Anneke's Blog

Welcome to my Blog!

Below you will find my entrees of the past period. By means of this Blog I would like to keep you informed of all the news here in the French south.

Of course you can always send me an e-mail when you would like to share something.
I hope you enjoy the reading!


Friday, 13th August 2010
Author Laurence Gardner passed away two hours ago, after fighting a long illness. He was the author of many and extraordinary books, including the bestselling Bloodline of the Holy Grail, for which he received a UK Author of the Year award in 1997. Our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Laurence, he will be greatly missed!


Thursday, 8th July 2010
With fantastic weather here we should not complain, but all the sports on tv do keep the tourists away. It is so quiet! Lots of accommodation is still free, so many last minute deals, and we also have renewed our page packages on our Barinca website. Through our company, Barinca Travel & Tourism, we can help you find accommodation, and we also offer wonderful guided tours in the southern parts of Languedoc-Roussillon & Midi-Pyrénées. This is the heartland of the Knights Templar, the Cathars, the Occitan Quest in the 13th century, but also Prehistory with stunning caves, cave paintings, artifacts and remains of the earliest Europeans! Occitania is unique! Check out our catalogue for inspiration!

Have a great vacation!

Wednesday, 31st March 2010
The trailer of the documentary about the Mystery of Rennes-le-Chateau is now on YouTube!


Thursday, 18th February 2010
Work in progress on the Tour Magdala in Rennes-le-Chateau shows the placement of an iron band (similar to Pisa, Italy), to support the structure. There is a reduced entrance fee (3,50) because the Magdala Tower is, for this moment, not included in the visit of the Domaine. They are hoping to finish work within a few weeks.


Friday, 22nd January 2010
They finally started to do the necessary repair work on the Tour Magdala in Rennes-le-Chateau.

The Domaine and museum will be closed for a few weeks in February.

Check the website of Rennes-le-Chateau (tourism) for all information.



Friday 8th January 2010
For the 5th year in a row, La Douce France has been voted the best European country to live in! This has a lot to do with its excellent health service, way of life and the beauty of the land. If you are looking for a (second) home in the southern Languedoc, contact us for help and advice!


Saturday, 2nd January 2010
Happy New Year! We wish you all the very best incl. health, happiness and love!


Wednesday, 9th December 2009
There has been quite a lot of snow in the Pyrenees this week. Most of the wintersport centres are now open!


Monday, 7th December 2009
Today is the big day, because today I launched this new website! PanOccitania.com was born from two old websites of mine, zuid-frankrijk.eu and languedocvakantie.nl. These will disappear in the course of 2010. With this new website I hope to be able to promote this unique part of France by giving as much information as possible. Therefore, this website will continue to grow.

If you have a holiday home in southern France, then we are happy to include your link on our webpage "accommodations" in return for a link exchange.

Many warm wishes from Occitania!