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RAISE A GLASS OF FESTIVE CHEER WITH GRAPE ESCAPES AT REIMS’ CHRISTMAS MARKET WEEKEND 07-09 DECEMBER 2012
Add some excitement to your Christmas shopping this year with Grape Escapes’ Prestige Christmas Market Weekend in Champagne from 07-09 December 2012. The two night trip is an ideal pre-Christmas break, combining a mixture of Champagne vineyard tours and tasting with the gastronomic and cultural delights of Reims’ traditional Christmas Market for as little as £344 per person.
Over the weekend, enjoy tours and tastings around a small, family run producer of Grand Cru Champagnes learning about the process from press to bottle followed by a tasting. A trip to a second producer offers a different palate of flavours, followed by a visit of one of the famous Champagne Houses in Reims or Epernay such as Moët & Chandon, GH Mumm, Pommery or Veuve Clicquot, to see the vast racks of champagne maturing on a tour of their extensive cellars and a glass of at least two of their Champagnes. A four course gourmet lunch at the Hostellerie du Mont Aimé accompanied by a Champagne aperitif and fine wines will follow, and an English speaking guide to accompany guests throughout the tour will enhance the whole experience.
Please contact Grape Escapes to book places on 08456 430 860 or email at info@grapeescapes.net.
OFFERS FROM THE FRENCH TRAVEL SERVICE
FTS is extending its already wide range of independent, tailor-made holidays for the connoisseur. In 2013, the accent is on freedom of movement and flexibility with motorhome touring in Provence and self-catering apartments in popular resorts from the Atlantic Coast to the Alps.
Roaming with a Motorhome in Provence
After a swift, high-speed rail journey by Eurostar and TGV to Marseille, simply collect your motorhome and you are free to explore the highways and byways of Provence at your own pace. Vehicles are the latest models and range in capacity from 2 to 6 people.
Marseille is European City of Culture in 2013 and hundreds of events are planned both in the city itself and in nearby towns such as Arles and Aix en Provence. With a motorhome, getting from one place to another and finding overnight accommodation is not a problem!
Prices from £759pp include return rail travel, a night in Marseille at each end of the holiday and motorhome hire for 7 nights.
Self-catering apartments
Offering an excellent combination of flexibility and economy, the new FTS self-catering programme features destinations as diverse as La Rochelle on the Atlantic Coast, Annecy on the shores of its exquisite Alpine lake, and the ever-popular resorts of Bandol and Menton on the Côte d’Azur.
Prices start at £299 pp (La Rochelle) and include travel by Eurostar/TGV and 7 nights’ accommodation.
City breaks
The FTS city break programme, which offers well over 50 destinations throughout the country, now includes the historic cathedral cities of Rouen and Metz (home to the only Pompidou Centre outside Paris) as well as Clermont-Ferrand, capital of the Auvergne, a region famed for its amazing volcanic landscapes.
FTS offers a wide variety of independent touring holidays in some of the greenest, most spectacular regions of France. They include the Basque Country, the Pyrenees, southern Auvergne, Burgundy, the Loire Valley and Provence.
Visit www.F-T-S.co.uk for full details of holidays.
CHRISTMAS COMES EARLY FOR TRAVELLERS IN FRANCE
Anyone thinking of travelling to France for a spot of Christmas shopping or an indulgent pre-Christmas break can save up to 65% on train tickets from Paris to a host of French destinations.
Standard class fares start at just £13.50 one way from Paris to Reims, £33 one way from Paris to Avignon, Montpellier, Bordeaux and Marseille and from £38.50 from Paris to Nice, Cannes and Antibes.
Other destinations featured in the offer include Toulouse, Strasbourg, Perpignan, Grenoble and Luxembourg, with departures also available from Lille and Brussels to selected destinations.
The offer is available for booking between Tuesday 13 November and Tuesday 27 November ’12 for travel dates between Tuesday 16 November and Tuesday 18 December ‘12 inclusive.
Included in the offer are first and standard class tickets on day time services and reclining seats, 4 and 6-berth couchettes on overnight services.
Tickets can be booked online at www.raileurope.co.uk, on 0844 848 4070, or at the Rail Europe Travel Centre at 193 Piccadilly, London W1J 9EU.
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P&O; CRACKER
P&O; Ferries has uncorked a cracking deal to kick-start cross Channel shopping trips in the run up to Christmas.
Book a Dover – Calais day trip for a car and passengers, with fares from just £25 return, and collect six free bottles of red, white or rose JP Chenet wine on board.
The offer applies to bookings for travel from 7 November until 14 December. For more information or to book go to www.poferries.com or call 08716 646464.
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