are among the jewels of French architecture. Amboise, Chambord, Blois, Azay-le-Rideau are all extraordinary. |
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Not to be missed in Limousin
Nature lovers who like to punctuate their walks with seeing the old craft traditions develop an immediate attachment to this region. Green woods and forests, it is also criss-crossed by water, the Creuse, Vienne and Dordogne rivers... |
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Not to be missed in Normandy
Combining in the same land the pleasures of an extraordinary coastline and those of a green and blossoming countryside, Normandy is a very fortunate region. |
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Not to be missed in Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur
Everything in this region sings, even the wind, when it is called the Mistral or the Tramontana. The great poets were able to convey its music, and painters from Cézanne to Picasso, captured its light. Provence is magical, it smells wonderfully of olive oil, lavender and thyme. |
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Not to be missed in Ile-de-France
Around Paris, Ile-de-France offers the joys of discovering both nature and culture. With 9 royal towns, 400 listed gardens and châteaux including 24 masterpieces of landscape art, medieval villages or Cistercian abbeys, the Ile-de-France region boasts a unique and fascinating heritage. |
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Not to be missed in Alsace
Very long and narrow and backing onto the Rhine, Alsace has seen its borders moved on many occasions. The ups and downs of history have caused it to hang on to a very strong regional tradition. This can be seen in its language, its folk traditions and its cuisine. Its countryside beckons the walker, with its hillsides streaked with vineyards in the Munster valley and the flower-decked valleys of the Florival.
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Not to be missed in Aquitaine
If you had to define this land by one word, il would be 'generous'. A generosity that can be seen in its variety of landscapes with hills, valleys, sandy moors and a coast that is almost wild. The Bordeaux vineyards, the Basque Country, the plateaux of Périgord... |
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Not to be missed in Rhône-Alpes
A great river and a chain of mountains give the region its name and create the pattern of life here. The Alps crowned by Mont Blanc provide a skiing area that is unique in the world. Hiking enthusiasts are becoming increasingly numerous in the summertime, walking the waymarked trails through the region's nature parks (La Vanoise, Les Ecrins, Les Bauges), and around the lakes (Lake Geneva, Annecy, Le Bourget). Nearer the Rhône, the Ardèche gorges are a paradise for canoeing. |
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Not to be missed in the Loire (western)
A land of water traversed by the Loire, the region is bathed in the north by the spray of the Atlantic Ocean. While Saint-Nazaire is an important merchant navy port, Nantes is the regional capital, and Saumur, Le Mans and Angers offer visitors a cultural heritage dominated by Gothic art and the Renaissance. |
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Not to be missed in Corsica
Mountains in the sea, pierced with torrents, Corsica, an island of rare beauty, has the full spectrum of landscapes. Dry in the south, it makes up for it with long beaches of white sand, where lazing around can be enhanced by sightseeing tours. |
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Not to be missed in Picardy
With its exceptionally rich architectural heritage, this province is a preserve of Gothic art. Famous for its cathedrals, it offers the discerning an opportunity to explore its towns and their medieval wonders. |
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Hot Air Ballooning
Floating through the air in a hot air balloon is the perfect way to take in the scenery of the region. If you have a head for heights there is no more relaxing way to see the Burgundian countryside. |
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| News |
What's happening in France? |
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| 22/09/2008 Portrayal of France in the weekend national newspaper travel sections, 20&21 September 08 |
New art exhibition in Paris, new low cost routes, luxury Spas and environmentally friendly travel options
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| 01/06/2009 Summary of the national newspaper travel sections, 23&24 June09 |
Wild swimming in Corsica, Cannes, 48 hours in Bordeaux, Picasso in Aix en Provence and a wine tour around Languedoc Roussillon
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| 28/01/2009 Round up of the portrayal of France in the travel sections of the weekend papers, 24&25th Jan 09 |
An absolutely bumper edition combining the French specials of The Telegraph and Mail on Sunday, plus a French feature in the Express. Anthony Peregrine writes a large feature on what makes visiting France so special plus lots of ski
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| 16/12/2008 Summary of the travel sections of national newspapers, 13&14 December |
Fantastic snowfalls across France, Rob Bryden and planning ahead for 2009
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| 30/09/2008 Round up of the portrayal of France in national newspaper Travel sections, 27&28th September |
Launch of the ski season, learning new skills on holiday, last minute deals, half term skiing, Autumn breaks and more
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| La Fête des Amoureux |
| 14 February |
St-Valentin, Indre
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This Valentine's Day, take your loved one to the only French Village named after the saint himself. Each year the village of St-Valentin, in central France, celebrates romance with a festival of feasting and flowers. |
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| Poisson d'Avril |
| 1 April |
Nationwide
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| If you are in France on April Fool's Day make sure to watch your back - it 's tradition to stick paper fish (note- not the real thing!) on the backs of unsuspecting people, whether friends, family or even passers-by. |
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| La fête du travail |
| 1 May (annual) |
Nationwide
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| 1 May is synonymous with workers, according them a paid day off to celebrate the achievements of workers' unions. |
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