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During the Easter break last year we were invited to visit Les Dunes holiday park just outside Perpignan on the French Mediterranean Coast with Canvas Holidays. We loved the whole experience from morning dips in our hot tub to evenings spent playing family boules, relishing the high-end yet intimate camp site experience…but looking back nearly…

You might think 24 hours in the world’s most romantic city isn’t enough time to fit everything in. Well think again. If you have just one day in Paris, you’ll need to fine-tune your itinerary and keep to a tight schedule if you want to fit in visits to all of the major tourist attractions,…

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