A new leaseback French ski property development called ‘Les Fermes Emiguy’ has just been launched in the 11th century traditional village of Les Gets is a beautiful Alpine gem.

Les Fermes Emiguy has 74 luxurious studio, 1, 2 and 3 bedroom units. Designed in keeping with authentic Savoyard architecture the charming properties are covered in wood yet contain all the modern equipment a prestigious property would feature in a leading Alpine development.

Investors will also benefit from generous personal usage as well as the rental opportunities all year round. The luxurious apartments are managed by the prestigious Lagrange Group with over thirty five years in tourism experience including other French Ski property for sale in superb areas.

A skiers’ paradise
Les Fermes Emiguy offers skiing on your doorstep being only 400m from the Chavannes ski-lifts and approximately 300m from the piste of the Vieux Chênes. Les Fermes Emiguy is the perfect French ski property retreat set within the Portes du Soleil domain, one of the largest and most varied ski regions in the world allows access to 650km of marked runs over 400 square miles, 266 pistes, 10 snow parks and some 230 ski lifts.

Within the French Alps property resort there is a wide range of high quality facilities including:

Outdoor and indoor heated swimming pool
Whirlpool bath
Spa et Bien être area
A sauna
Laundry
Bicycle store
Business meeting rooms

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Accessibility
With stunning views of the Mont Blanc, properties in Les Gets are in great demand.

A number of low cost airlines fly direct from the UK to Geneva all year round including a new route from Manchester operated by SWISS from December 2009 from as little as £77 return. Therefore it is both affordable and simple to get to the region.

“We are delighted to be reintroducing connection between the UK and Switzerland, which was so popular last season. It demonstrates our commitment to both tourism in the Lake Geneva area and to our customers in northern England, north Wales and Scotland.”
Gregor Koncilja, country manager UK and Ireland at SWISS

Highly accessible by road (A40 motorway), rail (22km from TGV station of Cluses) and air (55km from Geneva airport) reaching your luxury apartment is simple. information about this excellent French ski property development go to French-Ski-Property.co.uk to download the exclusive investor

The Domaine de Lavagnac in the South of France Languedoc region is set to become the premier resort for the Languedoc region.

The development is a an extremely interesting investment opportunity offering both financial gains and enjoyment. As you can currently invest in a property for an initial low deposit of 10% with the rest of the price covered by a 25 year term mortgage paid for the investors via a guaranteed rental, investors also benefit from 4 weeks usage per year.

Investors will own the property outright after the 25year mortgage is paid meaning this is a superb low cost way to purchase a Languedoc Roussillon Property with hardly any financial outlay.

The development consists of a selection of luxury homes featuring modern architecture; an 18 Hole Championship Golf Course & Clubhouse and a luxury 1000m2 Spa.

All the properties will be unique with there own individual landscaping and colours which ensure a different feel and identity of each house and all will be will be built from the highest-quality, natural materials, such as Mediterranean oak, Caune marble and local limestone.

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Here are two recent news items which show the demand for property in France.

On the 11th of August 2009 Ryanair announced it would open its 34th base at Leeds Bradford Airport in March 2010 with two based aircraft and 14 new routes being launched, one of which is Montpellier in Languedoc. This will further open up the Languedoc region to additional visitors and will have a positive effect of the success of the 5 star luxurious Domaine de Lavagnac which as mentioned is set to become the premier resort in the region.

Another recent article in the news on the 17th of September on the IFAonline website called ‘France steals top spot for Brits buying abroad’ highlights statistics that France has taken Spain’s crown as Britons’ destination of choice for buying property abroad.

The Domaine de Lavagnac offers an attractive long term investment with guaranteed ROI in the form of the investor’s mortgage and all costs being paid for them with the added benefit of 4 weeks personal usage in the soon to be premier resort for the investor’s enjoyment.

For more information contact specialist overseas property investment company Experience International on 0207 321 5858

The Albertina is a very interesting museum and was constructed where the old wall of Vienna could be found. The building is located in the heart of Vienna, enclosed by other symbolic places. And its architecture is on a par with its fortunate location.
Its great external splendor can’t be compared with the huge graphic collection, made up of over 65.000 drawings and a million engravings which can be found inside. This is one of the principal and most diverse in the whole world.
The works are classified by periods and you can admire both the ancient and important works, as well as the most innovative modern works.
This contrast is the most interesting of them all because the differing styles keep every visitor busy in the numerous sections of the museum at all times. I’m sure that if you visit this colossus of art you will find a section which will take an entire afternoon away from you.
The most famous item in this museum is Durero’s works, which have travelled to other significant museums in the world, such as the Louvre or the Prado. However, the prints dedicated to the triumphs of Maximiliano was the work which caught my eye the most.
This is one of the most representative museums in the city and its a must-see, because the richness of its works seems to be almost irresistible for all art lovers who visit Vienna.
When you visit Vienna, don’t forget to visit this famous museum, where you can see drawings of people, animals, battles and the daily life of the Austrian capital. You shouldn’t forget either that the alquiler apartamentos viena is usually a lot cheaper than staying in a hotel, and it will also give you the chance to life in the city like an Austrian.
The Albertina is located next to the Burfarten park and all you have to do to get there is get the tram and get off at Wien Oper station.

Youth Hostels in Paris

You have a small budget and want to visit Paris without ruining yourself. The youth hostel is the most economical solution of accommodation when travelling alone. If you come with a group of friends, I would rather advise opting for a location paris which allows you to save money and have a more peaceful and comfortable place to sleep. The youth hostel is a very good solution when you are young and want to spend a weekend in Paris.

The benefits of the youth hostel:

- Young, international and festive environment
- Easy to make friends
- breakfast is often included in the price
- Hostels sometimes organize events
- Practice foreign languages

Disadvantages:

- Sometimes noisy, depending on the people with whom you share the room
- Less comfort than in a location appartement paris
- Sharing a room with other people can make for some embarrassing moments sometimes

In Paris, there is a wide choice of hostels that you can discover on the site http://www.parisinfo.com/hotels-paris/pour-les-jeunes/ . The rooms of these hostels usually have 3 to 15 beds but some also offer double rooms at higher rates, but still more economical than a hotel in Paris. Most of these hostels include bed linen and breakfast and have a shared kitchen in order to make dinner in the evening after a day of sightseeing.

In an international, young and friendly atmosphere, the youth hostel will certainly leave you full of good and fun memories.

The Loire Valley wine region is located south west of Paris typically a little over 2 hours drive from the Paris peripherique and extending out as far as Nantes.

The Loire Valley is most famous for producing fine white wine such as Chenin Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc, and Muscadet with accounts for 75% percent of the wine produced in the region. As well as these lovely white wines, you can enjoy the delightful, fruity and pleasant reds produced in the Loire Valley, such as Cabernet Franc and Gamay.

For lovers of fine wine and all finer things in life, one would be hard-pressed to find a better setting than the exquisite famous fertile valley of the Loire River; a region seeped in rich history from regal chateaux to its long viticulture tradition.

A fairytale wine-tasting adventure awaits the wine lover touring the Loire Valley as wine-tasting can be enjoyed along with visits to many spectacular historic castles sprinkled throughout the region. Chateau Chambord which is the largest Loire Valley chateau and the architecturally breathtaking Chateau Chenonceau spanning the River Cher are just two of many jaw-droppers for tourists to enjoy.

The Loire Valley is also a popular destination for followers of the Knights Templar and Holy Grail because it is so seeped in history and because of the close association with Leonardo Da Vinci.

Fans of Leonard Da Vinci can visit Chateau Clos Luce and admire his study, salons, kitchen and bedrooms, the chapel and see frescoes painted by his pupils. [His drawings and paintings are set out in the park of the chateau with giant models of the most spectacular machines he invented with voice-overs of Leonardo da Vinci and his disciple Melzi.

Chateau Chaumont sits high above the banks of the Loire River opposite the Touraine-Amboise vineyards and it holds an international garden festival each year from April to October being France’s equivalent of the Chelsea Garden Fair.

Self-guided wine tours can be combined with hiking, bicycling, or hot air ballooningthrough the scenic countryside. All wine lovers should make their next wine tasting holiday destination the Loire Valley because the excitement of their senses will stretch far beyond their palate.

For castle enthusiasts staying at a castle can heighten the enjoyment of your vacation. You can even have a french chateau wedding. For wow factor nothing beats a destination chateau wedding in France. A destination chateau wedding package makes it more affordable than you may imagine. Remember to bring lots of film or memory for your camera, as there really is not a prettier wine region in the world.

The gardens at Chateau Villandry are the grandest examples of formal Renaissance style gardens in France. Villandry is well worth the visit. Without too much pomp and ceremony you can witness a chateau that lives in harmony with nature, and the remarkable beauty of these gardens. It shoud be on your must see list whenever you visit France.

The gardens are lovingly and enthusiastically tended by Henri Carvallo, curator of the chateau and great-grandson of Dr Joachim Carvallo who purchased the chateau in 1906. The chateau was on the point of being demolished when it was purchased by Dr Carvallo. It had been disfigured by the walling up of the arches, fake windows and additions and the moat had been filled in.

He gave up an impressive career in science under the tutelage of a professor who later went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize and devoted himself to the restoration of Vchateau Villandry and its magnificent gardens.

Later on Dr Carvallo founded the Association de la Demeure Historique with the objective of saving historic buildings throughout France. He sure saved Villandry which is now one of the most visited chateaux of the Loire Valley.

The gardens, which are terraced on three levels, were influenced by Italian gardeners brought in by Charles VIII. The design for plantings on each level are:

The first level is the highest, at or above ground level with the chateau, is the Le Jardin d’Eau, (water garden) featuring lawns, fountains whose edges are bounded by arbors.

The second level, includes the : Le Jardin d’Ornement, (ornamental gardens), consisting of the Garden of Music, the Garden of Love, the Decorative Flower Garden and the Garden of Simple delights. In the front of this level where the castle stands is a bed planted with a pergola walk shaded by vines.

The third and lowest level, is the kitchen garden Le Potager, (vegetable garden), consists of vegetable plantings, fruit trees and bushes,as well as herbs for seasoning or medicinal purposes. This garden, in the Louis XIV style, and takes the form of a rectangle of slightly irregular shape surrounding on three sides the two higher tiers of gardens. It is devoted to vegetables and has 9 square sections divided into beds of various coloured plants, surrounded by hardy plants and box hedges.

Villandry is a vegetal feast, with big purple cabbages, zigzags of crazy-growing leeks, blocks of autumn pumpkins, beds of yellow and green peppers and mounds of celery all replanted twice a year with a brilliant eye for the colours of the changing seasons.

At the opposite side of the garden to the castle, there is a maze of 12000 clipped beech trees. All of these are gardens are impressive in their own rights, so I will not recommend one more than the others.

In July each year Chateau Villandry holds Les Nuits des Mille Feux, when they light up the magical gardens of the Villandry castle with 2000 candles. Lit just as the sun begins to set, the candles burn on until after midnight in the beautiful grounds of the Loire’s most famous chateau. Strolling musicians play Baroque music which adds to the mystical atmosphere during this quintessential Loire experience. Don’t miss it - it is spectacular.

When in France’s Loire Valley , you can visit many historic chateaux and their impressive gardens. If you can you should splash out and rent a chateau with your friends and family and lord it up for a week. It is not about the same that you would pay for a mid range hotel but you get to treat it as if it were your own. Some even do french weddings with a castle wedding package. With a castle wedding package the fairytale castle, chapel, food, wine, photography, flowers, celebrant, music, decoration and wedding planning is all included. Take the stress out of a destination wedding and select a castle wedding package

Loire Valley castles in France are full of amazing stories. It is easy to overdose on castles, so do not try and make any records by doing them all in one or two days.

The region around Blois is a perfect base for visiting Chambord, Cheverney, Blois, Clos Luce, Amboise, Azay-le-Rideau, Villandry, Chaumont, and our favourite Chateau Chenonceau which attracts over one million visitors each year, the most out of all of the Loire Valley castles.

At Chateau Chenonceau you can hear ‘The future king was 12 and he took a mistress aged 32.’ The image of the castles of this area may be all towers, topiary, tapestries and faded furniture but for 200 years, these great palaces were host to world-class debauchery and countless murders.

In Chateau Blois, Henri III invited a rival to his ornate bed chamber then hid behind a curtain as twenty hired men jumped the wretch.

The chateau guide can show you the exact spot in Chateau Blois where 23 knife stabs were planted in the unfortunate Duke de Guise the head of the Catholic League, by 8 men armed with daggers and 12 with swords. You can even watch a black and white 12 minute silent movie re-enacting the murder at Chateau Blois.

Today tourists at Chateau Blois can see the 237 secret cabinets, which opened by stepping on a hidden lever, where Catherine de Medici kept her personal papers, jewels and a collection of poisons. Catherine and her son Henri III ordered the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre, which began in Paris and spread throughout France, resulting in the death of some seventy thousand Protestants.

In Chinon, aristocratic ladies bunged unplanned babies down an eighty ft shaft, also the castle toilet. And it was from his balcony at Chateau Amboise that Louis XII hung Protestant dissidents.

Chateau Chenonceau has one of the most colourful pasts. Here not only did Henri II take a mistress 20 years his senior when he was 12, but Henri III also used the formal gardens for transvestite parties with his chums, ‘the Sweeties’.

Today because of cheap airfares to many exotic locations and perhaps because the curators of these celebrated castles typically ignore the colourful elements in their history these castles are chasing the tourist dollar.

You do not just have to only visit the historic chateaux. You can stay in one as well. You can even hold a french destination wedding for that extra wow factor for your special day. Some chateaux even offer you a french wedding package and they are more affordable than you may think. A destination wedding package package includes use of a castle, chapel, horse and carriage, fabulous french food and wine for your wedding breakfst, photographer, flowers, decoration, music, wedding planning. All the bride and groom have to do is turn up in their wedding attire with rings to exchange.

The Ciutadella Park: meeting point for young people in Barcelona.

Saturday afternoon, after a rather painful awakening, due to the late night finish of Barcelona nights, generally not before 5 am, a friend suggested I go to the Ciutadella park, according to him “a cool place for cool people.”
I have a quick breakfast, a shower, and then go off with my bicing (in Barcelona) to the park. The sun is shining, and I must admit that being outside in a T-shirt at the beginning of March is very pleasant and very different than in my location paris.

I finally get to Ciutadella Park, located next to the Arc de Triomf metro station. At the entrance to the park on the left, groups of youths from all walks of life are there to have a picnic, sunbathe or practice many unique activities such as tightrope walking between 2 trees, unicycling, diabolo, juggling with 5 clubs or playing hoop-da-loop! Guitarists and percussionists make this sunny afternoon more lively. My friend was right; this really is a cool place with cool people. Hippies, Rasta men, athletes, musicians, children, families … everyone finds their place here.

I meet up with my friends. It turns out we are sitting beside a group of circus amateurs. I was thinking about lying down and sunbathing for a bit, but I am currently juggling with 5 giant clubs (or rather with two small balls which are more often on the floor than in my hands), walking along the tightrope (desperately clung to the tree for fear of crash against the floor), playing frisbee and even improvising an harmonica tune! This afternoon was certainly full of new things for me, and I really spent a good time far away from my comfortable location appartement paris

The Ciutadella Park is a nice place to spend an afternoon and meet people.
The park is also home to a lake where you can rent a boat and have a pleasant stroll, a zoo, many statues, and you can also visit the Catalonia’s Modern Art Museum…

French is the second most taught language in the world only after English. French as well as English is the official working language of the International Red Cross, NATO, the United Nations, the International Olympic Committee and many other International Organizations. And France was the United States first ally. There is no secret to learning a French language. It requires a commitment to daily practice, energy and patience. You can read more about learning French : learn to speak french.

On vacation internationally, travelers must take certain precautions to protect themselves from harm. Fully understanding the language of the country which you’re planning to visit is imperative to the success of your vacation and to your safety while traveling abroad. It is much more difficult to get around if you don’t know the language and the people of the country look at you and react to you differently than they do if you know their language. The first thing that you need to do is realize that French is probably the easiest language to learn.

Check if your local community college has a French club then you could have other French speakers to practice with on a weekly basis. Buy or rent French films. By hearing the language you quickly become familiar with the different sounds that you will need to be learning anyway. Listen to French audio lessons daily. Keep in your mind that your goal is to be able to speak with the local people, not to become a French teacher. What you need is to learn and memorize all the basic French phrases. Just learn short-short things about French language and make sure that you choosing a good French-English dictionary as well.

There are a lot of different ways to practice French. Just choose a few of these and practice that and the thing which is important is that it is essential that you practice a lot if you want to become fluent. Go to rosetta stone french to start a free trial of the top-ranked self-study French program online.