FANS of the silver screen have until the end of the week to enjoy cut-price cinema tickets during the Fête du Cinéma. The festival opened on Saturday and runs until Friday, July 2 and it enables people to buy a normal priced ticket and receive a passport that enables them... Read more →
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Drop in on a farmers market in France
THE popular farmers' market returns to Loubejac, in the Dordogne (map), later this week where visitors get the chance to try products straight from the farm. Every Thursday, from around 6.30pm, chairs and long tables are laid out close to the small church and people arrive with their knives and... Read more →
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Sauveterre la Lemance welcomes annual motor rally
IF you enjoy motorsport and want to experience a rally around the roads of south west France then head to Sauveterre la Lemance (map). A number of teams will be heading to the village for a day of racing on Sunday, June 27, with drivers from across France expected to... Read more →
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Eymet outlines plans to tackle declining fortunes
EYMET, the Dordogne bastide town used as a barometer by the UK press of how the British are doing in France, is struggling. The Sud Ouest newspaper reports on a meeting led by maire Jérome Bétaille which brought together around 100 people including local business owners. Jérome Bétaille explained that... Read more →
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Spike in chickenpox cases in France
DOCTORS are worried that cases of chickenpox are on the rise in some areas of France. The Connexion newspaper reports that the Limousin has been the worst-hit region, with 100 new cases for every 100,000 inhabitants. Other areas described as 'high' are Nord-Pas-de-Calais (97/100,000), Bretagne (92), Rhône-Alpes (64), Languedoc-Roussillon (55),... Read more →
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Festi'Villefranches in Villefranche du Perigord (24)
A DAY of music, food and dance, as well as a traditional market, will be taking place in Villefranche du Perigord, in the south of the Dordogne (map). Festi'Villefranches takes place on Saturday, June 26, 2010 with traditional dance and music, a demonstration of boules Lyonnaise and a bodéga as... Read more →
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Reminder about registration form for your gite in France
IN March thanks to comments and blog posts around the web, I highlighted a new registration form that had to be completed if you owned a gite. The deadline for completing the Déclaration en mairie de location d'un meublé de tourisme - Formulaire Cerfa n°14004*01 is July 1, 2010 and... Read more →
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Visit to the Museum of Resistance, in Cahors
Updated 29/10/2016 TODAY saw President Sarkozy and British PM, David Cameron, mark the 70th anniversary of Charles de Gaulle's wartime broadcast urging France to fight back against the Nazi occupation. And a short extract of de Gaulle's speech appears on a plaque outside the Musée de la Résistance, in Cahors,... Read more →
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Enter the Hotel Success Handbook competition
JUST a quick heads-up to say that if you want some hints and tips on making a success of your gite or holiday home, then take a chance in the latest This French Life competition. Hospitality expert Caroline Cooper has offered up a copy of her Hotel Success Handbook for... Read more →
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Property listings added to Google UK Maps, France next?
NOW it has only been launched by Google UK, but the search giant is to start running property listings into its Google Maps service. But I wonder how long it will be before we see the same being made available for French property listings and what impact that will have... Read more →
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