Nearly 30 years since she left her native United States for the sun-dappled shores of the Riviera, Lanie Goodman tells us why it’s the best decision she’s ever made Why did you choose to call Villefranche-sur-Mer home? The advantages…
Patrice Bertrand meets three expats who realised their dream of owning a vineyard in the south of France – and never looked back Amidst his ten hectares of vines overlooking the picturesque Provençal village of Le Barroux and…
Tim Matthews with chef Alexandre Gauthier In the pretty and petit hilltop village of Montreuil-sur-Mer, something foodie is afoot… Janine Marsh meets a British expat who teamed up with a local superstar chef to put this northern French town…
The Infantes tell FrenchEntrée how they transformed a beautiful stone mas in the Vaucluse into a tranquil, relaxed-looking home for their family FRENCHENTRÉE MAGAZINE: What brought you to France? ALISON INFANTE: We lived in Hertfordshire near Welwyn Garden…
Dismayed by modern architecture, artist Jonathan Robinson tells Greg Cook how he fled to the sanctuary of a dilapidated 18th-century watermill deep within a forested enclave in the Loire Valley Should Jonathan Robinson ever find Prince Charles on the…
The Sills have had many adventures in the old farmhouse they bought in deepest Charente back in 2000. Their love affair with France is still going strong, they tell Sylvia Edwards Davis FRENCHENTRÉE MAGAZINE: How did you pick this…
When Dutch couple Theo and Ellen wanted a lifestyle change for their family, they found their perfect new home in the Lot. Justin Postlethwaite finds out more For anyone considering a move to France, the relaxed way of…
We catch up with Liz Rodgers, managing director of Holiday France Direct and confirmed Francophile since youth… What is your earliest memory of visiting France? My earliest memory of France is taking part in a school exchange trip…
From the moment Janet Hulstrand waltzed into Essoyes as a bright-eyed seasonal grape-picker, it was love at first sight. The rest, as they say, is history… Why did you choose Essoyes? Well, Essoyes chose me, in a way. I…
Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis Author Janine Marsh up and left London for the land of Ch’ti after falling head over heels for a crumbling farmhouse in the village of Sempy, Seven Valleys Why did you choose this village?…
We sneak a peek inside Norwegian couple Heidi and Morten Nystad’s Scandinavia-meets-Occitanie holiday home, near coveted Uzès FRENCHENTRÉE MAGAZINE: What brought you to France? HEIDI & MORTEN NYSTAD: France was always our favourite holiday destination, and year after…
Pleasures of the Campagne Dominic Bliss journeys to the south-western Gers département to meet an expat who revels in the area’s peace and calm, both on and off two wheels Quiet? You haven’t experiened it until you’ve visited the…
