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Part 3 - Beyond Paris — An Insider’s Guide to Rural France
Part 3
Discover Haut-de-France, where the Calais ferry crossing sets you down from Dover. The quickest and least costly sea crossing from Britain to France, and Normandy where Brits are extra welcome.
Beyond Paris — An Insider’s Guide to Rural France — Part 3
These informative tales from France are inspired by 22 years restoring a sandstone Renaissance castle in the Aude department in South West France.
In 2018 we appeared, with our castle at St Ferriol on Escape to the Chateau DIY. This popular English television programme about quirky Brits taking on the ruined and ruinous glamour of France’s aristocratic history led me to find out more about other foreigners in France taking on these enchanted money pits. Whilst researching it I had an opportunity to explore parts of France I had not, until then made the time for and Beyond Paris was set in motion.
My writing aims to inspire you if you are in France already or thinking about it, and amuse you if you are simply curious about the folk that flock there.
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Beyond Paris, and Insider’s Guide to Rural France now available at Waterstones, Barnes and Noble and Amazon UK, Amazon USA, Amazon France
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Whilst vistors to France flock to Paris, Paris’ real charm is when it peeps into the souls of France’s regions. I hope this book inspires visitors to France to break out of the capital and appreciate the pleasures beyond Paris.
Enjoy!
Hauts-de-France
Landing in Calais, as most Brits do, opting for the quickest and cheapest Channel crossing, sets you down in Hauts-de-France. Heading southwest takes you along the Opal coast via Le Touquet, which was such a popular Parisian holiday destination with its wide sandy beach that it became known as “Paris by the sea” and officially changed its name to Le…
