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Brimming with brilliant features and beautiful photos - bursting with inspiring, entertaining and informative guides from sun-kissed, pickled-in-the-past villages and dazzling historic cities, and through French history, heritage and culture from iconic cakes to the most spectacular chateaux. Discover Paris, Provence, Normandy, and lesser known treasures in Burgundy, southern France, the Loire Valley, and many more dazzling destinations. Plus mouth-watering recipes, history, culture, heritage and much, much more. Bringing France to you - wherever you are.

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Roussillon, officially one of the prettiest villages in France Barfleur © Gillian Thornton Sunny Village Vibes Soak up the summer sun in idyllic villages officially classified as ‘the most beautiful in France.’ Gillian Thornton suggests some of her favourites to tempt travellers over the summer months. Readers of The Good Life France Magazine Spring issue will already be familiar with Les Plus Beaux Villages de France, an association formed in 1982 in an attempt to reverse the exodus from historic rural communities (read the article here). Today, there are 180 members spread across 70 French departments, all selected according to strict criteria and reviewed regularly. Now, thanks to new craft studios and hospitality businesses, restaurants and activity providers, these idyllic villages are welcoming new visitors and permanent residents, all in search of an authentic lifestyle in scenic surroundings. To find out more, visit www. plus-beaux-villages-de-france.com where you can also buy the 2025 English language edition of the official guidebook and the Michelin PBV map. Barfleur, Manche Only a small number of PBVs sit directly on the French coast, a situation that immediately sets them apart from other members. Located on the tip of the Cotentin peninsula, 28km east of Cherbourg, Barfleur is also unusual for its historic links with St Etienne Church, Ars-en-Ré England. In 1066, Matilda of Flanders, wife of William, Duke of Normandy, commissioned the building of the flagship Mora at this important medieval port, and in 1120, the only son of Henry I of England drowned here, changing the course of English history. Plundered several times in the 15 th and 16 th centuries, the medieval town has largely disappeared, but the quays around Barfleur’s pretty fishing harbour are a delightful place to watch the world go by, overlooked by granite houses and the tower of Saint-Nicolas Church. Ars-en-Ré, Charente-Maritime If Barfleur is unusual for being beside the sea, Ars-en-Ré is not only by the sea but also one of just four Plus Beaux Villages located on an island. Piana and Sant’Antonino stand on the rugged Mediterranean island of Corsica whilst Ars-en-Ré and La Flotte lie amongst the 30 | The Good Life France The Good Life France | 31

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