8th September 2008
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Travelling to France

Welcome to our pages about travelling to France.

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We've got advice, information and reader's experiences of transport to France, whether you are driving, flying or travelling by rail.

Also try:

• Flight Guide
• Ferry Guide
• Getting Around France
• Guide to the Regions of France

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We want to know about your experiences of getting about in France. Do you have advice and tips for other tourists? Anecdotes, articles and feedback are all welcome.

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Maps and Guides for French regions

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maps & guides

There are maps and guides to France catering for most kinds of traveller and covering most regions - don't go on holiday without one!
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Eurostar Paris Deals

Amazing offers and excellent value fares

Eurostar Eurostar has moved from London Waterloo to St Pancras. Improved journey times and lower fares mean Eurostar is exceptional value for money. Not only are fares great value, but FrenchEntrée Travel Club has got some amazing Paris short break Eurostar deals!
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Discover the very best of Normandy

What Normandy has to offer, plus an invaluable list of events and festivals.

Normandy The Normandy departments of La Manche and Calvados burst into life during the spring and summer months; they are a riot of colour, from the golden beaches, blue sea and lush green countryside to the gardens, paintings, parades, fireworks and festivals that are so much a part of the region. With hundreds of miles of coastline steeped in the history of D-Day and William the conqueror, as well as the world famous... discover Normandy...

Travel to the Ski Resorts of France

Your options for getting to French mountain resorts

Snow train
The Snow Train
Read on to find out about your options for the following modes of transport:

1. Plane – Guide to the airports
2. Train – The ski train and others
3. Automobile – Driving there via the channel tunnel and ferry, or hiring once in resort.

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Driving in France – An Introduction

What to expect and how to stay legal.

Stock ImageDriving in France can be a great pleasure (endless quiet country roads) or sheer madness (ringroads & rush-hours in any big city). Although the French have had a notoriously...

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Offsetting Your Carbon Emissions

An easy way to reduce greenhouse gasses.

Climate Care The recent media coverage of climate change means that more and more travellers are deciding to 'offset their carbon emissions'. This is quick, easy and costs very little. Here's how it works... what's going on with the weather...

Drinking & Driving in France

Beware of the change in attitudes!

Savoie + fire The relaxed attitude to drinking and driving in France has surprised and sometimes delighted many foreign visitors. Tales such as the account in ‘A Year in Provence’, where policemen were helping drunk partygoers into their cars at the end of a village meal were not rare.

But things have swiftly changed, since the French government pledged to lower the terrifyingly high number of deaths on French roads...

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Removals to France

Choosing a removals company to transport posessions to your home in France.

removals lorry Moving your possessions to France was once the preserve of a few specialist international removals firms. Not any more. There are over 20 firms listed in the FrenchEntrée.com Directory alone. ... more...

Speed Traps in France

A guide to the speed cameras in France

speed cameras, FranceThe French Government has introduced a comprehensive program of automatic radars to be installed all over the country...

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Did You Know?

ChrysanthemumsToussaint ('All Saints'), on 1st November is when most of France visit graveyards to pay homage to those who have departed this world, and festoon the graves with chrysanthemums.Did you know?... that of all the holiday periods in France, the most dangerous to be driving on the roads is over the Toussaint period, when the most accidents and deaths on the roads have been recorded.
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