by Admin | Nov 20, 2011 | Châteaux, Driving in France, History, Holidays in France, Mountains and Valleys, Villages, Where to Go
Now, I thought I knew a lot about the Midi-Pyrénées region, especially the multitude of beautiful villages and places to see, but this one just flew right under the radar and I ‘found’ it totally by accident. I had just left another beautiful village, St...
by Admin | Nov 19, 2011 | On The Coast
Collioure nestles in a secluded creek surrounded by towering hills of terraced grape vines and wild herbs, on the Mediterranean coast – 30 kilometers from Perpignan, 20 kilometers from Spain and 195 kilometers from Barcelona. The coastline is rugged and bone dry,...
by Admin | Nov 19, 2011 | Where to Go
We were looking for a place to go for the weekend, not too far, but nice and different, something in the country. That’s how we discovered Avallon and the Morvan area and only 2 hours on the motorway from Paris. We had no idea it was so beautiful. A modern town...
by Admin | Nov 19, 2011 | Where to Go
The village of St Félix Lauragais rises 340 meters above the Lauragais plain, 10 kilometers from Revel, 17 kilometers from Castelnaudary, 37 kilometers from Castres and 52 kilometers south west of Toulouse. Some history … It was surely a Roman settlement during...
by Admin | Nov 18, 2011 | Food, Markets & Fairs, Villages, Where to Go
Grenade was founded as a bastide in 1290 and became one of the most important Cistercian abbeys in the South of France under Pierre Alafarici et Eustache de Beaumarchais. The name ‘Bastide” meaning new settlement, and are often named after foreign towns,...
