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Awards Nomination June 2010 • Alternative Aquitaine is nominated in the Best Destination Specialist Tour Operator 2010 category. Organised by Atout France - the UK Tourist Office for France - nominated business were chosen for their:
> innovation
> initiatives
> contribution to the promotion of France
> creativity during challenging economic climate
  • Alistair McGowan recommends Ile de Re - a cyclist's haven in the Telegraph 15/8/10
  • The Mail on Sunday reviews travellers' options for capturing Best Value for Money Rentals and highlights our 'Value Villas with Pools' collection - 16/5/10
  • France 2010 - we are highlighted in the Telegraph's France special as one of three regional specialists, and our "top notch" website gets a good mention - Telegraph Travel France 2010 - 16/1/10
  • Insider's Guide To FRANCE - Alternative Aquitaine is the agency mentioned for the Aquitaine coast - Ferne Arfin's Insider's Guide to France Sunday Telegraph 10/1/10.
  • France Accommodation Guide - Alternative Aquitaine picked out as a regional specialist by Fred Mawer writing in the Telegraph, Jan 2009 and Jan 2008 - read 2009 article and read 2008 article
  • Joanna Symons highlights Alternative Aquitaine for its choice of accommodation in the surf centres of south west France and recommends Hossegor and St Jean de Luz for families with teenagers - Saturday Telegraph 7/6/08
  • Alternative Aquitaine is invited to participate in a Q&A session on tennis holidays in France for Living France and recommends it's handful of villas featuring a private tennis court - April 2006
  • Anthony Peregrine recommends a townhouse apartment in St Jean de Luz featured on our website - Sunday Times 20/03/05
  • Alternative Aquitaine Director Alex Spalding achieves his 'Warhol' moment when he's quoted in the Times talking about his beloved Cap Ferret - 05/02/05
  • Alternative Aquitaine pop up in Sarah Barrell's guide to Luxury French Villas in The Independent - 13/03/04
  • One of our manor house's - L'Airial Landais - is highlighted for a family break where kids can swim and play games - Guardian 17/01/04
  • Our Villas Ecolo forest gites are highlighted as one of 30 Fresh Ideas for France - Sunday Times 10/01/04

Read recent press articles about the Aquitaine region of France...

  • Étape du Tour 2010: taking on Tourmalet. Last week, Charles Starmer-Smith took part in the Étape du Tour, and tackled the agonising 113-mile stage himself. Here, he recounts the final gruelling climb. Telegraph 22 July 2010
  • Also partaking in the Etape, and off the back of some shoddy training, was Kevin Rushby of the Guardian: Fancy a go at the Tour de France? - Guardian 24/07/10
  • French Basque country: Hearth and home in France's 'most engrossing region'. Anthony Peregrine reckons there's a lot we could learn from the people of the 'the most engrossing region in France' - the French Basque. Telegraph 14 July 2010
  • A Basque Banquet - it started out as a simple fishing trip in search of the elusive Basque trout, but this ancient corner of southwest France yielded up a far richer catch - Andy Pietrasik writing in the Observer, Sun 4 July 2010
  • The Telegraph's list of The Best Beaches in Europe includes La Grande Plage in St Jean de Luz, Cote des Basques in Biarritz and Les Plages in Seignosse - Saturday Telegraph 15/05/10
  • Hossegor gets a plug as one of the Top Ten Surfing Destinations worldwide..."Europe's surf capital...miles of golden sand and some of the best beach breaks in the world..." The Times 15/05/10
  • No Planes No Airports No Hassle: St Jean de Luz is a recommended destination for those wanting to avoid flying to their holiday destination - Sunday Times 25.04.10
  • Reinvesting the Wheel - follow Charles Starmer-Smith's progress training for the Etape du Tour this July - Telegraph 17/04/10
  • Biarritz is plugged as one of 10 Weekend Breaks with a Difference - Times 30/01/10
  • Mike Peake takes a photography course in Biarritz - Can You Say Cheese? - Sunday Times 17/01/10
  • Anthony Capella enjoys a gourmet visit to Cap Ferret & Bordeaux - read Terroir: It's Not Just About Wine - Sunday Times 17/01/10
  • Mary Novakovich says that the French Pyrennes ski-resorts lack in altitude, it makes up for with its warmth and cuisine. Read Home on the Range - Independent 16/01/10
  • The world's beast beaches are in Hawaii, the Seychelles and Messanges, Aquitaine according to The Telegraph's Nicky Holford. "The south-west coast of France is one long, clean, sandy beach, with great waves for surfing & boogie boarding." Read Telegraph article The World's Best Beaches Saturday Telegraph 9/1/10.
  • Football fans will enjoy reading Will Hawkes' article about the iconic FC Atletico Bilbao, the pride of the Basque Country who to this day continue a club policy of selecting only Basques to play in their time - Basques of the net: Bilbao's iconic football team - Independent 24/11/09
  • Cathy Packe enjoys 48 Hours in Bayonne - Independent 13/06/09
  • Cathy Packe - she's having a nice time - enjoys 48 hours in Bordeaux - Independent 23/05/09
  • Misson to a Frozen Fortress - Gavin Bell visits the fantastic Pic du Midi Observatory in the French Pyrenees - Telepgraph 14/02/09
  • Biarritz is the perfect place for novice surfers to catch their first waves, says Dan Poole - read Break for the Border, Independent 16/05/09
  • Anthony Peregrine chooses The Best Beaches in the Basque Country - Telegraph 31/07/08
  • Helen Pickles travels by train to a “19-mile island of vineyards, salt marshes and white-washed villages fringed by soft sands”. “Ile de Ré has a shabby-chic charm that makes it a great place to idle around markets or cycle to the beach”. Telegraph Travel, 18th September 2008 - read article.
  • The port of St-Jean-de-Luz is a perfect marriage of Gallic and Basque charm, says Norman Miller in his article Weekend to Remember: St Jean de Luz - Telegraph 1/2/08
  • "Suddenly one of France’s best-kept secrets was revealed: a tranquil and beautiful wilderness colliding enchantingly with fishing boats, oyster villages, dreamy holiday homes and the ocean"
    The FT 08/09/07 - read Cap Ferret article
  • Find out why Biarritz and La Côte Basque is a property and holiday hot-spot - read Paul Shearer's FT article on the property boom in Biarritz
  • "If you need the company of Champagne-spraying airheads from the international people pages, please go elsewhere: Biarritz doesn't do brainless bling" - read Anthony Peregrine's Telegraph article about Biarritz
  • "If you love the French seaside, yet are weary of the bare-faced overcharging and pretensions of the Côte d'Azur, try the country's Basque district" - read Nicholas Owen's Times article about St Jean de Luz
  • "If you could boil down just about every daydream you've ever had about French provincial life, it would look something like this" - read Sean Newsom's Sunday Times article about Gascony
  • St Jean de Luz has been in the press recently - it was the subject of an excellent article in the Guardian in April 2007 » Read Guardian Travel article on St Jean de Luz.
  • Our beach-front apartment in Hossegor - Les Grandes Vagues ref:038 - was also featured in the Guardian Travel section recently. » Read Guardian Travel article about Les Grandes Vagues
  • "Shacks are the new chic as fishing huts net a fortune" - The Times 23/04/05 - read cap Ferret article

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