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Lake Annecy Slow Travel by Bike, Boat and Village Inn
Lake Annecy looks impossibly calm in photographs, then you arrive on an August Saturday and spend forty minutes looking for...
Your train is delayed, the hire car desk had a queue, and the satnav now says you will reach the village at 22:40. The inn's website mentioned reception closing at 20:00, and you are picturing a night in the car park.
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Lake Annecy looks impossibly calm in photographs, then you arrive on an August Saturday and spend forty minutes looking for...
Travel Tips
You finish a long lunch at a village restaurant, the bill arrives on a little saucer, and suddenly you are not sure whether...
Road Trips
Most people see the Gorges du Verdon from one crowded lay-by, take a photo of the green water, and drive on to the coast.
Regional Food
You sit down in a Breton creperie, the menu lists thirty galettes with names like "complete" and "forestiere", and you cannot...
Inns and Stays
You find a stone inn in a Burgundy village with glowing reviews, open the listing, and see two stars.
France Regions
Most people meet the Ardeche from a canoe in August, squeezed between hundreds of other canoes, and leave thinking it is a...
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