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| NATIONAL PRESS ROUNDUP ON FRANCE |
20&21st September 2008 |
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Some intersting snippets this week, including new low cost routes and a major art exhibition collaboration in Paris. |
PUBLICATIONS FEATURED
| The Daily Telegraph - The Sunday |
| The Independent - The Independent on Sunday |
| Daily Mail - The Mail on Sunday |
| The Guardian - The Observer |
| The Times - The Sunday Times |
| Daily Express |
| Financial Times |
| Daily Mirror - Sunday Mirror |
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Feedback
Snow crunch despite sceptical press the ski market seems to be holding its own with bookings being up on last year and France being the most popular destination and in high demand as usual. Cauterets in the Pyrenees also gets a mention as a good value uncrowded hidden secret/ Just Go! This weeks deals under £250
For £192 pp you can get away for two nights half board on a 'wild mushroom break' at Le Manoir du Lys in Normandy. The break, including cookery course with a Michelin starred chef, is with VFB www.vfbholidays.co.uk Best selling Books
Paris is currently the number one best selling Lonely Planet 'Encounter' pocket guide. Going Green - Gateway to the alternative Riviera
Helen Pickles continues the series of flight free travel and pays a visit to the historical port of La Rochelle and the shabby chic island of the Ile de Ré. It's all so pretty. There are great restaurants, medieval towers, a variety of museums including an aquarium plus fantastic beaches. There's even a cycle ride between vineyards plus a lighthouse climb of 257 steps for a great view. Furthermore it's easily accessible by eurostar and TGV from London and you save 90kg of co2 by not flying.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/index.jhtml | |
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The week in travel
French art and history were celebrated on Sunday during the Journées du Patrimoine with events all over France. www.journeesdupatrimoine.culture.fr
http://travel.independent.co.uk |
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Le pampering that's strictly for grown ups
Pearl Lowe takes time out to chill for a week in a luxury spa in Mougins in the South of France. Massages and treatments complimented the eight course meals in the Michelin starred restaurant at Le Mas Candille. Close to Cannes, without being in amongst the hustle she visited the antique market but it was window shopping only due to high prices. She travelled with Abercrombie and Kent. Bumping about Brittany
Charles Davis has written a new book which claims to be a guidebook with a difference. It offers a few good tips for camping. Frank Barrett says that camping in general and particularly Brittany has taken a hit in recent years but with the credit crunch he believes it is due a revival. The Orient Express lives departing from Strasbourg
Mihir Bose embarks in London for his historical trip. It was all so simple. Join the eurostar to the Gare du Nord in Paris followed by a quick stroll around the corner to pick up the TGV from the Gare de l'Est to Strasbourg. With time to kill he takes a taxi ride around the city to be enlightened as to the conflict between France and Germany for Alsace-Lorraine. www.europeanrail.com
http://www.travelmail.co.uk
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Weekend-Away
Master Class - a new exhibition sees the collaboration of three of Paris's finest museums on one exhibition. 'Picasso and Masters' looks at the influence Picasso drew from other painters and involves the Picasso, Louvre and d'Orsay museums. The exhibition is housed in Les Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais and allows visitors to compare the works from Goya, Manet, Rembrandt and many, many more alongside the works from Picasso that are said to have been influenced by them. Eurostar is mentioned as the best way to get there www.eurostar.com Out of the kitchen
Alison Tyler selects 20 hotels that are run by famous chefs. These include Michel Bras in Laguiole (www.michel-bras.com )and La Colline du Colombier in Iguerande (www.troisgros.com ). The family running the latter have held 3 Michelin stars for 30 consecutive years, but still offer a set menu at just £27 In Brief
Slope Off - Ryanair is offering a new route likely to be of interest to skiers and pilgrims alike. The weekly Stansted-Lourdes service opens on Dec 20th and will allow easier access to the Pyrenees Ask Tom
A reader is visiting Paris by Eurostar and wants a recommendation of a second centre, preferable beach based, for the remainder of their holiday. Tom refers the question to Times online columnist and editor of France Magazine, Carolyn Boyd who suggests Argeles sur Mer near Perpignan, and Antibes/Juan Les Pins
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel |
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Large Pool, bouncy bed, now where's the toys
Jane Knight tests 3 websites designed to make it easier to find a great holiday when travelling with young kids in tow. www.totstotravel.co.uk features over 40 stringently vetted properties in France. Jane stayed in a rural farmhouse in Gurs just outside Pau. She found it superbly equipped for children, with mountains of toys in every cupboard. The only downside was the remote location and lack of pool at the featured property. Book Now
Jo Morris rounds up the late availability including an offer from Peter Deilmann for places on their Rhone and Saone cruise through Provence for £288pp. The trip, on the MV Princess de Provence (PICTURED RIGHT) visits Lyon, Arles, Avignon and Tournon Neofile - Block Rocking Bordeaux
Stephen Bleach reports that The Chemical Brothers have been seen enjoying the pleasures of Chateau Rigaud, a luxury rental in Bordeaux. Despite the title and mentioning St Emilion Stephen then states that the chateau is in Burgundy. We've dropped him a line to correct him.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/travel | |
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Arrivals - So low for solo
Arblaster & Clarke are offering single rooms (i.e. so single room supplements) on two of their French trips, namely Burgundy by Coach and the Autumn Champagne trip. www.winetours.co.uk News in Transit
Penny Meyrick highlights Ryanair's new route from Liverpool to Paris Beauvais opening on October 28th | 
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Pick of the Late Deals
Joanne Layton's last minute round show flights to Paris from Manchester from £97 with opodo Short Breaks
Services involving the Channel Tunnel are likely to still be disrupted during the next month with eurostar advising passengers to reorganise plans for at least the next two weeks. Late deals of the week
Nice for £159 in November and December or have a Halloween break for £319 including and a one day tour pass. Both are with BA from Heathrow and include accommodation. Play Happy Families in France
Rupert Hamer goes on a camping holiday in the Dordogne and believes he need have not left the site because there was so much to do. However he does embarks on an activity adventure - pony rides, canoeing and climbing - the best he could safely do with a two and four year old www.keycamp.co.uk You'll love it here..Tots
Adam Lee Potter returns to Orleans (PICTURED RIGHT) eight months after the premature birth of his daughter (in Orleans) to experience the city properly without untimely interruptions. Although only an hour from Paris the home of Joan of Arc is often overlooked despite its fine food, wine and culture. The old town is quite bohemian and the surrounding area steeped in history . www.brittanyferries.com/holidays | |
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