France

Day 3: Colmar - Route by car through the villages of Alsace (Turckheim - Kaysersberg - Riquewihr - Hunawihr - Ribeauvillé) - Colmar Today, the third day of our trip to Alsace at Christmas, the alarm sounds at 6:30, and it is Today we have to make a route by car through the villages of Alsace, approaching Turckheim, Kaysersberg, Riquewihr, Hunawihr and Ribeauvillé, which are some of the best known in this area.

Day 2: Mulhouse - Eguisheim - Colmar (Christmas Markets: Place de Dominicains, Place Jeanne d'Arc, Place de l'Ancienne Douane, Marché des artisans, Marché Petit Venice) After a night where we slept like children, we The alarm sounds at 6:30 in the morning and it is that before continuing our trip through Alsace by car, we have to work for a while in the morning before passing through Eguisheim, one of the most beautiful villages in the area, and then head which will be one of the most impressive destinations in this area of ​​France and where we have many places to see in Colmar at Christmas.

Day 4: Colmar - Obernai - Strasbourg at Christmas We wake up again with the sound of the alarm clock at 6:30 in the morning and today we leave Colmar and we will enjoy Strasbourg at Christmas, where we will stay tonight. But before, after checking out at the Ibis Center hotel where we have stayed these last two nights and have breakfast at a nearby bakery for 8 euros both, and resisting with all our strength to leave Colmar, this enclave that we liked so much and that has become the icing on the trip to Alsace at Christmas, we will go for a walk through the historic center, accompanied by a blue sky, which at this time of the morning looks impressive.

Day 1: Lloret de Mar - Barcelona Airport - Basel-Basel Alsace Airport (Switzerland) - Mulhouse Today begins with that sound of an alarm clock that reminds us that the time has come to get up and start working. Although we will not lie if we say that it does not take us a minute to remember that today is Friday and not just any Friday, if not the day we started our trip to Alsace at Christmas and the day we will arrive in Basel, the airport from Alsace.

TRAVEL PREPARATIONS When we started preparing the getaways that we were going to do this year, considering them above all for the dates we had, we decided to set Stockholm in July, Naples and Pompeii in September, Midi-Pyrenees and the Kasbah Route in October and the last that awaited us in this year 2015, in the December Bridge, in one of its most special and spectacular times.

Our trip to Alsace by car in 5 days will take us into one of the most beautiful areas of this country at Christmas time. Not surprisingly, it is said that this is the region where the Christmas tree tradition was born in the 16th century. From the end of November the Alsace region is adorned with its best clothes, from November 25 until the day of Kings, on January 6, celebrate one of the most beautiful times of the year: Christmas.

Tips for traveling to Midi-Pyrénées One of the first tips for traveling to Midi-Pyrénées that we can give you is that the best way to prepare a route through Midi-Pyrénées, it is best to have a car, since it is the best way of moving around the area. When leaving from a town near Girona, we have chosen to take our own car, if not another option would be to rent a car once you are in the area.

Day 4: Conques - Salles-la-Source - Belcastel - Lloret de Mar The alarm rings at 6:30 in the morning and after a little work, as we have been doing every day of this trip to Midi-Pyrénées and pick up everything, we go down to the breakfast room of our accommodation in Conques, Au Castellou, where they receive us with a homemade breakfast with which we put on our boots before taking the car again and going up to the free parking at the entrance de Conques, the most beautiful town in France.

Day 3: Najac - Saint-Cirq-Lapopie - Rocamadour - Conques The alarm sounds at 6:30 in the morning. We are traveling and it cannot be otherwise. After taking a shower, leaving everything collected and working a little, we go down to the breakfast room at 8 in the morning where we load up before breakfast and a totally personalized treatment of the owners of El Camino de Najac, which has been our accommodation This second day trip to Midi-Pyrenees in 4 days and with which we will try to reach Rocamadour, one of the most beautiful villages of Midi-Pyrenees.

Day 1: Lloret de Mar - Albi After a day of work in which we spend part of the morning in programming the social networks of Street Travelers for these next few days, after eating at home, we load the car and start moving towards One of the "surprise" getaways this year. We return to France, starting this afternoon in Albi in Midi-Pyrenees.

Ibis Budget Center The first of the hotels in Midi-Pyrenees we stayed at was the Ibis Budget Center, in the center of Albi. Telling that it is an accommodation of the Ibis chain, more or less we know what we can find. Rooms quite impersonal but functional enough to be a good sleeping option.

Day 2: Albi - Cordes-sur-Ciel - Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val-Najac The alarm sounds at 6:30 in the morning and after picking up the suitcase and working a little in the room, we go down to leave the suitcases in the car, before starting a car route through the villages of Midi-Pyrenees. But before we can not stop having a coffee at the reception of the Ibis Budget Center, the truth is a great service if you do not want to have breakfast here since the price is 7 euros per person and the truth is that when we go through the dining room We don't see too much variety, so we prefer to have a coffee for 1.

TRAVEL PREPARATIONS When we started preparing the getaways that we would do this year we were quite clear that they were going to stay on a trip to Stockholm, a trip to Naples and Pompeii, return to our beloved Morocco and enter one of the most Christmas regions of the world, Alsace, on the December Bridge, before crossing the puddle to spend Christmas at a destination that we really wanted for years.

Our trip through the Midi-Pyrenees in 4 days will take us to know and enjoy one of the least known routes of a country like France, where we have many alternative routes to enjoy. Midi-Pyrénées in 4 days A lot of history is one of the many things we can find in Midi-Pyrénées, the largest region in France, with 8 departments, where we can find lovely villages that rest suspended in the rocks.

Day 4: NICE - MONACO - VILLAFRANCHE-SUR-MER - NICE Saturday, September 12, 2009 We have to get up early to start one of the most complete days of this trip on the Côte d'Azur. We will have breakfast in the lounge of the All Season Hotel in Nice, a good breakfast, quite complete and that charges us the batteries to visit Monaco in one day and return to Nice at night, since we will stay here again, being the Accommodation prices in Monaco almost prohibitive.

Day 3: CANNES - MOUGINS - SAINT PAUL DE VENCE - NICE Friday, September 11, 2009 Today we went down to breakfast early in the lounge at the Oxford Hotel. We have a most complete day with visits to Cannes, Mougins, Saint Paul de Vence and finish in Nice. Breakfast is served on a hotel terrace that overlooks the patio and is quite complete.

Day 1: LLORET DE MAR - ARLES (LA PROVENZA) Wednesday, September 9, 2009 Today is the day we started our 5-day break through Provence and The French Riviera in France. In the first stage of the trip we will visit some of the beautiful villages of Provence such as Arles, Avignon, Les Baux en Provence and Aux en Provence.

Day 2: ARLES - AVIGNON - LES BAUX DE PROVENCE - SAINT TROPEZ - CANNES Thursday, September 10, 2009 Today we started the day with a good buffet breakfast at the Best Western Atrium, our accommodation in Arles. We have a most complete day with the visits of Avignon, Saint-Tropez and in between the small town of Les Baux de Provence.

Day 5: NICE - GRASSE - LAS GARGANTAS DE VERDON - LLORET DE MAR Sunday, September 13, 2009 Today we get back early, as we did yesterday to go to Monaco and before reloading luggage in the car we had breakfast at Hotel All Nice Season and we get on the way to Grasse located in Provence.

This trip to Paris in 12 days led us to know the French capital in a thorough way during all the days we were there. Paris the poetic, captivating, romantic city in which there is nothing more pleasant than getting lost in its streets or walking along the banks of the River Seine. We flew from Girona to Paris in the late evening and only gave us time to get to the hotel to rest to charge energies to see Paris in 12 days.