Friday, May 30, 2008

NEW LOOK ... NEW PRODUCTS at FRANCE A LA CARTE

Not only are we updating our website at the moment but we're also branching out into new fields: GOLF, SPA and THASSOTHERAPY.

You can see the 'new look' of the site - a sort of 'web 2.0' look - on the seaside, golf/spa and thalassotherapy pages. The entire site should take on this new look by the end of June: next up will be Cuisine & Wine followed by ski, other sports and finally the home page. Your comments on these changes are, as always, very welcome.

We have bracketed GOLF and SPA together as it's often the case that one person in a couple will want to play golf while the other prefers relaxing in a luxury spa. For example, in the Bordeaux area, we have unearthed a 4 star hotel in the Margaux vineyards with beautiful spa facilities and surrounded by a testing 18-hole golf course. Also in the Bordeaux area is a 4*L hotel offering not just spa, luxury surroundings and cuisine but also a unique wine-based treatment "vinotherapy". It's located on the Smith-Lafitte wine estate.

Thalassotherapy is really just spa treatment using the natural properties of seawater. The best place for this is the Basque country and we have three top hotels at Biarritz and St Jean-de-Luz. Daily flights from Stansted and Dublin to Biarritz airport (20 minutes from the venues) make these short packages especially attractive.

As usual, all our short breaks include a hire car (unlimited mileage, CDW) waiting at the regional airport of your choice, green fees/a selection of spa treatments, and half-board or at least a dinner on the arrival evening. All you have to do is find your own flight. We have located each spa, golf or thalasso product in relation to an airport with daily links to the UK & Ireland: you should never have more than 90 minutes driving time, often much less.

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