Despite the lure of more distant, exotic holiday destinations it is difficult to tire of France, so close and yet excitingly different, our histories intertwined for over a thousand years in love and marriage, war and invasions. More than double the size of our islands, France glories in contrasting countryside, cityscapes and climates. The craggy Breton coasts of Finistere, the magnificent cities and powerful fortifications of Belfort and Lorraine, the river valleys and medieval bastide towns of historic Perigord: all these once autonomous territories that we visit are part of the present-day French Republic.www.francophiles.net28 Windsor Park, NR19 2SU

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