Plan a ‘budget’ holiday in France to bring you closer to nature – Cycling, camping or villa holidays in France for a change!

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(Free-Press-Release.com) April 19, 2011 -- Don't we all love to travel and visit new places, explore new cultures and see new sights? It’s always fun to take a break every now and then, discover a different city each time, while enjoying a few days in a hotel in Paris, Madrid or Rome! After some time, even this can start to seem monotonous with all hotel rooms beginning to feel alike. That’s when you know it’s time for a change.

A different kind of holiday would be a holiday in France, a holiday in Spain or a Portugal holiday with a unique twist, doing something special that makes your holiday a new and fulfilling experience! For instance, an entirely exciting and rejuvenating trip with friends and family this summer would be camping or cycling holidays to France. You’re never to old or too young to enjoy cycling, walking and even camping for a few days, in the middle of lovely countryside and lush forests. In fact, given the economic strains and in some cases the boredom of standard packaged holidays, many families from the UK, are planning camping, cycling and beach holidays in Spain and France, this summer.

Since accommodation and flights end up taking most of the budget allocated for a holidays, it’s best to find ways around it. First, one should consider a nearer location that one could drive down to, France, for example. Second, one should research thoroughly to find the best deals on accommodation, and if possible go for alternate accommodation such as camps at campsites or villa holidays in Spain, France, Portugal or other European destinations. Rather than have packaged holidays, one can custom-build one’s holiday, to suit ones budget. With websites such as Owners Direct Holiday Rentals www.ownersdirect.co.uk the research on the most suitable accommodation is easier as the short listing and sorting has already been done for you, besides the credibility of being part of the world’s largest holiday rentals group.

If you are a regular or occasional biker, you would truly enjoy this as the countryside and woods naturally lend themselves to level ground cycling, while during a beach holiday in south of France, you would choose to cycle along the promenade! Not only would cycling make you feel healthier and happier, it would also reduce your carbon footprint bringing you closer to nature making your France holidays more eco friendly than ever. Travelling slowly also gives you time to stop and explore the surroundings, connect with the local people, eat at authentic restaurants and observe small characteristics that are otherwise missed.

France, being well connected and not very far from UK, allows one to drive across the English channel, either on ferry, or the Eurotunnel to cut costs even further. If you do not plan to drive and carry your bikes with you, you have another option. You may either take the Eurostar, and local transport to reach your campsite or gite in France. Since most of the France gites and villas may already com equipped with cycles, it’s worth checking that with the gite owner before you book your dream gite in France. Furthermore, it is possible to rent cycles on the beach or at campsites, just making it less tiresome for you to carry yours around everywhere.

A great plan is to head for the Dordogne region since it is one of the most popular destinations for a holiday to France. The scenery is really dramatic and the landscape is interspersed with pretty towns and villages, both in the hinterland and along the Dordogne and Vezère rivers. There are innumerable caves, museums, picnic spots and viewpoints to get absorbed into while spending time with loved ones. Cycling around will build up an appetite and this is the place to do justice to it. Dordogne is famous for truffles, walnuts, duck, goose and foie gras topped off with great wines from the areas around Bergerac and Bordeaux. There are perfect vineyards stretching in all directions as far as you can see. Your Dordogne villa holidays in France can never be complete without wine sampling. Cycling along quiet rural roads lets you immerse yourself in this land and hours can pass without seeing other vehicles. It is a relatively safe option for a family activity and there are lots of opportunities for cycling on the back streets as well as the completely car-free ‘Piste Cyclable’, an old railway line now converted into a cycle path, going south-east from Sarlat to the river Dordogne and then branching off in several directions. Most of the journey is through the wood which is a lovely tryst with trees for a cyclist on a hot summer day with a convenient stopping point midway at the pretty village of Carsac-Aillac. Once over the river the cycle track gives way to country lanes that continue on to the Base de Loisir at Grolejac.

Camping France is a popular holiday option, especially among families and groups of friends. Finding great Dordogne campsites to camp in is easy and similar to chalets; campsites are regulated and classified according to star-ratings based on fa

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