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About Tony Page

Tony Page is a professional writer and photographer and runs Travelsignposts with his wife Helen.

Gordes – “Most Beautiful Village in France”?

November 18, 2016 By Tony Page Leave a Comment

Gordes, Luberon video

Perched village gem a short(ish) walk from Abbaye de Sénanque’s lavender fields Gordes is often described as the “Jewel of the Luberon” and claims to be “the most beautiful village in France” (well, they would, wouldn’t they!). But you have to admit, there’s some truth behind the hyperbole, and thousands of tourists every year flock […]

Filed Under: Destinations Tagged With: eglise saint-firmin, gordes, gordes attractions, gordes castle, visit gordes

Money in France: the Euro

April 27, 2014 By Tony Page Leave a Comment

France Tricolor

France: Money: All about the Euro (€) As of January 1, 2002, the euro (€) replaced the national currency of 12 countries within the European Union, including France. You can exchange currency at any bank branch (hours are listed below). Automatic cash machines can be found in most commercial centres.   French Euro Banknotes The […]

Filed Under: Useful facts Tagged With: euro, france money

Food in Northern France

May 25, 2009 By Tony Page 4 Comments

Quiche lorraine

Food in Northern France: a brief gastronomical tour! Le Nord; Picardy; Champagne; Alsace and Lorraine Dunkerque; Calais; Boulogne; Le Touquet; Lille; Arras; Amiens; Beauvais; Chantilly; Compiegne; Epernay; Reims; Chalons-en-Champagne; Troyes; Nancy; Strasbourg; Verdun; Colmar; Riquewihr. Food in Northern France is both hearty and full of solid flavours – eating and drinking to satisfy the hungriest […]

Filed Under: Food Tagged With: Alsace, Ardennes, boudin, brie de meaux, Carbonnade, champagene, Champagne, Choucroute garnie, Food in France, Le Nord, Lorraine, northern france, Picardy, Porc aux deux pommes, quiche lorraine, Reims, riesling, saucisse de Strasbourg, Truite Ardennaise

Food in Southwest France

May 25, 2009 By Tony Page 3 Comments

Food in Southwest France: a brief gastronomical tour! Poitou and Aquitaine; Perigord, Quercy and Gascony; the Pyrenees. Bordeaux; Toulouse; Poitiers; La Rochelle; Rochefort; Cognac; St Emilion; Pauillac; Perigueux; Sarlat; Lascaux II; Bergerac; Rocamadour; Cahors; Condom; Moissac; Albi; Biarritz; Lourdes; Bayonne; Pau. Food in Southwest France sometimes appears to be the poorer cousin of grape-juice. Yes, […]

Filed Under: Food Tagged With: agen prunes, Aquitaine, armagnac, basque, Bordeaux, bordelaise, cassoulet, catalan, Cognac, foie gras, Gascony, Homard Persille, l'ouillade, Medoc, Perigord, Poitou, Pomerol, PyreneesFood in Southwest France, Quercy, quercy noix, Saint-Emilion, sauterne, touron, truffles

Food in Central France

May 24, 2009 By Tony Page 2 Comments

Food in Central France: a brief gastronomical tour! Burgundy and the Rhone Valley, the Jura and the Massif Centrale. Dijon; Nuit st Georges; Beaune; Cluny; Chablis; Santenay; Auxerre; Fontenay; Vezelay; Nevers; Autun; Macon; Arbois; Besancon; Ornans; Ronchamp; Limoges; Aubusson; Moulins; Vichy; Clermont-Ferrand; Le Puy-en-Velay; Conques; Lyon; Bourg-en-Bresse; Perouges; Montelimar; Grenoble; Chambery; Aix-les-Bains; Annecy; Evian-les-Bains; Lac […]

Filed Under: Food Tagged With: Aloxe-Corton, Andouilettes a la Lyonnaise, Auvergne, Beaune, Boeuf Bourguignon, boudin, Bourgogne, Bresse, Burgundy, Chambolle-Musigny, Charolais, Chassagne-Montrachet, Clafoutis, coq au vin, Côte d'Or, Côte de Beaune, Côte de Nuits, dijon, Dijonnaise, Dombes, escargots, Falette, Forez, Gevrey-Chambertin, Jura, lamb, Lyon, Massif Centrale, Meursault, Nuits-St Georges, Oeufs en meurette, Pommard, Rhone Valley, Roquefort, Rosette de Lyon, Santenay, Savoy, Vosne-Romanee, Vougeot

Food in Western France

May 23, 2009 By Tony Page 2 Comments

Fruits de Mer, A favourite in Brittany and Normandy. This one is by Tom Dowson at the Basse Copette, his luxury B & B in Normandy

Food in Western France: a brief gastronomical tour! Normandy; Brittany; the Loire Valley. Rouen; Caen; Bayeux; Cherbourg; Mont-St-Michel; St Malo; Rennes; Nantes; Angers; Tours; Saumur; Vouvray; Amboise; Le Mans; Chartres; Orleans. Food in Western France will get you eating and drinking with a vengeance! With such a long coastline, it’s to be expected that seafood […]

Filed Under: Food Tagged With: belon oysters, Brittany, Calfedpotfe, camembert, crepes, crepes suzette, galettes, Loire, loire valley, Mont St Michel, Muscadet, Normandy, Pouilly-fume, rilettes, salt meadow, Sancerre, vouvray, western france

Food in the South of France

May 23, 2009 By Tony Page 6 Comments

Food in the South of France: a brief gastronomical tour! Languedoc-Roussillon; Provence; Cote d’Azur Perpignan; Carcassonne; Beziers; Montpellier; Nimes; Chateauneuf-du-Pape; Avignon; Arles; Aix-en-Provence; Marseille; Cassis; Toulon; St Tropez; Frejus; St Raphael; Grasse; Cannes; Antibes; St-Paul-de-Vence; Cap Ferrat; Nice; Menton; Monaco. Food in the South of France is above all the product of its environment. Permeated […]

Filed Under: Food Tagged With: Bandol, Bouillabaisse, Bourride, Brandade de morue, Camargue lamb, Cote d'Azur, Daube de boeuf a la provencale, Estandon, gastronomical tour, Languedoc-Roussillon, Pissaladiere, Pistou, Provencale, Provence, Ratatouille, South of France, tarte au citron

Food in France

May 23, 2009 By Tony Page Leave a Comment

France is the home of gastronomy, read on for the proof… Food in France! Surely a topic upon which an unending stream of tomes have been written, especially by the French. However, although the finest restaurants in France scale heights that few others even attempt, some of us might say that many second and third […]

Filed Under: Food Tagged With: eating and drinking, Food in France, gastronomical tour, regional specialities

Tour Routes in France

May 23, 2009 By Tony Page 2 Comments

Chateau Chambourd in the Loire

Tour Routes in France Virtually all multi-country Europe tours pass through or originate in Paris, but few see much more of France. It is possible to do a pretty extensive tour of France but even so some fairly important areas will be missing or only covered briefly. Regional tours are popular and give you more […]

Filed Under: Destinations, Featured Tagged With: Aix-en-Provence, Amboise, Angers, annecy, Arles, Avignon, Azey-le-Rideau, Bayeux, Beaune, Biarritz, Blois, Bordeaux, Brive La Gaillarde, Caen, Camargue, Cannes, Carcassonne, Chambord, Chamonix, Chartres, Chateaubriant, Chateauneuf du Pape, Chaumont, Chenonceau), Cheverny, Clos Luce, Cognac, Colmar, dijon, Epernay, Gevrey-Chambertin, Giverny, Grenoble, Lascaux, Limoges, Lourdes, Luberon, Metz, Monaco, Mont St Michel, Montpellier, Nantes, Nice, Normandy Beaches, Nuits-St Georges, Paris, Reims, Riquewihr, Rouen, Saumur, St Emilion, St Malo, St Paul de Vence, Stes Maries-de-la-Mer, Strasbourg, Tour routes in France, Tours, travel to France, Usse, Verdun, Versailles, Vezelay, Villandry

Travel to France

May 23, 2009 By Tony Page 1 Comment

Arc de Triomphe and Champs Elysees

Travel to France for a Europe Tour with Joie de Vivre! There’s a lot more to France than Paris and Provence. Travel to France involves a journey into the whole French way of looking at the world, and life. Not for nothing do we use the french words “savoir-faire” and “joie de vivre”! France lies […]

Filed Under: Destinations, Featured Tagged With: Bordeaux, Cote d'Azur, Dordogne, Flanders, French Alps, Loire, Massif Central, Normandy, Paris, Provence, travel to France

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