Another great trend from the 1980s and 90s is back – the French gite holiday. Gites are self-catered holiday houses and searches for stays in them are up by nearly 90 per cent year on year according ...

What is a gîte and why you would want to try it when visiting France? For the past seven decades a favorite type of vacation in France has been the gîte vacation. These have proven to be extremely ...

Pendant les vacances de la Toussaint, les gîtes font le plein ! Le directeur des Gîtes de France Bruno Bernabé était l'invité de France Bleu Isère ce mardi matin. Il revient sur cette offre ...

We were sitting on the long front balcony of our gite, or French vacation home, admiring the view and thinking of the possibilities. Opposite us spread the orange roofs of Belvedere, a village perched ...

The most comprehensive listings are found in the Nouveaux Gîtes Ruraux 2001 guide distributed by World Leisure Marketing (01332 573737). It costs £17.99 plus p&p, covers the whole of France, and you ...