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Sunday, April 3rd, 2011One of our favourite places in the Roannais, Château de Champlong, has achieved 4-star hotel status. Recognised in the region for being a superb restaurant in beautiful surroundings, Château de Champlong is going from strength to strength. with excellent food, service, facilities, and hotel. All owned and managed by Olivier Boizet (chef de cuisine) and [...]
Mike Ford’s New Paintings at Purefrancenow
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011Here we introduce a brand new series of original paintings from the creative hand of Mike Ford, photographer ‘extraordinaire’ ! This month we feature a selection of canvasses as a ‘taster’ before we include them in Mike’s personal dedicated presentation at The Pure Art Gallery See more of Mike Ford’s Art and Photographic Images on his [...]
A Guide to the Roannais by Purefrancenow
Thursday, March 3rd, 2011Purefrancenow’s Introductory Guide to the Roannais! This is a Regional Directory listing of recommended restaurants, cafes, shops, services, suppliers and businesses in the Roannais region of the Rhône-Alpes. All designed to assist people, visiting, holidaying, or living in the Roannais, to locate and access some of the best Businesses and Services in this superb region [...]
Discovering the Roannais by Brian Franklin on thisfrenchlife.com
Sunday, February 13th, 2011Purefrancenow and This French Life join forces with a monthly editorial series featuring an historical account of Brian and Lucy Franklin’s discovery of the Roannais in the Rhône-Alpes region, renovating and developing property, and living ‘The French Dream’. For this month’s newsletter article on ‘Discovering the Roannais’ visit thisfrenchlife.com www.purefrancenow.com
More Art in 2011 at Galerie Bernard Ceysson in Saint Etienne
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011BAGARRE GENERALE – 5 ANS ET J.M.MEURICE – IPOMÉES, ARÉTHUSAS ET CYCLAMENS MARCH 24 – MAY 15, 2011 JANUARY 20 – MARCH 19, 2011 Galerie Bernard Ceysson The Pure Art Gallery www.purefrancenow.com
This French Life website is supported by Purefrancenow
Monday, January 24th, 2011This French Life.com provides many interesting nuggets of information, and is of particular service to people who are keen to move to France, or those already living there. This is an excellent, high quality website well worth a visit! There are articles about setting-up a wide variety of necessary services, from banking to the internet, [...]
The Medieval Hill Village of Perreux in the Roannais
Monday, January 17th, 2011As the new year of 2011 commences, Perreux is once again bursting into typical French village life ! The new Perreux magazine has been launched again full of useful information for the community, including all forthcoming events to be held in the ensuing months. Visit our previous editorial on this beautiful, ancient village, only 5 [...]
Frederick Diart – Painter Extraordinaire in the Roannais !
Saturday, November 20th, 2010Frédéric Diart was born in 1966, and now has his home and studio near the Roannais in the Rhône-Alpes region. He is a painter of extraordinary imagination, originality, and creativity. In his early years, between 1989 and 1991 he developed groups of paintings on paper, cardboard, sheets of lead or aluminium, and using industrial paints [...]
Purefrancenow Monthly Newsletter – Roannais, Rhône-Alpes
Monday, November 8th, 2010www.purefrancenow.com is a website dedicated to the highlighting and promotion of French lifestyle, holidays, and property opportunities, including French products and services - regional restaurants, food and wine, local events, medieval villages, history, including art and design, in the Roannais, Rhône–Alpes region. There are also particularly excellent opportunities for business, group, club, or private requirements, [...]
October Celebration of Top Quality Cuisine in the Roannais
Monday, September 27th, 2010Roanne Table Ouverte’ – 8th Festival of gastronomy in the Roannais region, during October 2010. (Literally ‘open table’ – a welcome to all the public to enjoy some of the best restaurants in the region) The gastronomic jewel of Roanne and the Roannais! It is an opportunity and a pleasure for all the restaurants, producers, [...]
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