Vintage Holiday Blog

France is a country of stunningly diverse landscapes. Its beauty is propelled into the hearts of its visitors with one of its greatest pleasures being the many impressive and imposing rivers the country proudly boasts. Like the country’s picturesque, well-maintained and relatively empty roads provide for a cyclist’s rapture, France’s great rivers entice a fisherman like the bait he is offering the fish.

Being named after the great river Dordogne that runs through it, the particularly beautiful Dordogne is home to some of the most remarkable rivers in France and consequently proves to be a fisherman’s paradise.

Fishing in the River Dordogne is a real treat for fishermen

Continue reading

The French Riviera with its fresh air, warm sea, fine cuisine combined with the very relaxed Riviera vibe is always a pleasure to visit and a hard place to beat. The only difficulty is leaving!

So, to remember your visit you may like to consider taking home with you one or more of these unique gift ideas from the French Riviera. 

Fine French Wines

Thanks to its excellent all year round temperatures and nutrient rich soils, the south is arguably one of the best places in France to harvest wine. If you’ve experienced fine French cuisine you’ll have no doubt had a glass of wine from the region to accompany it. One of the best southern wine regions to visit is Languedoc-Roussillon. If possible, try to visit a few local vineyards and join one of the many excellent wine tours and tastings events on offer. Click here to see all the vineyards in the region.

Wine regions around The French Riviera

Continue reading

We’ve recently asked some of our French holiday villa owners to lay on a little welcome pack for arriving guests and very happy to report that they are coming on board with the idea.

This means that whatever time of day or night you arrive at the villa that you always have the essentials to start enjoying your holiday without the desperate need to go shopping immediately. The initial feedback to date has been fantastic and is now something we are trying to encourage across all properties.

The original French market basket full of local essentials including a delicious bottle of red wine!

Continue reading

We’ve just added a fantastic property to our ever growing portfolio of luxury villas in South West France. It’s called Le Prada, sleeps up to 11, has a tennis court, a family sized (fenced) swimming pool and is located just 50 minutes from beaches in Capbreton, Hossegor, Seignosse – all of which are wide, sandy beaches known for their excellent surf.

Le Prada - an impressive villa in South West France that sleeps 11

The property is available between 3^rd July to end of October and there is still very good availability for the 2010 summer school holidays.

  Continue reading

It’s quite possible that you would have either heard of Roussillon or seen it on a picture postcard somewhere. It’s situated in the South West tip of France and borders Spain, and as a village, has been deemed as one of France’s most beautiful thanks to its medieval ochre buildings (red rocks, red stone buildings and red tile roofs). The history of Roussillon is also fascinating and date way back to Hannibal and beyond.

Discover Roussillon’s medieval charm

Continue reading