Roll Out the Red Carpet! VIP Guest in Sète

Parade with musical instruments and mariners costumes with a tall ship

Escale à Sète: The Tall Ships Festival to Welcome a VIP Guest on March 27 She commands attention wherever she goes and this year’s Escale à Sète will be no exception as hundreds of thousands of spectators, foreign dignitaries and international press turn out to greet Sète’s newest leading lady. No this isn’t the Oscars […]

A Tale of Two Cities – and the best Fish soup

Bouillabaisse fish soup with a crouton, aioli and colorful dish with olives

Bustling, edgy Marseille, France’s second and oldest city, and largest commercial port. Designated as Top Ten Oceanfront Cities by National Geographic in 2014 and one the New York Times’ favourite destinations, Marseille is becoming increasingly trendy. Sète, its younger, understated cousin and the most important fishing port on the Mediterranean, is ‘the most fascinating small town on the French […]