GOVERNMENT ADVICE, TOURIST INFORMATION, NEWSPAPERS, ETC.
Foreign & Commonwealth Office advice & warnings
BBC Country Profile Includes: Profile, National Holidays, Newspapers, etc.
Nation by Nation History and information on all the countries world
>WorldTravelGuide.net Tourism, visa, passport requirements, travel, flights and hotel information
Lonely Planet Worldguide In country conditions - warts and all
CIA - World Factbook
Kidon Media Link Lists newspapers, radio, TV stations
CountryReports.org Countries profiled from around the world
US Consular Country Information Sheets Gives a detailed description of conditions
US State Dept Travel warnings
Wikipedia the free encyclopaedia


FRENCH NATIONAL INFORMATION
AngloINFO: Everyday life in France
arrive-survive-thrive.com Anglo - French Cross Cultural Considerations
Brits in France Webring
Expatica.com News and community for the expatriate
FRANCE Magazine The next best thing to being there
France Pub All you need to know about France and the French
Francopats France's Expat website
France Review Discover the real France: Properties, B&B, French Life and more...."
Franglo Free Classifieds For Expats, Travellers and English-speakers in France & others who want to connect
FrenchEntrée.com French Property & Living in France
French News.com
franceforfreebooters.com an independent traveler's view of France and its history
Living France Your essential guide to owning French property
Lost in France? Looking for a plumber, builder or electrician? Somewhere to stay? 
othercountries.com Living in France
Parlezvous.co.uk French Help for Brits Living in France
The British Community Committee
The Connexion a newspaper for English-speakers in France.
ThisFrenchLife.com Living life the French way
Total France French Living and Property

PARIS INFORMATION
Expat Contact (Paris) a club for young expat professionals & former expats!
Eye Prefer Paris Tours see Paris from the inside on one of Richard Nahem's fun, offbeat tours or read an ex-New Yorkers insiders blog guide to Paris.
Fusac free magazine for the English-speaking world of Paris
Laughing & Music Matters in Paris Stand-Up Comedy in Paris
Paris-Anglo.com eat. drink. work. play. understand.
Paris Connection provide Airport Transfers & Guided Tours in and around Paris
The British and Commonwealth Women's Association (Paris) library, activities, etc.

FRENCH REGIONAL INFORMATION
Absolutely France offer an A to Z service to English speaking existing and future home owners and holiday makers in the Lot et Garonne
AMB Cote d'Azur online French Riviera companion from Menton to St. Tropez
Ariege Life is an interactive website serving the English speaking community in the 09 area of South-West France.
Ariege Aude Lifestyles An activity and lifestyle information forum covering Ariege and Aude, Midi Pyrenees, South West France.
Bonneau Services (Brittany) Your relocation agent for all problems from prospection to management of the home or business.  Experienced translator and interpreter
Burgundy Eye is an on line guide and magazine for visitors to Burgundy
Burgundy Friends a network for English-speaking residents of Burgundy.
burgundytoday.com An information site about the Burgundy region, also known as Bourgogne, in the heart of France
dordogne-on-line.info Coming on holiday, or want to find out about the area with a view to househunting? Lots of useful info on our pages
Dordogne Directory If it's in the Dordogne, it's in the Directory
Dordogne In English Directory of English speaking businesses in the Dordogne
In Aquitaine Forum. Share opinions, ideas, questions and answers concerning this beautiful part of SW France
Limousin Expats for expatriates who speak English and who live in the Limousin or in Poitou-Charentes
limousin-on-line.info Holidays or househunting? Days out or classifieds? You will find it on our pages!
Midi-Life.com Your inside line on Life in the Aude, Languedoc
Riviera-Reporter.com The information magazine for French Riviera residents.
Riviera Expat Consultants A multilingual team of professionals in general services, consulting, tourism, law or insurance. We are able to advise you on administrative or general problems in Provence/Côte d’azur. .
Southern Times The Southern France Journal and Events Guide
The Languedoc Page Guide to the Languedoc region, advice for expats in France
Toulouse Anglo Exchange linking the Anglophone community in Southwest France
UK GRAPEVINE! The community website for English speakers in northwest France

AUCTIONS / SALES
Flogit offers a French auction in English for expats living in France.
Troc Anglaise Buy and Sell anything to Expats all over France absolutely FREE of charge!!

BANKING (ALSO SEE OUR INTERNATIONAL BANKING SECTION)
Abbey National France Financing your French dream home
Britline The French Bank that makes French Banking easy for you
HSBC Offshore - Buying in France
Barclays.fr

CAR HIRE
Car Hire France providers of discount car hire throughout France including all major cities, train stations and airports in France. One stop shop for car rental in France.
easyCar In France
IIB Autos we are dedicated to finding you the cheapest deal on car hire in France

COMPUTING / IT
The IT Helper Based in the bay of St Tropez, we serve depts 83 and 06 for PC repair and all of France for our other services. We help business and home users with PC maintenance upgrades and repair, network services, website development/design, search engine optimization, IT training software development/database design and much more. We also specialise in unique rewriteable websites and .net Software development.”
Riviera IT Solutions based in Cannes. offer a full range of technical solutions for corporate, yachting and private clients including, PC technical support, wireless networking, remote CCTV security, telephone solutions and complete entertainment systems.
siteweb65.fr Specialist Website designers for English and French clients, based near Maubourguet in the Hautes Pyrenees

FINANCIAL ADVISORS / ACCOUNTANTS / INVESTMENT MANAGERS
Audit Pyrenees Accounting Auditing & Tax Expertise
Siddalls France Independent Financial Advisers for British Expatriates living in France, Specialists in planning financial, tax, investment, pension and inheritance.

HEALTH
Alternative Therapist a directory of holistic and alternative therapists in France
SOS Help Feeling down? Call us up! confidential English language listening line in France

INSURANCE
Expat Healthcare Moving to France? Highest standards of healthcare in the world. Rules for registration with the French Health Service (CPAM). New legislation now in force. Requirement and advice on health insurance.
ExpatHealth France designed specially for people living in France. This should be an ideal alternative to your state healthcare. Even if you are living and working in France and have access to state healthcare you may want to consider the option of purchasing a private plan as well.
  
Intasure property and holiday home insurance that speaks your language

LANGUAGE COURSES
Berlitz
EXPAT FRENCH survival course for expats
BBC Learning French
Linguaphone

Institut Verlaine Langue French Language School in Paris
L'Atelier 9 - French School offers friendly, affordable French instruction in the heart of Paris

MISCELLANEOUS
Artisan Anglais Find a registered artisan who speaks English anywhere in France
Findatradeinfrance.com Helping trades people to find customers and French home owners to find trades people
Planetepassion Conservation, Wildlife & The Environment
French Consultants Agency UK based Company providing assistance to English-speaking when French language is a barrier. (Paperwork, litigations..)

PETS
Cats Whiskers Cattery Lower Normandy, We cater solely for cats and will ensure your pet is cared for in a calm and happy environment

PROPERTY, ESTATE AGENTS, MORTGAGES, REMOVALS, FEATURES.
Property, Estate Agents, Mortgages, Removals, Features page >.

SHOPPING
Best of British Your British Grocer in France. Providing British groceries in France through our chain of supermarkets and mail order service
The Fat Goose specialist suppliers of exquisite French Food and British Supermarket Favourites throughout Europe.

SKY TV
Alpine Satellite SKY Digital sales and installation company based in the south east of France, covering from Geneva to the cote d azur
Big Dish Satellite British Digital TV and Radio in France
Citysat English language satellite TV channels - Sky Digital in Paris, France, Europe
Centre Satellite For Sky Television in Burgundy and Central France
Crosschanneltv UK satellite TV in France - covering Poitou, Charentes and surrounding departments
DD Electronics offer a complete range of TV services in the large Paris area providing the equipment, home installation and subscriptions
Euroinstallations.com British Television and Radio in France
Exsat Satellite and alarm services UK television and radio direct to your French home in the Languedoc region of southern France.
Finninger and Helbach Digital TV Satellite installation specialists in the South West of France, catering for the British and German ex pat community
French-Help.com English digital satellite TV & Radio supplies and installations. Equipment supplied for DIY at wholesale prices.
Frenchsatstuff based in South-West France covering the Gers and surrounding areas
One World Dreaming BBC, ITV, Ch4, C5, Installations, Rennes-les-Bains, Aude.
Orbit Direct offer a comprehensive range of satellite equipment as well as High Definition TV systems. Near Riberac in the northern Dordogne
SkyDigi supplies digital satellite equipment to receive English television and radio across Europe based in Languedoc and Midi-Pyrenées
Sky In France Sky Satellite Installation Service in France
TV Brittany The Number One Satellite and English TV Installer in Brittany
SKY-TV-I Sky Television Installations in the Limousin area

SPORTS & RECREATION
British Rugby Football Club of Paris
Global Golfers France part of Europe's largest operator of amateur golf events and membership scheme, we have just opened our doors to both ex-pats and french golfers through our new office in France.
Montpellier Herault Rugby Club
Nearly Heaven Flying lessons and holidays in Limoges / Limousin region
  
Normandy Sailing The sailing site for the channel, La Manche & beyond. Info and articles covering all manner of things connected with sailing, including French moorings

TELEPHONES
Lifting the lid on the French Telephone & Broadband industry Your ultimate telephone and broadband guide to the pitfalls when moving home (UKtelecom.uk.net pdf document Jan 08)
LeFrenchMobile allows people staying for few months (from 2 to 12 months) in France to use their mobile phone with rates 50% cheaper then with roaming or with prepaid.  (all the documentation in English.)
UK Telecom Calls to the UK for just 2.99 cent a min anytime. Big savings on all international calls.

TRANSLATORS
France Support English speaking Assistance Helpline and Translation services, affordable for ALL French property owners.

International Dial Code : +33
Time zone : GMT +1
Visa Info : NR
Mains Info : 220V 50Hz 2 round pin
Health Inoculations : NR

EXPAT BARS
Paris
parispubs.com Guide to Pubs and Bars in Paris
Frog Pubs
Frog & Rosbif, 116 rue St-Denis, 75002, Tel 01.42.36.34.73 Métro Réaumur Sébastopol ou Etienne Marcel
Frog & Princes, 9 rue Princess, 75006, Tel 01.40.51.77.38 Métro St Germain des Prés ou Mabillon
Frog at Bercy Village, 25 cour St Emilion, 75012, Tel 01.43.40.70.71 Métro St Emilion
The Frog & British Library
The Bombardier 2 place de Pantheon, 75005, Tel 01.43.54.79.22
The Wild Geese Traditional Irish Pub 140 Bd Richard Lenor-II, Tel 01.48.06.14.36 (HR)
Celtic Corner Pub 88 Rue de la Croix Nivert, 75015, Tel / Fax 01.42.50.74.11, Metro Commerce / Cranbronne

FRENCH EXPAT WEBSITES
Expatriation.com Information for French expatriates

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