Cannes Film Festival:
"The Cannes Film Festival (French: le Festival de Cannes), founded in 1939, is one of the world's oldest, most influential and prestigious film festivals. The private festival is held annually (usually in the month of May) at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrs, in the resort town of Cannes, in the south of France.

The 61st Annual Cannes Film Festival will be held 14 to 25 May 2008."

Festival of the Pig - La Pourcailhade:
La Pourcailhade is a one-day festival held around the 15th of August in Trie sur Base in the Hautes-Pyrnes, one of the main pig-producing areas of France. It is the world's foremost pig-based event and has been for many years the intention of the Tongs to visit. The festival has grown and grown in recent years and involves many exciting events and attractions. For example, there is a black pudding eating competition, a piglet race, and a fancy-dress competition. The main event is a competition involving the imitations of the noises a pig makes during its life; when it's born, when it's castrated and having sex, and when it dies. After all that there is drinking, live music, and general megafun. The event is organised by La Confrrie du Cochon, or the Brotherhood of the Pig.

International Garden Festival:
"France's premier horticultural event rivals the Chelsea Flower Show for its spectacular displays and innovative themes.

Held in the magnificent Loire Chateau, the International Garden Festival is grand in every sense.

Not many buildings can claim to have been owned by a de Medici and have architecture that dates back to the 15th century.

Around 150,000 people attend the festival throughout its opening season, visiting 30 show gardens and the chateau's landscaped hideaways.

Each year the festival is given a theme and last year the organisers aimed to explore playing in the garden and enjoying horticulture.

There are some spectacular show gardens around the chateau, including a deep gorge with a wooden bridge suspended over it. A waterfall rockets down the side of the gorge and wild flowers sparkle in the damp residue.

Paris
The City of Lights. And of the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, the Sacr-Coeur, Montmartre, Saint-Germain, the Opra and hundreds of attractions for every taste known to civilized mankind. A visit to Paris should include a day-trip to Versailles where French royalty brought the classical French style to its apex.

Alsace
"The European region. Strong French and German influences. Lovely wine routes and oh so charming villages. Strasbourg, Colmar, Mulhouse is what you want to see.

Aquitaine. Bordeaux vineyards and the beaches of the Atlantic. The Basque Country. Castles and Medieval villages in Perigord. Biarritz, Pau and Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port are here. Big with wine lovers history buffs, river vacationeers and surfer dudes."

Auvergne
A sparsely populated land of volcanic plateaus and large valleys with an impeccable standard for environment. Clermont-Ferrand. Aurillac. Preferred by active vacationeers who crave the open-air and its majestic environment

Burgundy
The land of fine wines. Dijon and the Cote d'Or. Beaune, Chablis, Auxerre and Macon are here. Knowledge of good wine is a not requirement to enjoy this region fully.

Britany
Where the land meets the sea. Bretagne is a wonderfully unique land that has entranced man since the beginning of time. The rugged coast has some of the finest beaches in Europe

Corsica
The Mediterranean jewel. Ajaccio, Bastia, Bonifaccio and Porto Vecchio are lined up with a stunning coastline and sun-seekers from around the world.

Centre
Rolling 2 hours south of Paris, the 'Valley of Kings' is the king of Valleys. Royal chateaus abound between Tours and Blois. A visit to Chambord, Blois, Amboise, Chenonceau is a must

Franche-Comt
Beautiful but rugged, this region has seldom appeared on the radar of travelers to France. It's a fantastic homebase for a laid-back vacation of enjoying France's rural culture.

Languedoc-Roussillon
Be tempted by the varied sites of this land of contrasts. Camargue extends to the sunny shores of the Mediterranean. Cathar castles stand proudly at the foot of the Pyrnes mountains, and the fortified city of Carcassonne and the 49-metre high Pont du Gard will instantly hold you spellbound.

Midi-Pyrnes
From the sea to the mountains the region is full of beautiful cities and villages, rich with history. Toulouse, the pink city, is a must see. Barges float quietly along the banks of the Canal du Midi.

Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Heir to an industrial past, the region has turned towards tourism. It's the entry place for British tourists coming on the chunnel or on hovercrafts from Dover. Don't miss Lille, one of France's most fun big cities

Normandy
Green pastures, fishermans villages famous cheese. D-day beaches and WWII tours mix with medieval art. Caen, Rouen, Bayeux, Honfleur, Deauville and Monet's Giverny are where the tourists go

Picardie
"Lovers of history will find many places to visit in this flat land: Amiens boasts one of the most beautiful French cathedrals, while the cities of Chantilly, Compigne still evoke the royal atmosphere of their past. Senlis and Gerberoy take us back all the way to the Middle Ages.

Pays de la Loire. Water is everywhere here between the sea and the Loire itself. Unjustly ignored by tourists from abroad, the region is getting"

Time Zone
GMT + 1 Hour.

Language Spoken
The official language of France is French or Francais. It is one of the most important languages in the world and spoken by about 300 million people around the world as a mother tongue or fluent second language. It descends from the Latin of the Roman Empire.