Guest writer: Anna Nilsson Spets
Remember the word 'housewife holiday'? A housewife's holiday was a way for overworked women to get some time off and was common in the 50s and 60s.
Read moreRemember the word 'housewife holiday'? A housewife's holiday was a way for overworked women to get some time off and was common in the 50s and 60s.
Read moreLa Rosière is a ski resort in the French Alps at an altitude of 1850 metres. A snow safe and popular ski resort with long slopes and lifts that go up to 2800 metres. Plenty of pistes, both easy ones for beginners and more challenging red and black slopes for more experienced skiers.
Read moreA good friend told me "If you keep saying I dream of ... without doing anything about it, nothing will happen". Then I realised that the timing was right," says Sara Verrall in Marseillaise.
Read moreDespite the fact that I live a stone's throw from the French border, France is a country I've been to far too little, I hardly dare say I haven't been to Paris yet.
Read moreWant to experience Paris with a difference on your next trip? Jump in the time machine to Hemingway's Paris à la 20s or hang out in the same places as Gossip Girls herself. Play detective at night and find hidden entrances, munch on freshly opened oysters with the locals and be served wine in a baby bottle to avoid the alcohol tax.
Read moreHere are the facts about France - 30 things you (maybe) didn't know. We have travelled around France for a total of 4 months and visited many different places, especially along the beautiful coasts. France is one of our absolute favourite countries in the world, facing both the Atlantic Ocean in the west and the Mediterranean Sea in the south.
Read moreThere are plenty of great places to visit in France, whether you like dramatic scenery, bustling cities or exotic islands. France is one of our absolute favourite countries in Europe, and it's a place we keep coming back to. Here are some places in France that we can definitely recommend.
Read moreIn the Ardeche region of France, you'll find unparalleled scenery with a dramatic canyon, a long river with crystal clear water and intensely green forests. There are also lots of deep caves, some of which are home to 36,000-year-old paintings. We tried gliding down the long river in a canoe and fell in love. We want to go back!
Read moreNow we've started rolling north from the French coast, and on the way we've visited the town of Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume and what is considered to be the tomb of Mary Magdalene. There are many interesting things to see in this area, and we have now set our sights on a very exciting destination.
Read moreThe island of Porquerolles in France is one of the golden islands on the French Riviera, in the south of France. Many consider the Plage Notre Dame, located here, to be the most beautiful beach in the world. Although Porquerolles is the most touristy of the three islands, there are real gems here that we can't find anywhere else just off the south coast of France. The New York Times has listed these three French islands as real gems, and it's not hard to see why.
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