Where do the French Holiday?

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The Guardian posts an interesting article; My France – the French reveal their holiday getaways, where they ask:

Which bits of France do the French love to visit for the perfect holiday?

France is a country of balance," says Starck. For him, the Bassin d'Arcachon is the perfect example of this. "The climate is not too hot and not too cold, with four distinct seasons. The food is of a great quality, including amazing oysters and wonderful Bordeaux wines, a real and simple life, great forests, sand dunes, big waves, and the Bassin d'Arcachon itself is a kind of Venetian lagoon, which I deeply adore. There are no rocks around so it is a place where you cannot hurt yourself, a place mostly kindly and protective. Locals are happy to live there and their happiness is contagious."

The little village he stays in, Les Jacquets, exists far from the dictates of fashion, he adds. "It is a little village of oystermen and fishermen, a perfect example of successful communism. Everybody lives in similar, small cabanas, far from richness, very close to each other. For some it would be a nightmare. For me it is a real dream."

Other areas covered:
Biarritz
Vendée department, on the west coast of France
The Luberon, Provence
Paris (inevitable!)
The Alps/Alsace
Lake Annecy/Paris
Eastern Pyrenees

To read the complete article: My France – the French reveal their holiday getaways

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