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A WEEKEND BREAK IN A PICTURESQUE VILLAGE - ONLY ONE HOUR DRIVE TO REACH PARIS !
Charms of Valois
Follow the Three Musketeers of Alexander Dumas as they rode through the forest of Retz, the largest forested area in the Aisne, covering 13,000 hectares, larger than the city of Paris ! |
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CELEBRATION MEAL WITH CHAMPAGNE
Champagne-style cooking class
Jacqueline Baron will teach you how to use wild & garden herbs in your cooking, accompanied by farm-reared chicken gently stewed in champagne - a must for food lovers and cooks ! Dates of availability 2008 : 28-30 March 2008 - 10-12 October 2006. |
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GOURMET BREAK IN THE COUNTRY OF THE MAROILLES CHEESE
The good life in the Thiérache
"Flavours of the Thiérache" weekend in Logis de France hotel-restaurant reputed for its hospitality and local specialities. Ideal starting point for walks in forest of Le-Nouvion-en-Thiérache and tour of the mysterious fortified churches. |
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ROYAL FOREST WEEKEND BREAK
Tall trees of the Retz forest
Leaving from Villers-Cotterêts you go straight into the forest with its romantic connections to the Three Musketeers. Mainly planted with beech, oak, maple and chestnut, the forest is easy to walk through as it is divided up geometrically and tracks are clearly marked. |
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DISCOVER THE LITTLE NORMANDY
Hedge-trimmed meadows of the Thiérache
The walks are lined with lovely bushes or laid hedges. You walk through vast meadows along sunken lanes or picturesque paths. You can explore the rather unusual "Axe Vert", an old railway line now laid out as a track for walkers and riders. |
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