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ISSN 2754-6799 To Subscribe to THE GOOD LIFE FRANCE MAGAZINE Click the button below SUBSCRIBE CONTENTS The Good Life France Magazine No. 35 Summer 2023 ISSN 2754-6799 Contributors Gillian Thornton is an award-winning travel writer and member of the British Guild of Travel Writers, specialising in French destinations and lifestyle. Her favourite place? ‘Usually where I have just been!’ The magazine is free to read, download and share Ally Mitchell is a blogger and freelance writer, specialising in food and recipes. Ally left the UK to live in Toulouse in 2021 and now writes about her new life in France on her food blog NigellaEatsEverything Jeremy Flint is an awardwinning professional photographer and writer specialising in travel, landscape and location photography. Published in multiple publications, his awards include Association of Photographers Discovery Award Winner, National Geographic Traveller Grand Prize Winner, and five-times finalist Travel Photographer of the Year. Love France? Subscribe to our lively and fun podcast – everything you want to know about France and more – click the button: NEWSLETTER Podcast Want more France? Subscribe to The Good Life France weekly newsletter for fabulous features, recipes and more. SUBSCRIBE 34 8 ON THE COVER 8 The Chateau de Gudanes, Pyrénées The incredible story of an abandoned sleeping beauty castle bought back to life by a determined Australian family. 18 Spotlight on the Drôme and the Loire departments The unspoiled, unknown and surprising part of southern France. 28 Ariège – the land that time forgot Discover the stunning region that’s unknown even to the French. 34 Le weekend in: Pas de Calais Explore an authentic, picturesque, and welcoming corner between the sea and the land. The Good Life France ISSUE Nọ 35 A real-life sleeping beauty castle Ten years after an Australian family were inspired to bring the abandoned Chateau de Gudanes back to life – it’s utterly glorious The Armada sails Ships ahoy in the historic city of Rouen Spotlight on Saint Malo, Brittany Swashbuckling adventure, romantic walks, and scrumptious Breton fare Autumn IN PROVENCE Discover wine and food paradise in Burgundy… Explore stunning alpine Ariège, historic Picardy, charming Pasde-Calais, and more… Delicious recipes Bringing you an irresistible taste of France – including the most mouth-watering, moreish French onion soup Magazine FREE 124 pages of inspirational features and gorgeous photos The Good Life France Magazine Front Cover: Eiffel Tower, Paris Editor-in-chief: Janine Marsh Editorial assistant: Trudy Watkins Press enquiries: editor (at) the Good Life France.com Advertising: sales (at) the Good Life France.com Digital support: websitesthatwork.com Layout design: Philippa French littlefrogdesign.co.uk ISSN 2754-6799 Issue 35 Autumn 2023 42 DISCOVER 42 The Grape Escape, Provence Witness the timeless tradition of the vendange, the grape harvest, in Provence. 48 A tasty trek through the north of France Follow the route of the delicious Vallée de la Gastronomie through Burgundy and Beaujolais. 4 | The Good Life France The Good Life France | 5