-
How France plans to help winemakers over problem of too much red wine
Too much red wine may not seem a problem to some – but the sector is experiencing a crisis of overproduction
-
What are the rules on paying in cash in France?
There are limits and exceptions depending on your tax status and the kind of transaction
-
EasyJet adds three new France-UK routes, taking total to 50
Flights to and from Nice, Montpellier, and Paris expand summer services
Puy du Fou looks abroad
Extravagant theme park Puy du Fou marked its 40th birthday this summer with the news it is expanding to set up sister parks in Spain at Toledo and, in the next decade, China.
Advertisment
Famed for spectacular and pyrotechnic historical re-enactments, it is more than a key destination in Vendée as it is France’s most popular theme park after Disneyland Paris, with more than two million visitors. In 2016 founder Philippe de Villiers paid €377,000 for a ring that belonged to Joan of Arc to be displayed at the park.
