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Jan 19, 2025 | 
francetoday.com | Alexander Lobrano |Ruth Fuchs Hallett |Steve Turnbull
France’s heated seawater spas provide the ultimate relaxed escapism. Here we take a revitalising break in Royan, on the coast of Charente-Maritime. In France, a country of almost endless discoveries and diversions, few things make me happier than what I call the Big Dip.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
francetoday.com | Caroline Mills |Ruth Fuchs Hallett |Steve Turnbull
Beyond the centre of Bourges are multiple options to see the city from an alternative perspective, so do allow time to explore. Less than 2km from the town centre, this vast lake includes options for angling, sailing, rowing and canoeing. There’s plenty of green space, too, along with a lake beach, tennis, boules and volleyball courts. An artistic creation on a grand scale and the work of one man, Jean Linard, who, having handmade the bricks, built himself a cathedral.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
francetoday.com | Caroline Mills |Ruth Fuchs Hallett |Steve Turnbull
Civilised Bourges is rightly deserving of its award as European Capital of Culture 2028. But there’s more to see in the city than culture. The mint is pungent. It comes to life as the dried leaves wallow in boiling water, presented to me in a teapot that looks like a shiny regal samovar. There must be 35 degrees of heat from the summer afternoon sun, yet the steaming mint tea, grown and made in the Berry countryside just outside the city of Bourges, provides a refreshingly cool interlude.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
francetoday.com | Steve Turnbull |Ruth Fuchs Hallett |Alexander Lobrano |Stephen Clarke
First published: January 10, 2025 by Steve Turnbull What should you expect from a hotel barge cruise on the waterways of France? We head to Burgundy to find out. All photographs by Steve Turnbull Did you know that France has nearly 1,000 miles of navigable waterways? This means you’re spoilt for choice when it comes to cruising them. But what is the experience actually like?
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Dec 17, 2024 | 
frenchentree.com | Steve Turnbull
A twist of fate brought Lucy Truscott to her new life in a green corner of Hérault, writes Steve Turnbull…Londoner, Lucy Truscott, can remember the incident 24 years ago as if it was yesterday. Her brother was swimming in the sea at Hérault on the Mediterranean coast when he got dragged dangerously out of his depth by a strong current. Fortunately, several people saw what was happening and one raced into the sea to save him. Soon after, he was airlifted to Montpellier hospital and soon recovered.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
francetoday.com | Justin Postlethwaite |Steve Turnbull |Dominic Bliss |Martha Sessums
Are you ready to add a little French flair to your festivities? Père Magloire Pomme Doublée is the perfect marriage of Normandy’s finest apples and a rich Calvados spirit. This exquisite apple liqueur is a treat for the senses, offering vibrant fruitiness with a smooth, warming finish—ideal for sipping on a crisp evening or jazzing up your favourite cocktails. And here’s the exciting bit: we’re giving two lucky winners the chance to take home a bottle of this luxurious delight!
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Dec 7, 2024 | 
francetoday.com | Jennifer Ladonne |Justin Postlethwaite |Steve Turnbull |Dominic Bliss
It’s called la belle France for a reason – the beauty of its towns, villages and countryside is legendary. But it turns out the appeal is much more than skin deep. We explore what lies beneath…Everyone has heard of France’s Lascaux and Chauvet caves, but few visitors realise that France’s underground wealth rivals that of any country in the world.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
francetoday.com | Justin Postlethwaite |Steve Turnbull |Dominic Bliss |Martha Sessums
We trace the life of magnetic movie star Alain Delon, who died in August aged 88. My introduction to the magnetic on-screen stillness of the beautiful, chisel-cheeked visage of legendary French actor Alain Delon – who passed away aged 88 in August – was not via one of his best-known roles.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
francetoday.com | Phil Tremo |Justin Postlethwaite |Steve Turnbull |Dominic Bliss
Escape the crowds and explore the tranquil, historic villages of Ramatuelle, Gassin, and Grimaud, located in the Var, on the Côte d’Azur. The long stretch of dazzling coastline known as the Côte d’Azur, offers myriad destinations to enjoy its intoxicating combination of sun, surf and seafood. It’s hard to beat those jaw-dropping views of the dramatic landscape and the sapphire blue of the Mediterranean Sea.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
francetoday.com | Justin Postlethwaite |Steve Turnbull |Dominic Bliss |Martha Sessums
This utterly compelling movie is quite unlike anything else you’re likely to see. It’s based on the 1976 real-life trial of Jewish left-wing activist Pierre Goldman, played in the movie by Arieh Worthalter whose performance won him – quite rightly the Best Actor César. Goldman found himself in court accused of multiple charges, including murder during an armed robbery of a pharmacy in Paris.
