Hi France Travel Planners! If you’re planning a trip to Paris, you won’t want to miss out on the opportunity to take cooking lessons in Paris. Cooking classes Paris, France, come in a huge range of options that are suitable whatever your tastes or whoever you’re travelling with – from taking a specialist macaron making […]
Best Recommended Books About France
Hi Frugalistas! While no one is travelling at the moment my France Travel Planning Facebook group is still loving discussing all things France (you can join here if you are not already a member). Recently, we had fun sharing our favorite books about France. We had such a great discussion, that I asked my friend […]
Experience the best food in Paris: best food tours in Paris
Hi France Travel Planners! In this post just for you I’m talking Paris food tours. Obviously when you visit you will want to try the best food in Paris. After all that’s one of reasons many of us visit Paris. But with so many options, how do you find the best food tours in Paris? […]
Paris food tour: best Marais food tour with The Tour Guy
Hi Frugalistas! Regular readers will know how much I love a good food tour. I do them regularly when I travel to Europe. Food tours in Europe are a great to see the city, experience food you wouldn’t try otherwise and spend time with a friendly local. But I had never done a food tour […]
5 places to visit on a French river cruise to Normandy
Hi Frugalistas! European river cruises are definitely all the rage at the moment. The only question is which itinerary to choose? I think a river cruise from Paris to Normandy is a wonderful way to experience a luxury river cruise and must be one of the best river cruises available in Europe. But a Normandy […]
Paris Tour Guide: best Seine River cruise and Eiffel Tower visit with the Tour Guy
Hi Frugalistas and France Travel Planners! This is the first post written for both Frugalistas and France Travel Planners, because I know you will all want to read this post. I’ve been recommending The Tour Guy for some time now, based on others’ feedback, but on my recent trip to France we had the opportunity […]
Versailles Day Trip: Plan your day trip to Versailles from Paris
Hi France Travel Planners! With nearly 10 million visitors every year, the Palace of Versailles is one of the most visited historic sites in the world. Featuring near the top of many Paris day trips list of must dos, questions about taking a day trip to Versailles from Paris fill online forums such as the […]
Current Paris exhibitions: the Van Gogh exhibition Paris
Hi Frugalistas! If you saw my review of the Gustav Klimt exhibition at the Ateliers des Lumières in Paris last year, you’ll know I rated it a must do in Paris. For their 2019 exhibition, the Ateliers is featuring Van Gogh. If you are planning a trip to Paris, are interested in art exhibitions in […]
Paris day trips: the best day trips from Paris
Disneyland Paris day trip If you are travelling to Paris with kids, I’m sure you may not agree with me about Versailles being the most popular Paris day tour. Even sixteen year old MissG rates Disneyland number one on her list of Paris getaways. How to get to Disneyland from central Paris There are many […]
Things to do in Montmartre: a Montmartre walking tour
Hi Frugalistas! I know it’s many people’s favourite place in Paris and it’s certainly one of the most famous places in Paris, but I must admit Montmartre has never really done it for me. It’s never been one of my favourite places to visit in Paris. Too many tourists, too many Paris scammers, too hilly, […]