France Impressions

France Impressions is a blog about my travels throughout France. Travel is about embarking on journeys, discovering new places, its people, learning from others and in particular, learning about oneself. I believe travel is an art and I like to craft trips and tours around your personality, interests, desires and dreams. I undertake to open for you 'doors that are normally closed" thereby ensuring you gain access to exclusive experiences while introducing you to extraordinary personalities.

Beaujolais - A visit here is just about simple pleasures - nothing more

18 min to the 12th-Century - Taking the TGV within France on days trips from Paris

La Guinguette - The scene could be right out of a Renoir painting

The most beautiful drives in France

Brittany’s beautiful secret Islands

Just outside Paris - Live like Tarzan

Short Hikes around France - even just outside Paris

Café Pouchkine – Moscow of old Comes to Paris

Nimes – The French Rome

Bastille Day - 14 July - where to watch the fireworks

The Route Napoleon – some of the most staggeringly beautiful scenery in the south of France

The Most Luxurious Speakeasy in the World, is of course in Paris! at the Shangri-la Hotel

In the shadow of the French Pyrenees, a confection unlikely in any other part of France or maybe the world!

Be Backstage, experience the best of gastronomy, five senses in the Kitchen of a Michelin star chef in the hills behind the French Rivera.

As with so many of France's most beautiful villages - the best views are from afar

1 Hour west of Bordeaux city is a wonderful seaside area called Arcachon

Paris cafe on the Seine

Frances 20 most beautiful villages…and then some

Can I have a bit more tartar sauce on my Salvelinus fontinalis? – The European government run a muck…

You say you’re a foodie, I say you are not, NOT unless this article excites you to eat in Lyon

The Morvan – Burgundy’s best kept secret

A return to the Paris Belle Epoch era with an historic perfume shop...

The passing of a great French Chef and my thoughts on what he and his fellow chefs did to degrade French Cuisine

Puy du Fou - A French theme park with better shows than Disney, with no rides

Hidden Passages of Paris - Galerie Vero-Dodat

Brittany's Mont Saint-Michael - a new way to view this most visited site in France

A stroll through Paris: from the Louvre to La Defense

Let's go back to the late 19th and early 20th Century - Let The Good Times Roll

Les Etangs de Corot - 10 minutes from Paris and yet 100 years also in time........