FrenchDuck.com https://frenchduck.com/latest/ Latest on the best of France, French Wine, French Food, Travel, Holidays and Events Mon, 08 Sep 2025 16:59:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://frenchduck.com/latest/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/fflag_100.jpg FrenchDuck.com https://frenchduck.com/latest/ 32 32 36330165 Lille Street Food Festival https://frenchduck.com/latest/lille-street-food-festival/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lille-street-food-festival Mon, 08 Sep 2025 16:52:59 +0000 https://frenchduck.com/latest/?p=46654 The Lille (59 Nord, Hauts de France) Street Food Festival is more than just a culinary event: it’s an unmissable event that brings together tens of thousands of foodies and food enthusiasts. In 2024, there were 49,000 of them! Experience 4 days of inventive street food, local flavors and a festive atmosphere . An event […]

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]]> 46654 Burgundy Terriors https://frenchduck.com/latest/burgundy-terriors/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=burgundy-terriors Fri, 11 Apr 2025 17:00:38 +0000 https://frenchduck.com/latest/?p=46299 2025 marks 10 years since the Climats de Bourgogne (Burgundy Terriors) were recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage site and hence every Spring there is a Festival to celebrate: Le Mois des Climats 2 May – 3 July 2025 A festival of unique events to discover the different facets of the Climats of Burgundy vineyards, […]

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]]> 46299 New Michelin Guide France 2025 (Red) https://frenchduck.com/latest/new-michelin-guide-france-2025-red/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-michelin-guide-france-2025-red Sat, 05 Apr 2025 09:53:03 +0000 https://frenchduck.com/latest/?p=46279 MICHELIN has presented the 2025 restaurant selection of The MICHELIN Guide France, which was unveiled during the annual MICHELIN Guide Ceremony in Metz. This year’s Ceremony saw the announcement of a range of awards, including two restaurants presented with the highest honour of 3 MICHELIN Stars. This edition of the guide has awarded 78 new […]

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]]> 46279 Bayeux Tapestry closed for 2 years! https://frenchduck.com/latest/bayeux-tapestry-closed-for-2-years/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bayeux-tapestry-closed-for-2-years Fri, 04 Apr 2025 14:59:15 +0000 https://frenchduck.com/latest/?p=46269 The Bayeux Tapestry Museum will close its doors to the public, for renovation work, from September 1st 2025. Reopening planned for October 2027. www.bayeuxmuseum.com However, in the meantime you can view the entire tapestry online at www.bayeuxmuseum.com For the first time, you will be able to freely explore the entire Bayeux Tapestry scene by scene […]

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]]> 46269 Toulouse Top City https://frenchduck.com/latest/toulouse-violet-festival/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=toulouse-violet-festival Fri, 17 Jan 2025 14:38:12 +0000 http://frenchduck.co.uk/wordpress/regions/mid-pyrenees/toulouse-violet-festival Toulouse has been named as one of the top 30 destinations in the World in Lonely Planet‘s “Best in Travel 2025”! Toulouse (31 Haut Garonne, Occitanie) is known as the Pink City but violet is the colour for February. Fête de la Violette 22 – 23 February 2025 Every year in February, during the flowering […]

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]]> 33436 Flights UK-France 2025 https://frenchduck.com/latest/flights-uk-france-2025/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flights-uk-france-2025 Fri, 10 Jan 2025 18:52:58 +0000 https://frenchduck.com/latest/?p=45653 The low-cost airline sector is very compeitive and as a result new routes are frequently introduced and other routes are discontinued. Ryanair has decided to close all its routes to Bordeaux (December 2024), and easyjet is to close its base at Toulouse (Spring 2025), alhough it is unlikely to result any closure of routes. more […]

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]]> 45653 Flights UK to France https://frenchduck.com/latest/45583-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=45583-2 Thu, 02 Jan 2025 18:27:24 +0000 https://frenchduck.com/latest/?p=45583 The post Flights UK to France appeared first on FrenchDuck.com.

]]> 45583 Driving in France – Low Emission Zones https://frenchduck.com/latest/driving-in-paris/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=driving-in-paris Tue, 31 Dec 2024 17:34:06 +0000 https://frenchduck.com/latest/?p=26349 42 French cities and urban areas are now covered by Low Emission Zones from January 2025. We would not generally recommend driving in Paris, with the congestion, difficulty and cost of parking as evidenced by the high proportion on cars with dents and scratches in the city. And with an efficient metro system (no location […]

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]]> 26349 Truffle Festival in the Dordogne https://frenchduck.com/latest/truffle-festival-in-the-dordogne/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=truffle-festival-in-the-dordogne Sat, 28 Dec 2024 12:46:59 +0000 http://frenchduck.co.uk/wordpress/?p=429 Held every year on the last Sunday in January (26 Jan 2025) the village of Sorges (24 Dordogne, Aquitaine) holds a competition to find the biggest truffle – and its the highly prized Black Truffle (truffe noire d’hiver). There is also a Truffle Market and the local hostelries will be offering Truffle omelettes! – Fête […]

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]]> 28988 Autoroute – free flow tolls https://frenchduck.com/latest/autoroute-free-flow-tolls/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=autoroute-free-flow-tolls Sun, 22 Dec 2024 11:25:51 +0000 https://frenchduck.com/latest/?p=45510 December 2024 – France is introducing new free flow (flux libre) tolls, designed to avoid congestion at toll booths (péages) on autoroutes. No more toll barriers! Gantries equipped with cameras, sensors and antennas, positioned above the lanes identify:

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