France is renowned for its historic sites, its beautiful villages, beaches, museums, places of interest, tourist attractions. Here you will find a selection of great places to visit. Occitanie, Provence, Corsica, Burgundy, The Loire Valley - browse and discover the different regions for your holiday.
Discover the Château de Jau and its restaurant Le Grill in the Pyrénées Orientales.
Pure France highly recommend this great place. The setting, the service of the restaurant staff, and the quality of the products served make it a must-see in the Pyrénées Orientales.
The Sallèles antique pottery workshop dating back to the start of the High Romain Empire was a site where a huge volumes of clay pottery was produced. Situated near the Canal du Midi not far from the village of Sallèles-d'Aude, excavations began in 1976 and the Amphoralis museum designed by Roland Castro and Jean-Pierre Gary opened its doors to the public in December 1992.
The breath-taking Gorges de la Carença are located in the Eastern Pyrenees.
Winding trails, footbridges, suspension bridges, several levels of hikes and routes are accessible from the town of Thuès entre Valls. An out-of-the-ordinary experience and guaranteed thrills!
Visit Lorgues, a pretty town surrounded by vineyards in the Var department of the south of France
Stroll through the streets and alleys, relax in an pretty tea room or have lunch or dinner in an excellent restaurant in Lorgues. Enjoy Provence and rent a villa for the holidays with Pure France.
A fabulous day out for everyone holidaying in the Var region of the south of France. Lac Saint Cassien is a man-made lake covering 420 hectares. It is a wonderul recreational area great for hiking, swimming, picnics, canoeing, stand-up paddle and inflatable water park.
"It was probably the finest rental accommodation we’d had, and we’ve had some belters".
Anthony Peregrine is one of the UK's leading travel journalists. Having lived in France for over 20 years, he specialises in all things French and his writing appears regularly in The Times, The Sunday Times and The Daily Telepraph. Anthony recently rented one of our fabulous holiday homes and wrote a charming piece for The Sunday Times about his experience.
Summer is finally here and the days are hot ! Need somewhere to refresh yourself and have a good time in the heart of the nature of Languedoc /Occitanie ?
With its many gorges and lakes, Languedoc / Occitanie offers you a large choice of quality natural bathing places.
It's hot, it's sunny and it's summer! Come and discover an aquatic activity that will refresh and amuse both the young and the old.
Located at Lac de la Cavay in Carcassonne, 5 minutes from the City of Carcassonne: The Aquaviva Aquatic Park.
We have just added a luxurious new holiday rental property to our portfolio. An outstanding, fully renovated manor house in open countryside with panoramic views. Large heated pool, poolside summer kitchen, sauna and jacuzzi. Private tennis court...and more. Fully available for all summer weeks.
The final day of a wonderful trip around France to add some wonderful new holiday rental homes to our portfolio. From Bergerac to Bordeaux, from St Malo to Pau. France offers something for all holidaymakers in self-catering rental accommodation. Come and see today's amazing new houses...
The Bordeaux vineyards and its chateaux are beautifully picturesque. A fantastic region to visit. Today, we visit and add a new property to our portfolio near Saint Emilion. A fantasic, high quality holiday rental home situated on the estate of a wonderful wine chateau. And then it's a stay in Sarlat-la-Canéda.
The northern Brittany coastline is amongst the prettiest in the world. Impossible to leave without saying hello to the unique Mont St Michel. Today's trip starts the return south with a stop to visit a new holiday rental home and a stop-over in fabulous La Rochelle.
On holiday in the Alpes-Maritimes in Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur, you will discover the places not to be missed in this beautiful department. The Alpes-Maritimes is a very popular destination for tourists. Visit and explore this popular French department. Discover our holiday rental homes in this department.
From Bordeaux, it's an easy 60 minute drive north into the countryside and the tiny hamlet of Saint Georges des Agouts. Here is another fabulous new holiday rental property to add to our Pure France portfolio. A lovely, child-friendly house, and then onto the coast of Brittany to Dinard.
Day 3. Leaving Périgueux on the slow road to a beautiful new holiday rental home in Monflanquin, one of the pretteist villages in France. And then heading west to arguably the finest city in France, Bordeaux. The sites, and spoilt for choice of good restaurants !
The tour continues. Through the Pécharmant vineyards to visit a new holiday rental property for the Pure France portfolio. One of the most beautiful properties in the Dordogne / Périgord region. And then to Périgueux. Come and see the sites from today.
The sun arrives; with hot days and warm evenings. Covid restrictions are relaxed and we get back to our beautiful life in France again. It's time to take to the road and add some fantastic new properties to our portfolio of holiday rental homes. A six day trip to visit some amazing places. Come with us...
Rent a holiday home in Collioure - a small fishing port that attracted some of the great painters. Stroll through the lanes of vibrant colors and enjoy the view of the Mediterranean Sea. Collioure, village of Fauvism, inspired Matisse, Derain and many others thereafter.
If you are passing through Occitanie, you cannot miss the Cathar Castles. These historical heritages which make Occitanie a rich cultural heritage.
We have prepared a list for you with the five Cathar castles not to be missed. They all have in common an exceptional history and architecture.
Holidaying in France, there are some wonderful sites making Francethe most visited country in the world the most visited country in the world. France has forty five listed UNESCO sites - come and discover some of the most famous; Carcassonne, Paris and more.
On holiday in the south of France, come and visit the saltworks of Gruissan. Incredibly beautiful, you will discover how the salt is produced and end with a visit to the small museum and of course, the restaurant, facing the saltworks. An unforgettable visit.
Mont-Perdu designates a vast mountainous area between France and Spain. Registered since 2007 on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Let's go and explore this mountain range.
Mont-Perdu is a vast mountainous area between France and Spain. The eastern part of the Pyrenees National Park in the Hautes Pyrénées department as well as the Spanish park of Ordesa and Mont-Perdu.
Visit the beautiful historic town of Uzès in the south of France near Nimes. You can also visit the famous Haribo sweet manufacturer. And a fabulous holiday rental home of character awaits you for an unforgettable holiday a few kilometers from Uzès.
On the east side of the Cap d'Antibes peninsula lies a small cove with a lovely beach and two waterside restaurants with panoramic views over the bay towards Nice and Italy. It's a great spot for breakfast, sunbathing and swimming and a great lunch !
Located in the department of Cher in the Center-Val de Loire, it is a Catholic cathedral, built between the end of the 12th and the end of the 13th century.
Architecturally, the building is remarkable both for its proportions and for the structure of its sculptures and stained glass windows.