10 January 2013 by Chris Jones
“A comfortable, bungalow-style gite at Barneville-Carteret on Normandy’s unspoilt western coast. Easy-to-get-to, it has 2 bedrooms sleeping up to 4 guests looking for a holiday amongst history, nature and good …
16 July 2012 by Chris Jones
Breton farm building conversions This month’s property is in fact a collection of four holiday cottages near Dinan, Cotes d’Armor – each beautifully converted from typically Breton farm buildings. The…
20 June 2012 by Gillian Thornton
Impressive from any angle, Mont St Michel is even more uplifting when seen from the seabed, as Gillian Thornton describes. If you wind your way up to the hilltop Abbey…
12 January 2012 by Alison Hughes
A pleasant coastal location on the north-eastern tip of the Cherbourg peninsula, not far from Barfleur, St-Vaast-la-Hougue is something between a village and a town – and it’s full of…
