Co-founder of Pure France. 20 years of visiting and photographing fabulous properties, meeting fascinating people and driving every main and back road in France.
Nathan Paulin from the Haute Savoie is a daredevil, highwire walker. He currently holds ten world records and has just completed an amazing slackwire walk 600 metres above ground from The Eiffel Tower to a Trocadero Square skyscraper.
Moustiers-Sainte-Marie is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France. In 2017, it had a population of 709. It is considered one of the "most beautiful villages of France". Discover the town and a beautiful Pure France holiday rental home.
A rock boat off the coast of Marseille has recently been surprising tourists and locals alike.
“The Invisible” is a totally man-made floating rock of 4.30 meters. A trompe-l'oeil larger than life imagined by Julien Berthier.
Suddenly, the rock starts to move ... and accelerates to a considerable speed...
Less than a kilometre from the Croisette in Cannes isthe Forest Natural Park of the Croix des Gardes, offering a secluded forest with many trails. Discover no less than 5 routes ranging from 1.5 km to 5.2 km crossing 80 wooded hectares punctuated by 5 look-out points to admire a 360° panorama over the bay of Cannes, the Estérel massif and the Lérins Islands.
Noilly Prat is one of the most drinks in the world. Joseph Noilly, a herbalist, developed the first formula in 1813, 50 years before the now archetypal vermouth, Martini. "White" Noilly Prat is the archetype of dry, straw-coloured French vermouth. Noilly Prat now makes Red and Ambre vermouths as well, introduced in the 1960s and 1980s, but they are less widely known. Produced in the small seaside town of Marseillan, there are organised daily visits as well as a large shop.
From September 1 to 30, 2021, the towns of Pontoise, Auvers-sur-Oise and Isle-Adam invite you on a journey to the time of the Impressionists on the occasion of the first edition of the 'Month of Impressionism' festival. Shows, exhibitions and workshops for all, old and young, come and discover the painters who lived in the Oise Valley and made it a major place for the history of art.
The iconic French actor, Jean-Paul Belmondo has died at the age of 88. The actor died at his home in Paris, his lawyer Michel Godest said.
Belmondo burst onto the silver screen in the 1950s, but made his name during the next decade's New Wave of titles including "Breathless" and "The Man from Rio".
Over his 50-year career, Bébel, as he is known in France, appeared in 80 movies, starring in both popular and auteur films and working under a variety of major French directors, from Francois Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard to Claude Lelouch.
If you are driving or taking the train between Nice and Cannes, you cannot fail to notice some of the most extraordinary contemporary architecture in France. Situated on the waterfront between Nice and Cannes is the Marina Baie des Anges in Villeneuve-Loubet with its amazing apartment buildings.
Port Grimaud is a man-made seaside town close to Saint-Tropez and Sainte-Maxime. The town was created by architect François Spoerry in the 1960s by modifying the marshes of the river Giscle on the bay of Saint-Tropez. Built with channels in a Venetian manner, but with French "fisherman"-style houses resembling those in Saint-Tropez,
Seillans is a superbly picturesque, hill-top village overlooking the plain between the southern Alps and the Esterel, which borders the sea between Cannes and Saint-Raphaël. It is officially one the prettiest villages of France. Come and discover its charms and a fantastic holiday rental villa available for all weeks in September.
Françoise Hardy, the iconic French singer and acress has just released her long awaited book, 'Chansons Sur Toi Et Nous' - a volume of all her songwords that she has written between 1962 and 2018. Accompanying the lyrics are anecdotes and memories.
The Ardeche River in central France offers some of the greatest canoeing and kayaking in France. For a fabulous day out for all ages and all levels of expoerience, the scenery is spectacular, including the famous Pont d'Arc at Vallon.
The Amphitheatre in Arles is one of the greatest remaining examples of Roman architecture in southern Europe. It is a beautiful structure, intact for the most part and dominates the fascinating southern French town of Arles, on the edge of the Camargue National Park.
We won ! On a gagné ! Last night on TF1 TV, Pure France's holiday rental villa won first prize on Tuesday's edition of Les Plus Belles Vacances.
Pure France's Amélie Roca presented the house with our friend, Lily Pullen and they helped outshine the two other competing properties.
One of Pure France's best holiday rental homes will be competing on TF1's 'Les Plus Belles Vacances' on Tuesday July 27th at 5.30pm.
Three holiday properties compete every day to be chosen by a celebrity couple as their chosen house in which to have a holiday.
See if Amélie from Pure France will be the winner !
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.
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.
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...