Some French Halloween vocabulary…and some really bad French Halloween jokes.
A ‘Proof of Accommodation’ document that your UK visitors could be asked to produce when entering France.
Did you know that “La Marseillaise”, France’s national anthem, was actually composed in Strasbourg in 1792, not in Marseilles as we might assume?
In 1947, the Comité National des Sentiers de Grande Randonnée (CNSGR) was created by the Touring-Club de France, later to become, in 1978, la Fédération Française de Randonnée Pédestre
Why do I need to renew my Brexit card?
From 12 October 2025 the EU’s Entry/Exit System (EES) began to record most non-EU visitors to the Schengen area (passport data + photo; first-time entrants also give fingerprints).
An update of local news in the Pyrenees-Orientales
The vaccination campaign against seasonal flu and Covid in France has now been launched.
Ille sur Têt was an important religious centre in Medieval times.
Use the electronic toll payment badge on all motorways in France, Spain, Portugal and Italy.