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Pays de la Loire region guide

Friday, April 22, 2016 Emma Rawle
Chateau de Montsoreau in Pays de la Loire © Patrickwang / Dreamstime

An insider's guide to Pays de la Loire in western France, including the main attractions to visit on holiday, the best towns and villages to live in, the vineyards and châteaux to visit, and buying property in Pays de la Loire

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House prices are gradually going up in the French countryside

Friday, May 24, 2019 Ruth Wood
The price of an old French farmhouse is creeping up (c) paulprescott72 Getty Images

Rural house prices in France rose by 2.1% last year - exactly the same as the increase in house prices in the UK and more than house prices in England

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Taking on a watermill and gîte in France "a brilliant lifestyle opportunity"

Thursday, May 9, 2019 Lucy Parford
Le Moulin de St-Blaise in Sarthe (c) Frederic Boutard

On a quest for a more relaxed pace of life, Phil and Elaine Miles decided to swap the rat race for a converted watermill in Pays de la Loire, where they provide bed and breakfast and self-catering accommodation

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Escape to the Chateau: DIY visits couple who swapped their townhouse for a French château

Wednesday, March 27, 2019 Lucy Parford
Chateau de la Ruche in Pays de la Loire, France

Tim and Rebecca Jones fell in love with 18th-century Château de la Ruche and are restoring it into a luxury bed and breakfast

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Pays de la Loire

Turning a French watermill into a home with gîtes

Monday, February 11, 2019 Vicky Leigh
Le Moulin Volarie has been transformed into a lovely home with two gites

A cancer diagnosis in 2014 prompted Trevor Thompson and his wife Kay to leave Milton Keynes for a decommissioned watermill in Sarthe, which they have transformed into a home with two gîtes. Here's how they did it

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Buy a home in one of France's most colourful communities

Monday, February 11, 2019 Ruth Wood
Multicoloured Menton on the Mediterranean (c) Antonel Getty Images

Chase away the winter blues by snapping up a property in one of the most vibrant villages or technicolour towns in France

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Alsace

What is winter really like in France?

Wednesday, December 19, 2018 Ruth Wood

Whether the weather be cold or whether the weather be hot, France's different climate zones affect the weather you're like to weather, whether you like it or not, finds Ruth Wood

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