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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...

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.
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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