The first taste of accommodation in France for many English people is an organised school trip, especially nowadays when one can board a coach at school and with the help of the channel tunnel be in ones hotel in France a few hours later without having to leave the coach, a godsend to those having to ‘herd’ the children from England to France. Those first holidays in France , often away from the parents for the first time, leave a memorable impression on many a young mind which will stay for a lifetime. Some of the accommodation in France is unique to various areas but I think that something we all dream of at one time or another is a holiday in a Chateau in France, it gives us all a chance to dream and experience the splendour of a luxury holiday in France without being as expensive as say a 5 star hotel in Paris.

For many years a French gites was a very simple form of country accommodation in France often provided by small farms as an extra income; the popularity of the gites in France has become so great that now there are four different standards from which to choose, they now range from a simple room in a family house to part of a French Chateau or other outstanding architecturally interesting building or somewhere amidst spectacular scenery. This type of lodging in France is, like hotels etc., continually monitored for quality and adherence to standards.

This type of holiday in France has inspired many British to consider a move across the channel, with the popularity of certain television programs like “a day in Provence” adding fuel to the fire and the price of French property particularly of old farmhouses in the countryside has also proved a big factor.

Property in France on the Mediterranean Sea has for many years had a particularly strong attraction to people from all over Europe because of its warm summers and milder winters and prices there for many years have reflected the popularity. Many British coming to this part of France for their holidays bring their own cars which usually means driving for long hours in order to get to the holiday accommodation in France as quickly as possible which results in tiredness for the first couple of days. An alternative to consider is car hire in France , a quick flight from the UK to the nearest of the airports in France , pick up your French hire car and arrive quickly and relatively freshly.

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