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.

Brittany - The largest concentration of lighthouses in the world

Sarlat, the Dordogne - unspoiled France Discovery

Carre-du-Palais - a new place in Provence (Avignon) to enjoy the local areas food and wine

Honfleur - just 2 hours away from Paris

Granville, Normandy - The Monaco **of the North

In Austria - a new dining discovery

I love Art Nouveau and its founder, Alphonse Mucha

Paris – A jam shop you must visit!

16th Arrondissement – no tourists to speak of and glorious facades of Hector Guimard ( Art Nouveau) – My favorites of arrondismments of Paris

Germany - A search for traditional food..Munich

A bit of heaven, just 20 minutes south of the city of Bordeaux

Vienna good eats – Yes, I’ve broaden my horizons and have just returned from Austria and Germany

Where is the life that late I led – Memories of the Formidable M. Point

The Secret to uncovering the soul of the world’s great cities

PIERREFONDS - A magnificent castle just 1 hour away from Paris, a place to ‘knock your socks off…’

France’s most beautiful villages – Rochefort en Terre – Brittany

Relais & Chateaux - Inns and Hotels that offer an introduction into the French lifestyle – through culture, history, cuisine and an oft seen thing today – a grand tradition of hospitality

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!