Author: Love France
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Inside Love France: The French Basque Country
Not a preview. A real look at what our Premium readers received this week. Video: Love France. Photos from Unsplash and Pexels. This week’s Love France edition The Slow Roads of the French Basque Country: Atlantic Ports, Red-Pepper Villages, and the Mountains of the Southwest Bayonne · Biarritz · Saint-Jean-de-Luz · Espelette · Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port —…
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France, As It Really Is
This is France without the filter. Video: Love France. Photos from Unsplash and Pexels. Get the Free “25 Hidden Villages of France” Guide Join 7,000+ France lovers and receive the guide that most visitors to France never find — real village names, local food addresses, and hidden chateaux, all free. Get the Free Guide →…
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The Love France Guide № 004: French Wine & Terroir
Photo by Boudewijn Boer on Unsplash Pour two glasses of Chardonnay grown a few hundred metres apart on the slopes of Burgundy and they can taste noticeably different — one leaner and flinty, the other rounder and riper. That difference, and the French conviction that it matters enormously, is the whole idea behind terroir: the…
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Can You Picture Retiring In France?
Can you picture retiring here? Get the Free “25 Hidden Villages of France” Guide Join 7,000+ France lovers and get real village names, local food addresses, and hidden chateaux — free. Or see the free Hidden Villages guide → Continue to Video 2: The Real Towns → The button above always works — whether or…
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Retire In France: Get The Full Guide (Video 3)
Here’s what most people get wrong about the actual move. 🇫🇷 Discover the France Most Tourists Never Find Get our free guide to 25 hidden villages of France — then join 7,000+ readers for weekly stories about places most guidebooks never mention. Get Your Free Village Guide → Loved this? Share it 🇫🇷 📘 Facebook…
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Retire In France: The Real Towns (Video 2)
The dream is real. Here’s where people are actually doing it. Sarlat-la-Canéda, Bergerac, and Montpellier are three real towns with strong, established communities of American and British retirees. Want the full list, with what makes each one different? See our full guide to the best towns to retire in France → Continue to Video 3:…
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The Alsace Wine Route: A Complete Guide for First-Time Visitors
The Alsace wine route stretches 170km through villages, châteaux and world-class wineries. Here’s how to plan the perfect drive through northeast France.
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The One French Cheese Worth Bringing Home From Market
France has over 1,000 cheeses. So which one do you bring back from a market stall? We break down the top contenders — and how to get them home in one piece.
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The French Garden: From Versailles to the Village Potager
France invented the art of the formal garden. The French have a word for their garden style: le jardin à la française. It changed how the world grows things. Walk through any French town and you will see it. Public squares are clipped and symmetrical. Village parks have neat hedges and straight paths. Even private…
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Your First Morning in France as a Resident
Moving to France as a resident feels entirely different from arriving as a tourist. Here is what to expect — and what to actually do — on your first morning living there.
