Every few years, world's biggest (and not so big) tall sailing ships sail into France and head for the city of Rouen. These massive multi-mast sail ships from yesteryears, though many are new, are a sight to be seen. Slow...
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Welcome to Travel in France Tips. To look at a closer geographical area of France, you will find a drop down menu on the top right, for mobile phone users it’s at the bottom, (“Area of France” – “Select Category”). The drop down is categorised West, North, East, South and Centre, followed by the region, followed by the city. You will also find a section for restaurants, castles and for annual events. On the top menu you will also find a blog, used for personal chatter when I usually go to some place to discover. There is also on the right the next three events in France, plus the ability to see all upcoming events. The events are major events, not small local ones.
This site deals with all of France, except Paris. If you are interested in more information about Paris, check out Colleen’s Paris for an insider’s view.
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Here are the latest 10 updates on the site, and below that is a map with the cities covered so far:
- 2018/05/03 Published: Review: Flixbus (Intercity Bus Service)
- 2018/04/29 Updated: Buses – Intercity (added 2 interior photos of Flixbus)
- 2018/03/26 Published: Buses – Intercity
- 2018/03/19 Published: Railroads – The Railway-Stations
- 2018/03/13 Published: Railroads – TER – Regional Trains
- 2018/03/05 Published: Railroads – Intercites
- 2018/02/26 Published: Railroads – TGV: The French High Speed Train
- 2017/12/18 Published: Le Havre: Stairways To Heaven?
- 2017/10/14 Updated: Rouen’s Festival of the Stomach (added 3 photos)
- 2017/07/05 Published: Dieppe – The Ferry
- 2017/07/03 Published: Le Havre – The Ferry
- 2017/06/28 Published: Ouistreham – The Ferry
- 2017/06/27 Published: Pegasus Bridge Memorial and Museum
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Here are the recent articles:
The Flixbus intercity bus service (and also pan-European service) is the biggest bus service in Europe. Click here to read more about the different intercity bus services in France. Thanks to the many and extended strikes (and often very bad...
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A few years back (2015), when the current President of France, Emmanuel Macron, was the Minister of Economy, he made it possible for scheduled bus services between cities in France at low cost. The idea was to make intercity travel...
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What was once a big and far reaching rail network has dwindled over the last few decades. The French railroads have been closing rail lines and therefore closing railway-stations. Today there are 3029 stations left, but the ones that are...
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The High Speed Train (TGV) is the premium fast rail service offered by the French railroads, the SNCF. It's followed by the inter-regional service called "Intercites". And finally there's the regional service called TER (Transport Express Régional). This service links...
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The French railroads, the SNCF, used to have a very extensive rail network linking most cities and bigger towns in France with each other. Apart from the High Speed Train (=TGV), the interlinking of cities was the top service category...
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Moving around France is easy. First of all, you have a great motorway network, called the "Autoroutes". Although most of them are toll roads (=Peages), they are well maintained and offer many service areas along the way. But if driving...
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If you are not someone who likes or wants to climb stairs, this article is not for you. On the other hand, if you like a physical challenge, read on. The city of Le Havre is built partially at sea-level...
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Although billed as the end of the 500 years celebrations of Le Havre, this is an event that occurs every two years, so on its own, a regular event. The Transat Jacques Vabre is a sailboat race from Le Havre...
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A taste of what will be happening on the 3rd of September. For the 500 years celebration of the city of Le Havre, some 50 tall ships will be gathering starting on the 31st of August. On the 3rd of...
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One of the main events of the 500 years celebrations of Le Havre was going to be the parade of Giants produced by the Royal de Luxe. Although the company is based in Nantes, the appearance of the first giant...
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The city of Dieppe has quite an active ferry activity. Up to 3 sailings per day, for the four hour crossing (it used to be half the time when they were operating a fast ferry, but those days are gone)....
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Jace, born in Le Havre, is quite an internationally famous street artist. His character, Gouzou, can be found on walls and other places around the world. It's therefore no surprise that Jace worked on doing something special for the 500...
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Le Havre used to be a busy ferry station, with two ferry operators going to the UK and Ireland. But that has been reduced to one operator going to Portsmouth in the UK. Which is strange, since Le Havre lies...
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The Ouistreham ferry is the ferry operating for the city of Caen, which lies some 15 kilometres away. There is a whole section of the rather small harbour of Ouistreham dedicated to the ferry. There are 3 sailings daily, taking you...
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If there was one essential and strategic point during the invasion of Normandy, also known as D-Day, by the Allied troops, it would have been the capture of the two bridges in Benouville and the neighbouring Ranville. The two bridges were...
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Continuing its 500 year celebrations in style, and using the latest technology, the city of Le Havre has installed its first two 360° VR (Virtual Reality) terminals for the visiting public. Le Havre is the second city (after Paris) to...
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2017 is a very special year for the harbour city of Le Havre in Normandy. 500 years earlier, the French King Francois I ordered a city and its associated harbour to be built at the mouth of the Seine river....
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The Utah Beach was one of the D-Day landing beaches, this one mostly staffed with US Army soldiers. It was on the Western edge of the D-Day beaches, and the beach consisted of deep sand and dunes. 3200 soldiers died on the...
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The names Omaha, Utah, Sword, Gold and Juno are names that many WWII buffs will know very well since those are the names of the landing beaches during the D-Day, the Allied invasion of German occupied Europe. 4 years of...
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Normally speaking the village of Sainte-Mere-Eglise should mean nothing to most people. Unless you are a WWII buff or a movie buff. The movie in question is "The Longest Day" starring none other than John Wayne trying to get to...
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Transport Getting There There is a direct rail line Cherbourg - Paris which makes getting there easy and fast if you are arriving from the capital. By Air Cherbourg has a small airport (Maupertus Airport) but there are no scheduled flights in...
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One of the few things that are worth a visit in Cherbourg, or even doing a detour to visit, is the Cite de le Mer museum. The museum is quite recent, it opened its doors in the year 2002. But...
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Cherbourg, or as it is known officially Cherbourg-Octeville (after having merged with its neighbouring town), can be described as "quaint". That's the word I would use if I were to be positive. The real words that come to my mind...
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My name is Mike Werner, Dutch, lived in 22 countries and finally settled with my Irish wife in France.
I worked several jobs, the last one for 10 years as a motorcycle, travel & tourism journalist.
Travel France Tips by Mike Werner is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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