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March 18, 2010 at 4:09 pm · Filed under Travel and Leisure

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France covers 547,030 square kilometres, having the largest area among EU members. France possesses a diverse variety of landscapes, from coastal plains in the north and west to mountain ranges of the Alps in the south-east, the Massif Central in the south-central and Pyrenees in the south-west. At 4,810.45 metres above sea level, the highest point in Western Europe, Mont Blanc, is situated in the Alps on the border between France and Italy. Metropolitan France also has extensive river systems such as the Seine, the Loire, the Garonne, and the Rhone, which divides the Massif Central from the Alps and flows into the Mediterranean Sea at the Camargue. Corsica lies off the Mediterranean coast.

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In 2007 81.9 million foreign tourists in 2007 visited France. France is ranked as the 1 destination in the world, ahead of Spain and the United States. This figure excludes people staying less than 24 hours in France, such as Northern Europeans crossing France on their way to Spain or Italy during the summer.

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    France and European Housing Market

    March 2, 2010 at 7:00 pm · Filed under Property Market

    The latest European housing market review by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) said there was evidence of fragile recovery across much of Europe, with low interest rates and reviving economies helping to stave off “market meltdown”.

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    Scandinavian homeowners enjoyed some property price growth last year. Norway topped the table with values up almost 12% last year, followed by Finland (8%) and Sweden (7%). The latter is expected to see continued buoyancy as a result of attractive borrowing costs and temporary tax breaks.

    Britain came fifth, according to Rics, with prices rising by 1% in 2009 overall, and by 10% from their low point in April.

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    In Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and France, last year’s falls were relatively small (ranging from 4% in Germany to 6% in the Netherlands).

    Housing markets around the fringe of Europe are still dragging down economies in a vicious circle, and all European housing markets continue to face credit constraints and great uncertainty.

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    Starry Eyed? Village chef wins three Michelin stars

    March 2, 2010 at 9:38 am · Filed under French Property

    Tears of joy for Gilles Goujon after learning his L’Auberge du Vieux Puits, tucked in a village in southern France won 3 Michelin stars.

    The auberge, which opened 18 years ago with a staff of two – Goujon and his wife – joins 25 other three-star establishments in the firmament of French gastronomy.

    “To be a great chef, you must be a cook, a cook in spirit, a cook in the heart,” Goujon said in a telephone interview, calling his auberge a “country restaurant.”

    Mr Goujon, 48 years old and 30 years on the job, said it was “an emotional moment” when Michelin director Jean-Luc Naret called Sunday evening to inform him of the honor.

    “I shed a few little tears,” he said.

    The Michelin Red Guide announced its annual ratings of France’s eating establishments Monday, a much-awaited event in a country where cuisine was raised to an art centuries ago – and where, despite inroads by fast food eateries, it remains an essential element of life.

    One restaurant, La Maison de Marc Veyrat, on Lake Annecy in the Alpine foothills, lost its perch at the top – and all of its stars – with the departure a year ago of chef Marc Veyrat, always distinguishable by his large black hat.

    In the Michelin Red Guide’s 2010 edition, 10 eating establishments in France gained two-star status, bringing the total in that category to 77.

    At least one departure, chef Jean-Francois Piege of the Paris hotel Le Crillon’s restaurant, Les Ambassadeurs, took that luxury eatery off the two star list. The restaurant is currently closed. The Chateau les Crayeres in Reims suffered the same fate with the loss of chef Didier Elena, going from two stars to none.

    Michelin, which uses anonymous tasters to see what’s cooking and score humble and luxury kitchens, punished three other two-star establishments, dropping them to one, including Helene Darroze on Paris’ Left Bank, whose chef of that name is one of the rare women to reach gastronomical renown.

    In the one-star category, totaling 455 restaurants, Michelin added 47 new names.

    Michelin’s 2010 French edition also awarded 555 restaurants – 105 new to the list – with what it calls a “Bib Gourmand,” a sign of good value for money.

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