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To Subscribe to THE GOOD LIFE FRANCE MAGAZINE Click the button below SUBSCRIBE CONTENTS The Good Life France Magazine No. 38 Summer 2024 ISSN 2754-6799 The magazine is free to read, download and share 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!’ Anna Richards is a writer & guidebook author living in Lyon. Her work has appeared in The Independent, Lonely Planet, National Geographic and many more; her debut guidebook, Paddling France (Bradt Guides) is out now. annahrichards.com Jeremy Flint is an award-winning photographer (Association of Photographers Discovery Award Winner, National Geographic Traveller Grand Prize Winner, five-times finalist Travel Photographer of the Year) and writer specialising in travel, landscape and location photography. 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. 52 8 ON THE COVER 8 Nancy, jewel of Lorraine The city dazzles with its architecture, heritage – and it’s perfect for foodies. 52 Paris guide What to see and do for first timers, if you’re on a budget, or you’ve been before! 36 24 hours in Reims The effervescent city where Champagne rules. 46 Hidden France – Alsace-Lorraine The most picturesque countryside imaginable, and fairy-tale pretty villages. Dana Facaros has lived in France for over 30 years. She is the creator of French Food Decoder app: everything you want to know about French food, and co-author of the Bradt guide to Gascony & the Pyrenees. Christine McKenzie is a Franco-British journalist who writes in both English and French. Her stories have been published in anglophone and francophone media. Married to a Frenchman and mother of four, she settled 30 years ago near Fontainebleau. Sarah Daly is a museum curator, digital editor and freelance writer. She lives in Pas-de-Calais where she is blogs about adapting to French life with her husband, teenagers, an elderly dog and two cats. The Good Life France Magazine Annaliza Davis is an editor, translator and writer. She lives in Brittany after falling in love with the area on a school exchange and loves to explore the coast with her scruffy dog Mimi! Find her at agentbritish.com Front Cover: Antibes, French Riviera by Marianne Furnes lmyfrenchmap Editor-in-chief: Janine Marsh Editorial assistant: Trudy Watkins Press enquiries: editor@thegoodlifefrance.com Advertising: sales@thegoodlifefrance.com Digital support: websitesthatwork.com Layout design: Philippa French littlefrogdesign.co.uk ISSN 2754-6799 Issue 38 Summer 2024 40 DISCOVER 16 Arras – city break Culture, heritage and great gastronomy make Arras a brilliant city break destination. 22 The art of French gastronomy Discover the World’s biggest pastry school. 30 Fabulous Figeac The medieval town that’s full of surprises. 40 The heavenly gardens of Marliac-Latour The garden centre where Claude Monet bought his waterlilies is still going strong. 4 | The Good Life France The Good Life France | 5
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