Whether you’re interested in the French way of life or just want to escape into somebody else’s world reading top French blogs is a great way to go about it. Browse our top 10 French Blogs list to find our top picks! 1. Chocolate and Zucchini Written by Clotilde Dusoulier a Parisian women living in Montmartre. This blog [...] [...more]
One of the hardest parts of any holiday can be the journey, especially if you’re travelling with young children. The dreaded cry of “are we nearly there yet?” is a staple of any joke about family travel, but it’s not laughing matter for parents who have so much to think about. Whether negotiating a busy airport [...] [...more]
Perhaps the most relaxed way of travelling to France for your holiday is by train. Rail buff Ant recently posted details of the best routes to France on the parenting website Mumsnet, and kindly agreed to me reproducing his findings here. For full information on train travel to and in France, the best resource is the [...] [...more]
Mention the words “mobile home” to some people and a look of horror will appear on their face: “there’s no way I’m going to stay in a mobile home,” they say. Well Katy Holland does a great job of arguing the merits of a mobile home versus villa in The Independent’s travel column. She identifies four points [...] [...more]
Do you think of France as a brilliant beach destination? I don’t think many people do, and yet the country has a diverse coastline which makes it one of Europe’s top three ‘Blue Flag’ beach destinations. The west coast is especially good for brilliant coaches with small secret coves, golden sands at the edge of rolling [...] [...more]
Our early booking sale finishes on 31 January, which means an end to savings of more than £200 on some siblu holidays. I have listed below three of the best family holiday deals I can find on 12-night breaks. All are available until the end of this month and can be booked at www.siblu.com or [...] [...more]
From personal experience, I know just how hard it can be to use a foreign language abroad, especially if your first efforts draw blank looks from the people you are speaking to. So, our new French Language Classes for children are a brilliant way to bolster their confidence to use the French they’ve learned at school, [...] [...more]
Here is an exclusive heads up for you – we are relaunching our EuroVoucher for bookings made in January so siblu customers can fix the value of their holiday spending money at 1.25€ to £1. Our EuroVoucher is commission and charge free so every penny you change goes to your holiday money, rather than to the [...] [...more]
The year’s best articles about France were announced at a recent industry bash for travel companies. Entries were submitted in two categories, for newspapers and magazines, and voted for by a panel of travel editors. The winner of the Newspaper category was freelance journalist Ian Belcher, for his fantastic piece ‘Living high on the hog in the Languedoc’ [...] [...more]
Johnny Depp, Cindy Crawford, Elton John, David Beckham and Le Montourey all made an appearance in the Daily Mail’s property section last week. These A-list celebrities were named as famous owners of multi-million pound mansions in the wonderful region of Cote d’Azur, while Le Montourey was featured as one solution for those of us who want [...] [...more]
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