News & Features

Tour de farce What Eddie the Eagle once was to ski-jumping, that is, a competitor so far off the pace that he became a personality based upon his heroic failure, Wim Vansevenant is to the Tour de France. Find out more >>

Root cube Jean-Pierre Moueix, the grand old godfather of wine merchants, who died three years ago at the age of 90, would have liked nothing better than to attend this exhibition of nearly 80 works by André Lhote, like him, a giant of Bordeaux art and patronage.   Find out more >>

'Has anyone seen my wife?' Those who wondered how President Sarkozy would handle the potential embarrassment of having a wife who refuses to live at the Elysée Palace and who is often seen in the company of other men, now have their answer: turn her into a trouble-shooting diplomat. Find out more >>

Beating the censors This year is the 150th anniversary of the publication of Madame Bovary, probably the most influential French novel of the nineteenth century, which reached the general public only after trials and tribulations that would have taxed the patience of the most philosophical of authors. Find out more >>

Missing the point French drivers are taking desperate measures to avoid disqualification, as the authorities add another 500 automatic radar devices to check their speed, in an effort to stem the rising number of fatalities on French roads. Find out more >>

You could save up to 12.5% in 2007

If you* have travelled with us since 2004 you are entitled to the following financial benefits:

• A reduction of 5% on your 2007 booking
• Plus another 2.5% if your first 2007 booking does not include
  the period between 30 June and 1 September 2007
• A 5% reduction will apply as well to a second booking taken in any one season 
  
      * You qualify if you were a member of a party, not necessarily the person who booked
  
  Reductions apply to the villa portion only of the holiday 
  Reductions do not apply to bookings made via Travel Agents