Self-Catering Holidays in Atlantic Aquitaine, South West France - Villas, Cottages & Apartments

Welcome to our new 'Aquitaine News and Features' page. Our News page is designed to let you know what's going on in Aquitaine and in our business, whether it be new holiday properties recently added to our website or up-coming events occurring in Aquitaine.

The topic areas are shown below - you can see more detail about each news topic by clicking on the link.

» New properties recently added to our website
» Press
» Up-coming events in Aquitaine
» AA's news headlines and recruitment
» Featured Aquitaine Activity (golf)
» Featured Aquitaine Resort (Cap Ferret)
» Featured Area of Aquitaine (Médoc Bleu)
» Featured Holiday Rental in Aquitaine

Read recent press articles about the Aquitaine region of France...

Helen Pickles travels by train to a “19-mile island of vineyards, salt marshes and white-washed villages fringed by soft sands”. “Ile de Ré has a shabby-chic charm that makes it a great place to idle around markets or cycle to the beach”. Telegraph Travel, 18th September 2008 - read article.

"Suddenly one of France’s best-kept secrets was revealed: a tranquil and beautiful wilderness colliding enchantingly with fishing boats, oyster villages, dreamy holiday homes and the ocean"
The FT 08/09/07 - read Cap Ferret article

Find out why Biarritz and La Côte Basque is a property and holiday hot-spot - read Paul Shearer's FT article on the property boom in Biarritz

"If you need the company of Champagne-spraying airheads from the international people pages, please go elsewhere: Biarritz doesn't do brainless bling" - read Anthony Peregrine's Telegraph article about Biarritz

"If you love the French seaside, yet are weary of the bare-faced overcharging and pretensions of the Côte d'Azur, try the country's Basque district" - read Nicholas Owen's Times article about St Jean de Luz

"If you could boil down just about every daydream you've ever had about French provincial life, it would look something like this" - read Sean Newsom's Sunday Times article about Gascony

St Jean de Luz has been in the press recently - it was the subject of an excellent article in the Guardian in April 2007 » Read Guardian Travel article on St Jean de Luz.

Our beach-front apartment in Hossegor - Les Grandes Vagues ref:038 - was also featured in the Guardian Travel section recently. » Read Guardian Travel article about Les Grandes Vagues

"Shacks are the new chic as fishing huts net a fortune" - The Times 23/04/05 - read cap Ferret article

There's plenty of activities going on in Aquitaine next year - here's a sample of events in the table below. There are loads more events in Aquitaine listed on this helpful website What's On When? and also on the Official Tourist Website for Aquitaine

	Pau Historic Grand Prix - classic car racing through the streets of Pau, a fine city in the foothills of the Pyrénées. » Nearby holiday rentals: 077, 104, 114	26 & 27 May
	Biarritz Surf Festival - one of the biggest in Europe and on the World-Pro circuit. » Nearby holiday rentals: we have several properties in and around Biarritz - please call us on 0870 6092845 to discuss your requirements, or visit our Home Page to make a search	July (dates TBC)
	Bayonne Festival - 5 days of mayhem in the Basque capital - fireworks, music, dancing and bull-fighting » Nearby holiday rentals: we have several properties in and around Bayonne - please call us on 0870 6092845 to discuss your requirements, or visit our Home Page to make a search	1-5 August
	Marciac Jazz Festival - annual festival of jazz held in the bastide village of Marciac deep in Gascony. Blissful summer evenings and a vibrant atmosphere » Nearby holiday rentals: 109	All Year Round

We recently joined forces with five other like-minded regional specialists to form France Favourites. Between us we offer over 2500 properties in the 7 most popular regions of France - Brittany, Vendée, Aquitaine, Gascony, Languedoc-Roussillon, Provence and Côte d'Azur.

So now you can hire a holiday house in any region of France, knowing that you're going through a specialist who knows their region and their properties. The France Favourites venture was picked up by the travel press and received a few mentions - we have big plans for its expansion.

Now that the early year rush for bookings is tailing off, it's time for us to plan our visits to Aquitaine. Spring is an excellent time for us to vet existing properties, take new photos and visit prospective properties. The sun is warm and houses are being prepared for the season ahead, yet the resorts are not too busy. We'll be reporting back on these trips later in the Spring.

There are employment opportunities with AA
There are two f/t positions available at AA's HQ in the UK (Devon):
> Bookings Manager
> Customer Services Manager
We are also on the look out for a p/t Area Manager based in France to cover the northern stretch of our region.

Please call us on 0870 6092845 or email info@alternative-aquitaine.co.uk for more details.