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Beachcombing ; Top 5 Tips

Our top 5 tips for beach combing: Get the right tools. Creating your own kit is easy. You just need a stick for turning things over, a net for picking things up or rinsing the sand away and small bottles or containers for keeping fragile items in. Start with the high water line. But remember […]

Blue Flag Beaches in Brittany

The Blue Flag Beaches campaign began in 1985 and sets a standard for the environmental quality of beaches and marine habitats. Over the years this standard has been made more difficult to reach and there are strict guidelines covering the awarding of a Blue Flag. The award of a European Blue Flag is based on […]

Exploring France…Languedoc-Rousillon

The Languedoc-Rousillon is a land of ancient cities and a generous sea; less frenetic than the Côte d’Azur, its coastline curves towards the Pyrénées as an almost continuous strip of sand. This stretch of coastline was the first place in Gaul to be settled by the Romans, their enduring legacy evident in the great amphitheatre […]

Exploring the UK…the Cotswolds and Severn Valley

For a lot of people, the Cotswolds, with their rich and varied landscape sprinkled with golden coloured churches, grand houses, villages and towns, are often considered to represent the very core of England. Here are rolling green hills, honey-hued limestone walls, rose-covered cottages and babbling streams. Described in 1933 by J B Priestley as ‘the […]

Exploring the UK… Top-10 Picture Perfect Destinations

Looking for artistic inspiration for your next holiday? A picturesque backdrop to test your photography skills, or to brush up on your painting and sketching? Here are ten great suggestions to get your creative juices flowing… The Lake District. Generations of romantics have found their muse amid the majestic mountains and sparkling waters of the […]

A taste of… Croatia; Atlantic Salmon on the Croatian Coast

Renting a holiday villa in Croatia? Here’s an authentic (and easy) local recipe to try in your cottage kitchen… Croatia’s lively and colourful markets are intoxicating, and surprisingly welcoming places for foreign visitors. Get up early and you’ll find the freshest Mediterranean fish to choose from. Opt for locally caught Adriatic salmon (4 x 6 […]

News… cottages4you Blog under construction

We’re currently busy making plans for a cottages4you blog. More info will appear here soon – in the meantime, to search for your next cottage or villa holiday, visit www.cottages4you.co.uk Think cottage holidays – think cottages4you

From the Office… cottages4you bake-off

The chips are down…the talk is over…the cottages4you office ‘Bake Off’ competition is on! Amazingly, a wide range of great looking cakes found their way into the competition, demonstrating that there are a number of budding Delia Smiths / Gordon Ramseys in our midst. Some of the comments that the judges had on the entries: […]

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