The Brits are coming! That is the cry of campsite owners in France.
After years of holidaying abroad Britons are heading back to France and some regions are finding their sales up by 36%.
Eurocamp, who have provided family camping holidays for 30 years, have shown that Brittany and the Pyrénées are the most popular destinations. Brittany Ferries are also showing an increase in bookings.
While most people are spending their holdiays on the beach or visiting ancient monuments more and more Britons are spending their holdiays in hospital beds! Not through holiday accidents; but by choosing to have plastic surgery.
France is one of the countries that is attracting a large number of people now opting to travel abroad for face lifts, tummy tucks, liposuction, breast enlargements or breast reductions and dental work at half the cost of the same operations in the United Kingdom.
The world famous Crusaders Australian cricket team will be playing a 50 over match at Saumur, the nearest turf wicket to Paris, on Wednesday 27th June.
The Crusaders, international ambassadors for cricket, arrive in Europe on 8th June for a 42 day tour that will take in 31 cricket matches in six European countries.
Honorary Patrons of the Crusaders include Australian Prime Minister John Howard, and English chat show host Michael Parkinson.
Following an investigation by France Boisson-Gira, it appears that the number of cafés in the Cote d'Or department is falling. With an 18% drop in the last three years the days of sitting with a cup of coffee or a glass of wine outside a café watching the world go by could be a thing of the past.
Beaune, capital of the Burgundy wine regions, calls itself 'the city in the countryside.'
From 30 June to September 2 Beaune celebrates the 3rd festival of courtyards, water features and gardens.
You can discover the various districts of Beaune and the variety of gardens open to the public.
Visiting Burgundy in June? There is a plethera of activities, spectacles and entertainment to keep all age groups amused.
Each year in June a Journée du Patrimoine de Pays allows the public to discover the inheritance of buildings and landscape. The theme for 2007 is Rues & Chemins and is celebrated 24th June. With numerous exhibitions there will be visits to sites of special interest and themed excursions.
Saint Jean-de-Losnes is a town perfectly situated at the junction of the Saône river and the inland waterways of the Burgundy canal and the Rhone/Rhine canal which attracts boating enthusiasts.
The town is the smallest in square metres in France with 36 hectares of land and 20 hectares of water, however, following a history of a trade centre for the salt mines at nearby Salins les Bains Saint Jean-de-Losne is now a bargees town turning toward tourism
What's on in June
France in photos
