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Last minute holidays to France: 9 money-saving tips from siblu

Last minute holidays to France: 9 money-saving tips from siblu

Here are nine ways to grab a bargain on your last-minute holiday to France. These tips will help you save on travel costs, experience a foreign culture and enjoy some of the best beaches, seaside towns and attractions in Europe. Travel to France: best deals 1/ P&O Ferries has Dover to Calais crossings from £39 each way; [...] [...more]

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Holiday deals to France: 10 siblu offers for 2012

Holiday deals to France: 10 siblu offers for 2012

Here are 10 ways to make the most of your summer holiday. Deals to France will help you save hundreds on your accommodation costs, but book before 22 January or miss out on these offers. Note, all holiday prices are based on a 14 July 2012 departure for two adults and two children staying seven-nights. Travel [...] [...more]

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France’s animal attraction

France’s animal attraction

While France’s natural wildlife might not set the heart racing, the country is home to some of the world’s best zoos and aquariums. So if you want a family camping holiday in France, packed with activities, big pool complexes, dynamic children’s clubs, some of the best beaches in France, and the chance to feed popcorn to [...] [...more]

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Hot and steamy holidays with siblu villages

Hot and steamy holidays with siblu villages

If you are planning a camping holiday this year you can do so without sacrificing comfort. We can recommend spa facilities at two holiday villages in France this summer, so you can combine self-catering with a sauna, stretch and slimming massage. Le Bois Masson The health and wellbeing centre at Le Bois Masson siblu village, near to [...] [...more]

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Saddle up with siblu

Saddle up with siblu

New networks make cycling an easy option for family holidays in France. For a family holiday with a difference, take advantage of France’s love affair with the bike and try out miles of new cycle networks in popular French tourist resorts. You can strap your bikes to the car or hire cycles during your break [...] [...more]

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Siblu 2011 family holidays brochure can brighten up your winter

Siblu 2011 family holidays brochure can brighten up your winter

With this cold, cold weather, it’s nice to be thinking ahead to summer holidays in the sun! At Siblu Villages, we have launched our new brochure for 2011 and early-bird deals available in January 2011. Our new brochure features 14 outstanding locations, in destinations as diverse as the heart of Normandy to the sun-dappled Cote d’Azur. [...] [...more]

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French strike action – update

There is strike action taking place across France at the moment and some blockages of fuel depots. This has caused some delays to travel and shortages of petrol in some areas. Strikes are due to end on Friday, although the situation is continually changing. For the latest information and travel advice please see the Foreign and Commonwealth [...] [...more]

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Travelling with children

Travelling with children

We recently asked our siblu Facebook Fans what ideas they could gives us for entertaining their children during a long journey to France. Dave Bates and Nicola Thomas recommend travelling overnight, so dodging the problem of bored children during the day. Paul Robinson suggests a twist on this idea, by taking an overnight ferry crossing to [...] [...more]

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Into the Futuroscope

Into the Futuroscope

I am a big fan of Futuroscope, which is essentially an interactive Science-parc on the outskirts of Poitiers, about 90mins from our siblu parcs in Charente Maritime. Futuroscope is the second most visited theme parc in France (after Euro Disney) and yet, it seems to me, most British families know nothing about it. The parc is unlike [...] [...more]

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Cameras roll at Les Charmettes

Cameras roll at Les Charmettes

Our Les Charmettes holiday parc recently featured on national TV news in France as a business optimistically looking forward to 2010 after so much of the country’s west coast was hit by fierce storms earlier this year. Tempete Xynthia lashed the Vendée and Charente Maritime regions in February, causing damage to those parts it hit and, tragically, some [...] [...more]

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