The Good Life France Magazine




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Summer 2023

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Chock-full of fantastic features and stunning photographs. You'll find inspiring, entertaining & informative destination features - French Riviera, Provence, Loire Valley, Mont-Saint-Michel, Alpine villages and secret places, recipes from French foodie legends, culture and history and much, much more... Bringing France to you wherever you are!

Fabulous Fontainebleau

Fabulous Fontainebleau Onwards we sailed, past a pair of courting black swans and fishermen sitting patiently on pontoons, and yet, we’re only 55kms from Paris. Our next stop was the magnificent Chateau of Fontainebleau. If walls could talk then those at this enormous castle of some 1500 rooms would have plenty to say. Collegiale Saint-Quiriace © Provins Cheyenne and watched silos filling bulky holds with a backdrop of pretty villages, vineyards, and lovely houses that sit at the edge of the river. Wild birds swoop overhead, and swans glided regally as we floated gently and admired the glorious countryside, and sometimes we QUALITY FRENCH MANUFACTURED FIBREGLASS SWIMMING POOLS O P E R A T I N G T H R O U G H O U T F R A N C E 5 STAR REVIEWS 1 W E E K I N S T A L L A T I O N O V E R 3 0 P O O L M O D E L S 1 0 Y E A R G U A R A N T E E POOLS DIRECT (+33) 6 42 50 04 31 www.poolsdirect.online contact@poolsdirect.online www.facebook.com/poolsdirect S I R E T : 9 0 4 9 5 3 9 5 7 0 0 0 1 9 stopped at locks and watched the action from the sun deck, sipping the cocktail of the day. The fabulous food and wine and the relaxed ambiance soothe your soul. By day three you won’t remember what day it I, and you won’t care either, it’s totally relaxing. The Good Life France podcast Everything you want to know about France and more... thegoodlifefrance.com Chef Jonathan with dessert We docked at the lovely medieval town of Moret-sur-Loing, a designated “remarkable heritage site” and “Destination Impressionism”, a favourite of painter Alfred Sisley who lived here for 20 years. I was torn between taking a bike from the boat to cycle in the local countryside and discover the Chateau de By, once the home of painter Rosa Bonheur, but I went for a tour of Provins instead. All the guides for trips speak both French and English. Provins in the department of Ile de France, is one of those places that you think simply can’t exist – but it does. This fortified town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, once under the rule of the powerful Counts of Champagne. Its cobbled, flower-filled streets and medieval buildings cover a huge area and there’s a lot to see from towers and turrets to ramparts, dungeons and underground tunnels. Once a hugely important commercial centre, goods came from around the world to be sold at one of the town’s famous grand fairs which lasted for weeks. There’s also a fabulous rose garden and shop/tea shop where everything comes up roses from sweets to ice cream! Famous staircase of Fontainebleau This castle is 500 years older than Versailles. The original chapel was consecrated by Thomas Becket (whose secretary incidentally lived for several years in Sens), AKA Saint Thomas of Canterbury and Thomas à Becket. This is the only royal and imperial chateau in France that was continuously inhabited for eight centuries. From the 12th Century, what was a royal hunting lodge in a vast forest was renovated, extended and embellished by various Kings, Queens Emperors and Empresses until it became the extraordinary, enormous castle you see before you. 10 | The Good Life France The Good Life France | 11