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How to combine fantastic cycling with a motorhome holiday in France

21 Mar

A three-day cycling tour along the Atlantic Coast of France that takes you back to your motorhome base each day! We often write and wax lyrical about all the cycling opportunities in France, and for very good reason: there are hundreds of fantastic kilometres to explore here, as recognised by the inaugural EuroVelo Cycle Tourism […]

A magical book to inspire your French motorhome route is available now

14 Mar

Our fellow Francophile friends and motorhome travel nuts at Vicarious Books have a wonderful guide book that provides great inspiration for a motorhome trip… We have written about “Les plus beau villages de France” before on our blog – it’s the organisation that represents the prettiest villages in France. It’s such an amazing resource that […]

Guédelon, our favourite local attraction, is about to reopen for the season!

07 Mar

We are based in beautiful Burgundy, where we are surrounded by outstandingly lovely historic buildings, but one of our favourite buildings is actually very new… …The fascinating Guédelon Castle Project The project was conceived in the mid-nineties when a team of historians resolved to build a 13th century style castle from scratch using only the […]

Toying with the idea of buying a house in France?

21 Feb

Would you like to own a house in France? Don’t just think about it this year, come over and do some house hunting from the comfort of a campervan or motorhome! Here’s why the FHM team thinks you should… The British contingent of the FMH team (there are five of us) might not provide the […]

Spring is nearly upon us, here’s our March & April availability update

14 Feb

A sunny evening walk near the France Motorhome Hire depot reminded us that spring is nearly here.  Here’s our monthly update on spring availability… It’s already light until after 6pm here in France, and it feels quite “springy” suddenly. I took this sunny photo at 5.30pm last night whilst walking in the Forêt d’Othe near […]

Explore Beaujolais in a motorhome, but don’t mention the “Nouveau”!

31 Jan
Wine bottle pouring wine into glass on a wine barrel in front of a vineyard

Whilst eating out last week, I was reacquainted with one of my favourite wines, a Morgon from the Beaujolais region. Read on to find out about the ten Beaujolais appellations, where to take a Beaujolais motorhome tour and which Beaujolais is my favourite. (Hint: there’s nothing new about it!) Sadly, Beaujolais is all too often […]

Yet More Resources for World War One Centenary Motorhome Trips in France

17 Jan
2018, the final year of the World War One centenary commemorations2

An interactive new brochure, an app and a week-by-week YouTube account of WW1 all greatly complement our own World War One resource page. Read on to discover more… The Ardennes Tourism Development Board just sent us the link to their new brochure dedicated to WW1 and the centenary commemorations (plus the France-Prussian Conflict and the […]