Paris Valentine's Special Offer

Here's a great offer for all your romantics out there...

If you fancy treating that special someone to a romantic break next year, I can strongly recommend the Hotel Aviatic, in Paris’s 6th arrondissement (Hotel Aviatic, 105 rue de Vaugirard, 75006 Paris; www.aviatic.fr; 0033 153632550).

The hotel would like to give French magazine readers a special Valentine’s Day package. For the whole of February 2009 they are offering two nights in a superior room plus breakfast and a half-bottle of Champagne for 359 Euros instead of 579 Euros.

P&O Ferries Christmas crossings

For those of you heading to France or beyond over the festive seasons, this just in from the P&O press office:


P&O Ferries has an extensive choice of sailings over the festive period, with space available across its route network. However there will be no services, or reduced services, on some dates.


All services and timetables can be checked on www.POferries.com or by calling 08716 646464.

Service changes include the following:

Dover - Calais
Reduced service on Christmas Eve. No service on Christmas Day. Reduced service on Boxing Day. Normal service over the New Year.


Hull - Rotterdam
No service on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, 31 December, 1 January.


Hull - Zeebrugge
No service on December 24, 25, 30 and 31.


Portsmouth - Bilbao
Full scheduled service.

Win a language course in Brittany!

There's a fabulous competition prize in the latest issue of French Magazine, on sale Thursday 4th December. You can enter here:

Go here to subscribe to French - until Christmas it's 40% off for 12 issues, so why not treat a loved one to the gift that gives all year?!