Fabulous France - Destination Special
The Travel Diaries
Holly Rubenstein
4.5 • 813 Ratings
🗓️ 1 July 2020
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Bonjour! As quarantine-free travel is soon to be announced between France and England, here is a bonus episode celebrating Fabulous France to whet your appetite and inspire your future travel plans.
As well as hearing from some of my favourite guests from the past two seasons, today’s show is introduced by Nicola Williams, France expert for The Telegraph and Lonely Planet. She shares her experience of living in France during lockdown and her top tips and hidden gems to visit across the country now that we can travel freely again.
Destination Recap:
- Nadiya Hussain - Paris
- Rachel Khoo - Paris
- Conde Nast Traveller’s Melinda Stevens - Le Bristol Paris hotel, La Reserve Paris hotel
- Royal Champagne Hotel & Spa
- Rick Stein - Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne; Jura; Collioure and Perpignan
- Ella Eyre - La Clusaz
- Jo Malone - Grasse; Mougins; La Colombe d’Or Hotel, St Paul de Vence, France
- Raymond Blanc - Provence
Nicola Williams on…
- Ile de Ré
- Le Martiniere Ice Cream shop, Ile de Ré
- Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Nernier, Haute-Savoie
- Château de la Treyne, Lots, Dordogne
- Les Prés d'Eugénie, Eugénie-les-Bains, Les Landes
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, or should I say bonjour and welcome to this special fabulous France bonus episode of The Travel Diaries. |
| 0:13.8 | I'm here ahead of what we hope will be a momentous day for the travel industry, which has suffered so much over the past few months, |
| 0:20.5 | as UK international |
| 0:22.1 | travel restrictions are expected to begin to lift. And for so many of you, crossing the channel |
| 0:27.9 | will be your first port of cool. In fact, France is so wonderful that in 2018 it became the |
| 0:34.5 | most visited country in the world by tourists and it's no surprise given its rich |
| 0:39.4 | culture stunning cities delicious food and wine glorious beaches rolling hills and towering mountains |
| 0:46.2 | it has something for everyone if like me you're yearning to get there then this is the episode for you |
| 0:52.5 | i've enlisted the help of some of my favourite |
| 0:55.3 | guests over the past two seasons to create a special itinerary that covers the best bits of France. |
| 1:01.1 | Some you'll have heard of, others you won't, but one thing's for sure, it will be an amazing |
| 1:05.8 | whistle-stop tour. But first, let's catch up with telegraph and lonely planet France expert in France |
| 1:11.5 | resident herself, Nicola Williams. I spoke to Nicola yesterday about the latest information |
| 1:16.1 | on the current situation in France. And be sure to stay tuned later on as she reveals her |
| 1:21.2 | hidden gems around the country. |
| 1:31.4 | Nicola, welcome to The Travel Diaries. |
| 1:34.1 | Thank you so much for joining me today. How are you? |
| 1:39.6 | I'm very well. Thank you. And thank you for having me, Holly. It's really, really nice to be here. |
| 1:45.3 | Oh, it's my pleasure. We've, of course, been kind of emailing back and forth over the last few weeks. |
| 1:50.8 | You're based out in France and we've been discussing the prospect of travel to France this summer. |
| 1:55.3 | It's something that's been evolving on an almost daily basis it feels, isn't it? |
| 2:01.2 | Definitely. And I think now it's almost there, which is just such a delight to be able to say. So for people from the UK who are hoping to travel to France soon, what is the current |
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