Information about France

This site is a gold mine of information about France. To see it all at a glance, don't forget to look at our site map

Convert pounds or dollars to Euros

In fact, convert just about any currency into any other

Convert miles to kilometres, hectares to acres, litres to pints/gallons  

and just about anything else to anything else (want to know how many roods or townships there are to the square mile?). Wonderful.

Learning French/translations

Advice on learning the language. Lots of diligence needed (did you know that 'diligence' is the French for stagecoach: so remember, do it in stages). Lots of links, and information on the finest language learning books and software. Includes a superb free online translation tool, and a tool to help you conjugate a verb. Pas mal.

Buying French property

If you are thinking of buying French property, there's a lot more to think about than where the nearest estate agent is. Alan Biggins' (who has both bought property in France, sold property in France and lectured and written books on the subject) specialist knowledge is on tap here

Information about France as a place to live

Thinking of moving to France? What can go wrong? Why do people fall into the same traps so often, losing money and turning what should be a pleasure into a nightmare. If you are contemplating moving to France, this can, and probably will, save you a lot of trouble. Practical help and advice to keep you from going onto the rocks.

Magazines about France

There are quite a few of these. These are the ones we know of.

Maps of France and a route finder

Including the indispensable Michelin travelers' road atlas of France, and some links to bookshops who specialize in French maps and travel guides.

French twin towns.

In Britain and America, where are they?

France: wines and food

'The English eat to live, while the French live to eat' (and drink). Where to buy wine and cheese, and even where to get your own corner of a vineyard!

France: her art and artists

By gum, these lads are the tops. Bonnard, Cezanne, Manet and Monet (not everybody knows which is which!), Matisse, Renoir and the others. The flowering of the most wonderful art (arguably!) known to man. Biographies, paintings and prints if you want to brighten up your walls.