by Brian | Jun 20, 2010 | Days out sightseeing in France, Languedoc Roussillon
Perpignan France Tourism InformationLook carefully and you can just see the Pyrenees peeping over the tops of the trees forming a fabulous backdrop for this delightful city in the South of France.A day trip to the coast turned into a bit of a tour around Perpignan on...
by Brian | May 26, 2010 | Days out sightseeing in France, Travel Advice, Travel Europe
Holiday Destinations – Narbonne France:In front of the Hotel de Ville you can find a small portion of the Roman road called the Via Domitia. This was the first Roman road built in Gaul and when originally constructed it was 500km long and connected the French...
by Brian | May 11, 2010 | Days out sightseeing in France, Travel Advice, Travel Europe
Just recently we had to make a trip to Bezieres & Cap d’Agde Airport close to the Mediterranean coastline. It was a return trip to deliver daughter and grandchildren back to catch their seriously delayed flight to Germany; courtesy of the volcano eruption in...
by Brian | Apr 17, 2010 | Days out sightseeing in France
Gruissan in the South of France is a lovely little seaside resort that has a new town with marina, a large sandy beach at Gruissan Plage and an old castle that sits on the coast next to the historic, circular fortified town. During the Middle Ages much of the maritime...
by Brian | Feb 16, 2010 | Days out sightseeing in France, Skiing in the Pyrenees
Every cloud has a silver lining as they say, but up in the Pyrenees it was definitely more of a blue lining. The end result of all this freezing cold weather was that the skiing conditions in Bonascre were as near perfect as you can get. I once went skiing in Banff,...
by Brian | Jan 13, 2010 | Days out sightseeing in France
Number 1 – Carcassonne Castle.Also known as ‘La Cite’ and found in the Aude Department (11) of France. The best time to visit is the 14th July so that you can experience the Bastille Day celebrations and an amazing fireworks display that starts each...
