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Brittany - Great golf close to home
Remember, as a kid, the excitement you felt as your annual seaside holiday loomed? How the build-up was part of the experience … getting your stuff ready, counting down the days, the journey itself, then the first glimpse of the…
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Souillac - Certainly worth fighting over
Historians know the Dordogne-Correze-Lot area of southern central France for the Hundred Years War of the 14th and 15th centuries. On the face of it this was an extra-time battle between the French and English, but the Thomas Levets of…
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Brittany - Vive la difference
Standing on the 11th tee at Pléneuf-Val-André – the ever-present wind ruffling what remains of my middle-aged hair – is just about my favourite place to be. To my left is the Atlantic Ocean and straight ahead, some 200ft down,…
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Le Kempferhof - A great reason to visit Alsace
The Alsace region of France is famous for many things: white wine; Arsene Wenger; European quangos; and being a bit German … Yet being possessed of a great golf course isn’t one. Why? Je ne sais pas. Ich weiß nicht!
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Rhône-Alpes - Meet the Guv’nor
So you think you know France? Chances are you’ve played golf in Brittany, Normandy, the Loire or Alsace … even Provence. But have you been to Lyon, in the Rhône-Alpes region?
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Provence - The Côte of many Colours
The Côte d’Azur, the tangle of golden beaches and rocky headlands where the southern French Alps run down to the sea, is the cradle of Mediterranean tourism.
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France Pas-de-Calais… pas de problème
Let’s be honest, the majority of Brits in search of some serious Gallic golf will drive off the ferry and instinctively turn right, hit the gas and head a long way south.
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Golf clubs aplenty but make time to explore St Malo
Exploring Brittany from the ancient port of St Malo could not be more appropriate for golfers with discovery on their minds. The port has been closely connected with exploration ever since it was founded by Welsh monks in the sixth…
