Gites holidays in France - Property to rent

Magazines concerning French Property

Magazines about France

French Property News, 6 Burgess Mews, London. SW19 1UF. Tel: 020 8543 3113. www.french-property-news.com

- Living France. Excellent magazine for those of you interested in French lifestyles and property. www.livingfrance.com / SUBSCRIBE

Regions and Departements along the channel

North France - Nord (59), Pas-de-Calais (62), Picardie (80)

Normandy -Seine-Maritime (76), Calvados (14), Manche (50)

Brittany -Ille-et-Vilaine (35), Côtes d'Armor (22), Finistère (29)

Gîte, Hotel, and Château Holidays

- Affair Travel, Villas. www.affairtravel.com

Balfour Travel - Villas and Country houses, Provence and Côtes d'Azur. Tel: 0118 940 2620. www.balfourfrance.com

- Bowhills. Now part of French Country Cottages. www.french-country-cottages.co.uk

Morbihan Travel; Brittany. Tel: 01920 412 012. www.brittany.co.uk

- Cap France Holidays camps. A group of 104 independent holiday villages. 29 by the sea, 42 villages in the mountains and 33 villages in the countryside. www.capfrance-vacances.com

- Chouette Nature (the countryside villages). www.chouettenature.com

- Carisma Luxury Beach Holidays. Tel: 01923 284 235. www.carisma.co.uk

- Chez Nous - over 3,000 private advertisers. Tel: 08700 730 730. www.cheznous.com

- Cottages4you. Tel: 0113 205 0212. www.cottages4you.co.uk

Dophin Gites in the Vendee. 5 charming gites situated in landscaped gardens with private swimming pool, only 5 minutes from the beach. www.gites-in-vendee.com

Dominique's Villas - Villas and Châteaux with pools. Tel: 020 7738 8772. www.dominiquesvillas.co.uk

- Domegos Holidays homes. www.domegos.co.uk

- Easy Cottages. Tel: 01756 697 768. www.easycottages.com

- French Affair Cottages and Villas. Tel: 020 7381 8519. www.frenchaffair.com

- French Country Cottages. Tel: 08700 781 500. www.french-country-cottages.co.uk

- French Expressions - holidays to hotels of character. Tel: 020 7431 1312. www.expressionsholidays.co.uk

- French Freedom Holidays. Tel: 01724 282 303. www.french-freedom.co.uk

- Joanna Macpherson, 0207 701 3052. www.gites.biz

- Inghams. Tel: 09070 500 500. www.inghams.co.uk

- James Villas Holidays. www.jamesvillas.co.uk

Lets go to Spain, houses to rent in Spain. Tel: 0034 619 01 44 02. www.letsgotospain.net

- Matthews Holidays. Tel: 01483 284 044. www.matthewsfrance.co.uk

- Pure France, holiday rental villas in France. www.purefrance.com

- Tots to Travel. "Our gorgeous holiday cottages are fully vetted, safe and genuinely child friendly so that the whole family can relax and enjoy quality time together". www.totstotravel.co.uk

- VFB Holidays Ltd. Tel: 01242 240 310. www.travelzest.com

- Rent holiday accommodation direct with French property owners. www.villas-france.co.uk

- Vintage Travel. www.vintagetravel.co.uk

Useful Outside links

- Gîte Link. "Gitelink is a fully independent directory of selected French holiday cottages and gites to rent directly from their owners, including gites de France, secluded holiday cottages, villas and reasonably-priced places to stay." www.gitelink.com