The major event of the  Cote d’Azur  region in winter and one of the biggest carnivals in the world Nice carnival  offers a sublime and unforgettable spectacle...

Prices have soared in the capital, and have broken all records. However, this boom time could be over soon. 2010 was clearly marked as a year of price increases...

As we all know Christmas is a Christian feast but throughout Europe, the rituals associated with the onset of winter go back to time immemorial. In the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church decided to replace the pagan figures...

Life annuity is coming back. Still potentially interesting, the investment deserves to be looked at in detail before signing up for it. So life annuity is coming back...

We are running a competition with £300 travel vouchers you can use to fly to France. To participate you just need to click on the “Like” button at the top of our Facebook page:

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Sainte Catherine is celebrated on the 25th of November. Catherine of Alexandria is the patron of the barbers, wheelwrights, rope makers, drapers, schoolchild and students, wool spinners, genealogists, millers...

Calculated from the level of inflation, rent index rates allow home owners to raise the rent during a lease period. This quarter marks its highest increase since the beginning of 2009. The rent index rates (RIR) continue to forge ahead...

Robert and Carole-Ann Pill, a retired couple in their sixties, have the travel bug, and they have it bad.  Hailing from Victoria, Australia, they’ve so far globetrotted their way around the UK, Ireland, the USA, Spain, Italy, Greece, Mexico, Fiji and more

Make the most of the next few months and give your French garden some TLC.

The month of October is already nearly at an end  and the weather is still fairly mild and temperate. With the so called  Indian summer we had a few weeks ago, there hasn’t been a major  change in the weather, with winter seeming far away...

There are four common types of fireplace, which include  the traditional wood fireplace, as well as gel fireplaces, electric fireplaces and gas fireplaces. Here’s the lowdown on each type together with their pros and cons...