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]
Siblu’s holiday villages in Charente Maritime have been supporters of Un Violon sur le Sable, a classical music festival that takes place on the beach at Royan, for several years. Our partnership has even included rehearsal sessions for performers at Les Charmettes – culminating in a free show from French superstar Christophe Mae performing hits backed [...] [...more]
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]
Charente Maritime, a coastal departement (like a county) in the region of Poitou Charente, is the sunniest part of France’s west coast (according to the French Met office). So combine the sunshine with massive sandy beaches screened by forests of pine trees, and fun seaside towns, and you have the perfect mix for a top [...] [...more]
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]
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]
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