Christmas Illuminations – Paris Christmas Lights 2011

Paris Christmas Lights

Where to See Paris Christmas Lights: Visitors to Paris at Christmas are in for a treat. From the end of November, Paris turns on its Christmas magic with thousands of Christmas fairy lights, showing that it is truly the “City of Light”. And, there are some interesting lighting concepts to enjoy as well. Paris Christmas [...]

Christmas Concerts in Beautiful Paris Churches

Christmas Concerts in Paris Churches

Christmas in Paris: Enjoy a Range of Christmas Concerts at Famous Churches in Paris: Paris has some of the most beautiful and historical churches and many of these are regular venues for classical music performances.  During the festive season these famous churches traditionally host special Christmas concerts. If you’re spending Christmas in Paris, you can [...]

Vivaldi’s Four Seasons at the Eiffel Tower

Vivaldi's The Four Seasons

A Unique Opportunity to Enjoy Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons at Le Tour Eiffel: Here’s a unique opportunity to enjoy Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” at the most iconic Paris landmark. Vivaldi’s Four Seasons This exciting performance offers classical music lovers the chance to hear some of the most popular works of classical music at Europe’s most [...]

Win a Shopping Trip to Paris

Win a Trip to Paris

Holiday Competition For Our Australian Readers: Win a Shopping Trip to Paris for Two: If, like me, you weren’t the lucky winner of the July holiday competition to France, here’s another chance to try your luck — this time it’s a shopping trip for two to Paris, compliments of the French Tourist Bureau and Air [...]

Win a Holiday to France: A Competition for our Australian Readers

Explore France

Holiday Competition: Win a Holiday for Two to France by Answering a Simple Quiz: If you’re dreaming of a holiday in France, but your bank balance isn’t as flush as you need it to be as yet, here’s a chance to win a holiday to France for two, compliments of the French Tourist Bureau, Air [...]

Fête Nationale: What’s on in Paris on Bastille Day 2012

Bastille Day Fireworks

Bastille Day Concert, Fireworks and the Firefighters’ Balls – Paris: As the City of Paris applies the finishing touches to its Bastille Day 2012 preparations, here is a taste of what’s in store for the grand Fête Nationale celebrations. Military Parade The traditional Bastille Day military parade starts at 10:00 am from the Champs-Elysées.  Check [...]

A New “Palace” Classification for French Hotels

Le Bristol, Paris Hotel

Your French Hotel Could be A “Palace” Under a New Hotel Classification: If your holiday fantasies include staying in a palace during your French holidays, perhaps this is not so out of reach with the new French hotel classification. Eight amongst the very best 5-star hotels in France have been awarded the distinction of “Palace”. [...]

Opéra de Baugé – Opera in the French Countryside

Les Capucin, Baugé

Opéra de Baugé is Held at the Historic 16th Century Les Capucins: Paris has opera houses that are fit for emperors, but for those who enjoy opera and love the French countryside, Opéra de Baugé combines opera and the ability to meet up with friends for a picnic in the countryside. Baugé is a canton [...]

A Maria Callas Special on the ‘Christina O’ in Cannes

An Evening of Maria Callas Renaissance

A Unique and Exclusive Maria Callas evening on the ‘Christina O’ in Cannes: For a unique and intimate evening of Maria Callas renaissance, join a limited number of guests on board the legendary yacht the ‘Christina O’, once the floating mansion and playground of Aristotle Onassis and his famous and influential guests. Originally a WWII [...]

A Personal Concierge with your France Rail Pass

France by train

France Rail Pass Premium Offers a Concierge Service that Matches a Grand Hotel: At most hotels, you have to show up at the place before you can begin to seek assistance from their concierge service, if it exists at all.  This is not so with the new Personal Concierge service that France Rail is introducing [...]