Hidden in the sprawling conurbation of holiday homes, campsites and beach communities surrounding Biarritz is […]
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Biarritz
We drove the 120 miles west along the fast A64 toll road from a free […]
The Midi Pyrenees: Vals, Foix & Saint Lizier
Leaving Mirepoix, we stopped at Vals, a small hamlet on the Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage […]
The Midi-Pyrenees & Mirepoix
After cycling more than 90 miles across four days it was time to slow down […]
Canal du Midi: Capestang, Carcassonne & Castelnaudary
Day two in the Occitanie started with a hearty breakfast as we were keen to […]
Canal du Midi: Béziers
Trip miles 3,125 The Languedoc-Roussillon vineyards cover more than 120,000 acres from Narbonne to Nimes […]
The heart of Languedoc-Roussillon, to Pézenas
It was a heavy night at Didier and Robert’s annual local wine festival in Uzès. A […]
Uzès and Pont du Gard
Heading north and west from the Rhone in Languedoc-Roussillon, we found with unexpected trip luck […]
The Knights Templar town of Les Arcs
From San Remo, it was a wonderful Sunday morning journey along the French coast, but we hadn’t counted on the lateness of the French Mothers’ Day. The unexpected and comparatively expensive toll roads were very busy.
Provence
Provence, that glorious sunlit land of meadows, vineyards, goats, gorges, tumbling rivers, potager gardens, hilltop villages, abbeys, lavender fields, cypress trees and wooden-shuttered farmhouses!