If you fancy a spot of Christmas shopping with a difference to get you in the spirit, France’s Christmas markets are a wonderful opportunity to find traditional handcrafted decorations, gifts and goodies to add a dash of French flair to your festivities. Conveniently, five of the best are all located in the Grand Est region, […]

Many of us dream of throwing it all in and moving to rural France à la Peter Mayle’s bestselling book ‘A Year in Provence’. We’d forget the stress and chaos of our former lives and could dedicate our days to the simpler things in life. We’d find a cheap rural property that we could renovate […]

If you are planning on buying your dream home in France and living in it for much of the year, the weather is probably going to play an important part in your decision. Due to France’s greatly varied geography, with its coastlines, mountain ranges and low-lying areas, the climate and weather conditions vary significantly throughout […]

The Hexagon, as the French fondly refer to their country, is a wonderful place for touring, with many diverse regions and landscapes, stunning rivers and lakes, beautiful villages, and, of course, wonderful vineyards. If you’re thinking of buying property in France, the best way to get to know it is simply to get in your […]

From the excellent healthcare system to the high quality of life and, there are plenty of reasons why France is so attractive to expat families. To help prospective expats make sure France is the right choice for them, this article explores lifestyle, cost of living, education options and more – with the help of two […]

If you are planning to buy a holiday home in France or even set up a gite or holiday rental business, but haven’t yet decided on the location, it’s worth considering an area where there is plenty to do for families – and what better attraction for all the family than a water park? There […]

The French School System – An Overview If you are planning to move to France and have children, their schooling and education is clearly going to play an important part in where you decide to live. Most large cities have fee-paying international schools, which offer education in English, French and other languages, but if this […]

For anyone looking to buy property in France who will need to return to the UK fairly frequently, proximity to the Channel Tunnel and the ports of Calais and Boulogne are likely to be a major consideration. Most holiday-makers tend to arrive at either port and drive through the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region towards their destinations, but […]

If you are planning to move to France, but haven’t yet decided whereabouts you’d like to live, one of the best and least expensive ways of getting to know different areas is by camping, and taking advantage of some of the many well-run campsites that can be found all over the country. If you don’t […]

If you are planning on buying property in France, but are still deciding whereabouts you’d like to live, the proximity of an international airport is bound to be an important factor. Not only might you want to travel between both countries, but so will your friends and family, and if you are planning on creating […]