France Archives - A Luxury Travel Blog For those who enjoy the finer things in life... Sat, 30 Mar 2024 16:43:05 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Review: The Stables, Chateau de la Fuye, Chinon, France https://www.aluxurytravelblog.com/2024/03/30/review-the-stables-chateau-de-la-fuye-chinon-france/ https://www.aluxurytravelblog.com/2024/03/30/review-the-stables-chateau-de-la-fuye-chinon-france/#comments Sat, 30 Mar 2024 16:43:02 +0000 https://www.aluxurytravelblog.com/?p=197847 This is the Versailles of gites. Within the shadow of the fifteenth-century Château de La Fuye sits a romantic...

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]]> https://www.aluxurytravelblog.com/2023/12/18/exploring-the-mediterranean-on-a-gulet/feed/ 14 Rivieria’s voyage around Corsica on the Star Clipper https://www.aluxurytravelblog.com/2023/09/08/rivierias-corsica-star-clipper/ https://www.aluxurytravelblog.com/2023/09/08/rivierias-corsica-star-clipper/#comments Fri, 08 Sep 2023 12:56:40 +0000 https://www.aluxurytravelblog.com/?p=192601 Sailing south-east from the glamour of the Côte d’Azur - the glittering trio of Nice, Cannes and St Tropez - the Star Clipper leaves one of France’s richest departments for a rugged, rural island. The four-masted Star Clipper, a nautical tribute to the golden age of sail, slices through the Mediterranean as we approach Corsica.

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