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  1. Hi everyone I've left it late again (I know, I know..!) finding somewhere good in France for the summer holidays. Here's what we're after... - something at the luxury end of the market (like to splurge a little nowadays when it comes to taking time out!) - self-catering preferably - in a nice location with plenty to see/do, nice places to eat, markets... that kind of thing - somewhere that's not tooooooo far a drive (ie. not South of France) because we'll be driving from the north of England - somewhere that has good facilities for children/families - our boys will be 6 and 4 at the time of travel (a swimming pool or nearby beach essential!) We've previously holidayed in Brittany in the last few years - once at La Foret Fousenant (where the accommodation was a bit of a disaster) and once at Morgat (where the accommodation was OK, but still nothing special) As far as dates are concerned, we would be looking at either end of August (probably little chance of finding somewhere good for then) or right at the beginning of July (hopefully a bit more chance, before most schools break up and hopefully when prices are fractionally lower, too). Any suggestions, please? Thanks a lot.
  2. [quote user="Fay"]Someone working on a French travel site who doesn't know much French and who went there a bit as a child... I'm thinking I won't be rushing to that particular site for reliable information any time soon. Sorry to be a bit harsh but honestly! You're not doing yourself or your employers any favours.[/quote] Just because I'm not fluent in French and don't spend a large amount of my time living in the country shouldn't mean that I can't produce a good online travel resource.  The reason that I am making enquiries about a particular issue here is because I wish to make the information we have useful and reliable, but perhaps you can't see that. [quote user="andyh4"]Aaron suggest you rethink.  Postcodes will work in every European country, except the British Isles (note sure about Eire) - and will even work in the US.[/quote] Andy... thank you for this.  It's most helpful.  We are coming from a UK perspective as we have done many UK travel sites along a similar theme and have previously been hampered by our now out-dated postcode system.  I hadn't realised this was not commonplace in other countries so I will definitely give further thought to your suggestion.  It may indeed be a better route for us to take afterall... Thanks again, Aaron
  3. Hi Albert No, it's not a college exercise.  I finished my college days some time ago. :)  We have both postcode data and lat/long for most sites.  I don't think the specific region you refer to would really present any problems - being a site solely about France, we won't have any points within the Spanish component anyhow, on this particular site at least. [quote]How much do you know about France??????[/quote] Ermm... I don't profess to be an expert but I must have been about 25-30 times, mostly during my childhood.  Spent our main Summer holiday there last year and we're going again this year.  Why do you ask? It clearly sounds like - for France, at least - that postcode data will be a more useful (and perhaps easier) tool than perhaps co-ordinate data would be.  However, we are working on a suite of sites for other countries too, and we would probably want to decipher our points by the same method for each country.  This being the case, using lat/long info will provide us with a consistent system for all the sites we're working on, but it is of course based on 1) being able to get hold of the co-ordinate data for the boundaries for each country (hence my post here), and 2) being able to calculate whether points fall within the areas defined by those boundaries. I hope this is making sense. Thanks, Aaron  
  4. Thanks for that link, powerdsal... French is not my strong point but I'll see if I can make sense of what that's about. :) To Gluestick... that's a sig file.  They are fairly standard practice on forums and a number of members have them on here, including at least one moderator and the forum admin.  Are they not allowed?  I've posted here before and it was never an issue previously.
  5. Hi cassis Yes, that's spot on.  Postcodes is a possibility and I suspect we could do it by that method, but getting a co-ordinate data is probably preferred.  Although we are starting with France, we might go on to do the same thing with other countries and it is probably going to be easier for us to have a system that will work across them all rather than being dealing with postcode data which is going to vary from one country to the next. I hope this is making sense... Thanks again Aaron
  6. Oh really...??  I'm not sure... I did wonder about that, but with the addition of "but a web author using a forum about Fracne [sic] to assemble cogent and accurate data is a wee bit worrying"... I took that to mean it was referring to me. I don't really know... I don't think either of us is spamming.  I was simply asking a question, and you were simplying trying to help with an answer.   Ah well...
  7. [quote user="Albert the InfoGipsy"]Are you using an existing package for this or coding your own?[/quote] Sorry, I forgot to answer this bit... we are doing everything in-house.
  8. Thanks for the replies.   To Kim... thanks but that isn't quite what I'm after.  I have co-ordinate data (longitude/latitude) for multiple cities, towns and villages in France.  I want to work out - automatically - which region each location falls in, and I should be able to do this if I can define the boundaries of the regions.  In order to define those boundaries, I need co-ordinate data that determines the exact route that they follow. To cassis... good point! :) To Gluestick... I am simply asking a question, hopefully in a polite manner.  How is that spam??  Does it not make sense to ask on a forum devoted to France?  For goodness sake... To Albert... yes, that is exactly what I am after.  At this stage we are focussing really on the main 22 or so regions (Brittany, Loire, Alsace, etc.) not so much concerned with the sub-division of those regions (although maybe that will come later, I don't know).  Thank you for the tip-off with regards to postcode data... I think we have that for most locations although possibly not all.  So, if I have the postcode '29900', I should immediately be able to decipher that, should I?  (In this case, it's somewhere in Concarneau... so Brittany).  If so, could you point me to a resource that might help with this further? Thanks Aaron
  9. Hello I am working on a French travel site and would like to obtain data that tells me the geographical boundaries of different regions in France such as Brittany, Normandy, etc. In short, I'm looking for a series of co-ordinates that define the boundaries for each of these regions.  Is this information freely available, do you know? Thanks Aaron
  10. I am online morning, noon and night, but then it is work as well as pleasure. :)   I joined Facebook a few months back... whilst I might go into it for half an hour or so each day, I don't find it so addictive that I can't leave it be...
  11. You might want to consider speaking to a reputable jeweller and getting it professionally cleaned.
  12. Regardless of the outcome, Hamilton did superbly well in his first season in F1.  All eyes will no doubt be on him next year, with many expecting him to win the title.
  13. Thank you - that sites looks interesting (and more professional)... I'll have a browse around.  Is there such a thing as a five star campsite in France or does it only go up to 4 stars?  (I know with hotels the highest official accolade from the tourist board is 4 stars but don't know how the classification scheme works when it comes to camping...)
  14. Thank you... it's hard to tell from that site both how family friendly it is (obviously, it's a long way from any beaches, so that would be a no-go) or how luxurious it is (without meaning to sound snobby, it doesn't seem all that up market).  Is it a place you know first hand? Thanks...
  15. [quote user="cooperlola"]Just a thought, see THIS[/quote] That looks interesting, thank you.  However, I couldn't seem to get anything beyond the images to find out more information (is it a hotel?).. am I missing something really obvious? :)
  16. [quote user="Tresco"]What camera did you use? [/quote]   Sorry, I missed your question.  They were taken using a Canon G5.
  17. [quote user="Russethouse"]Is the first picture  of Quimper cathederal ?[/quote] Yes... well done. :)
  18. Thanks, everyone... :)   Sorry, I really ought to have said where each was... so here we go:   Quimper - that's the cathedral (?) out of focus in the background [img]http://www.paul-johnson.co.uk/forum-images/brittany-01.jpg[/img]   A cat in a window of first floor at a house in Pont Aven [img]http://www.paul-johnson.co.uk/forum-images/brittany-02.jpg[/img]   Concarneau at sunset [img]http://www.paul-johnson.co.uk/forum-images/brittany-03.jpg[/img]   Flowers - in Quimper, I think [img]http://www.paul-johnson.co.uk/forum-images/brittany-04.jpg[/img]   Fishing at Beg Meil [img]http://www.paul-johnson.co.uk/forum-images/brittany-05.jpg[/img]   Sunset at La Foret Fousenant (the closest beach to where we were staying) [img]http://www.paul-johnson.co.uk/forum-images/brittany-06.jpg[/img]
  19. A handful of pictures from a trip to Brittany last year.  We had a great time. :) [img]http://www.paul-johnson.co.uk/forum-images/brittany-01.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.paul-johnson.co.uk/forum-images/brittany-02.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.paul-johnson.co.uk/forum-images/brittany-03.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.paul-johnson.co.uk/forum-images/brittany-04.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.paul-johnson.co.uk/forum-images/brittany-05.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.paul-johnson.co.uk/forum-images/brittany-06.jpg[/img]
  20. Last year myself and my family (my wife and our two boys) stayed in a static home on a small campsite in Brittany, close to Concarneau.  Although it was a reasonably good quality site and we had a great time, the ground maintenance was a little lacking and, since holidays are precious, we actually quite like to treat ourselves and go up-market where possible (not always with a campsite, I know!!) Now we're already thinking ahead to next year but we're struggling to find somewhere that ticks all the boxes for us. Hopefully if I share with you here what we are looking for, then maybe someone with their finger on the pulse can help advise.  It doesn't have to be Brittany... Normandy, Loire or anywhere else for that matter would be of interest. The south is probably less appealing simple because we live in the far north of England (Cumbria), but that doesn't mean to say we would rule it out categorically. Here's what we'd like to somehow find: 1. something that caters well for our two boys (they will be 4 and 2.5 when we go away next year) and allows them to mix with other children with activities, etc. 2. something more on the luxurious side (we also stayed at the Evian Royal Resort earlier last year which was fabulous on that front), but something that still caters for the kids. Unfortunately going more upmarket sometimes means going less child friendly - that's one of our key problems. Gites Marins, for instance, sounded interesting, but I suspect our children wouldn't get to mix with others much like they might on a campsite, and that was something they really enjoyed on the holiday we had in the summer. 3. cost isn't so much of an issue (we'd be prepared to pay that bit more for something good, but at the same time always appreciate value for money!) We're open to camping, self-catering, hotels or anything else... just can't seem to find something that fits the bill just yet. Any suggestions? Many thanks...
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