Tuesday 24 April 2012
There’s a place at the foot of the Belledonne Mountains, just 15 minutes from Grenoble, renowned as the traditional home of the hydrotherapy industry in Isère, in the french region Rhône-Alpes: this is Uriage-les-Bains, or just Uriage, a spa town famous since antiquity for its curative water.
Thursday 5 April 2012
Thousands of visitors come every year to explore the fantastic Loire Valley, a charming land of vineyards, flowers and rolling green hills. This enchanting place is often called the Garden of France, or the Valley of the Kings, or Country of Thousand Castles. Whatever, this is one of France’s most captivating regions.
Tuesday 27 March 2012
What do you think about an amusement park paying homage to one of the most controversial personalities of history, where you can watch water shows recreating battles or ski amid frozen carcasses? On the outskirts of Montereau-fault-Yonne, situated just 64 Km from the Paris’ Arc de Triomphe – commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1806, in a place where cannonballs from the 1814 battle with Austrian forces and their allies are still being uncovered, the plan for a Napoleon theme park is the first of its kind in the world.
Tuesday 20 March 2012
The ninth edition of the Cannes Shopping Festival, the fashion event of the City of Cannes, will take place on the Easter week-end, from April 6th to 9th, 2012. The Cannes Shopping Festival invites locals and foreign visitors to experience a lively and elegant fashion week-end, with plenty of shows, charming events, and runways, of course…
Tuesday 20 March 2012
The 10th edition of the Avignon Motor Festival will be held in the city’s Parc des Expositions (Exhibition Centre,) on Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and on Sunday 25th from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. This trade show has become the biggest event of its kind in all of France, and is mainly dedicated to those passionate about all machines and locomotion categories from all eras.
Thursday 8 March 2012
There are many companies in Europe who are into the manufacturing of chocolate and other food products using cocoa. One thing that makes cocoa so special is the feature that it can be made to various products with different tastes. In the market there is a huge variety of chocolates sold like valentine chocolates, semisweet chocolates, Santander chocolates, chocolate bars, truffles, pralines, and molding chocolates, you name it!
Monday 20 February 2012
From February 20th to 22nd, 2012, Montpellier, France, will host the 10th edition of biannual Vinisud, International Exhibition of Wines and Spirits from the south of France and the Mediterranean countries. This event is renowned as the professional exhibition of the world’s leading wine region, that is, the Mediterranean.
Friday 17 February 2012
Versailles is renowned worldwide for its château, the Palace of Versailles, which is currently a national museum on UNESCO’s World Heritage List for 30 years. This is where we would like to focus your attention today. The Palace of Versaille is a very popular tourist destination, and can get a bit packed with student or tour groups, but don’t let that turn you off from a visit!
Friday 13 January 2012
As it retains a real French atmosphere, with scenic surroundings and quintessential little shops, Valloire looks so wonderful and it is, especially for enjoying skiing while relaxing. If you are being in France in this period, Valloire is something you shouldn’t miss. Reason number one is that every January, this place hosts the world-famous international Ice Sculpture Contest, followed shortly after by a similar, still amazing, Snow Sculpture Contest.
Wednesday 2 November 2011
Whether you enjoy skiing or snowboarding, Les 3 Valles, in the French Alps, is the largest interlinked ski and snowboard resort in the world, all linked together by 600 kms of interconnected slopes and 180 ski lifts. Les 3 Vallees skiing and snowboarding area consists of three linking valleys: Courchevel on one side, Meribel in the middle and Val Thorens on the other side.
