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Hallowe’en Pumpkin Festival in France
Hallowe’en starts early in the town of Marchiennes in Northern France, where one of the last witch trials took place. Péronne Goguillon, her daughter and ...
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Puppet Festival in France that pulls all the right strings
The World Puppet Festival is held every two years in Charleville-Mezieres in the Ardennes region in northern France. For the ten days the fete takes ...
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Set Sail for a very special Rouen Armada 2013
The Rouen Armada festival is held every five years – a fabulous occasion that draws millions to the river banks of the Seine right in ...
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Angouleme | Cartoons and fast cars
Discover two of Angoulême’s great attractions- cars and cartoons! If, like me, you find modern Formula One racing to be boringly processional, don’t despair. ...
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International Kite Festival, Berck-sur-Mer, France
Every year in the seaside resort of Berck-sur-Mer on the Opal Coast of Pas de Calais a kite festival takes place – the Rencontres Internationales ...
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Bayonne Ham Fair, Easter festival in France
Among the delicious Basque specialties that can be enjoyed in Bayonne, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, south-west France, there are two that stand out from all the ...
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Strawberry Festival, Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne, Limousin
Each year on the second Sunday of May, the pretty town of Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne in the Limousin region hosts a very special feast open to everyone ...
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The Dunkirk Carnival France – a way of life, a work of art
The music, the colour and the solidarity of ‘Les Dunkerquois,’ merge and become one at carnival time. Their roots run deep to the 17th century ...
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Nice Carnival
The main annal winter event on the Riviera is one of the largest carnivals (Carnaval in French) in the world, offering a programme of unforgettable ...
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Steam Trains of Picardy – all aboard for a journey through time…
The beautiful bay of the Somme in Picardy is famed for it’s picturesque harbours, miles of salt marshes populated by sheep, the genteel towns ...
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