Events in France, Italy and 
throughout Western Europe for
August - 2008

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Bonjour, Bienvenue!  We are Your French Connexion - your personal travel consultants for European travel.  To enhance and inspire your travel plans we want to share with you major events in France, Italy and throughout Europe.

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Paris, France

Paris Opéra Bastille & Palais Garnier 
(Season begins again in September)

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opera tickets for your trip

Musée d'Orsay: 
Orsay Museum  1, rue de la Ligion d'Honneur, 75007 Metro: Musie d'Orsay www.musee-orsay.fr/

Arles, France

Open air markets
Musical concerts and festivals

Alsace, France

Marmoutier – guided tours of the museum of popular art and traditions and the abbey. 

Throughout Alsace during this month, international folk festival, several beer and wine festivals, country market, mountain festivals and traditional Alsacean wedding festivals.  Many of these occur each weekend 

Let us now book your lodgings or rental for the Summer Music Festivals in August!

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Nice, France

Sports Events in August in France include: Champion Soccer Rounds, Rugby Tournaments, International Track and Field Meets

• Ball for the Libération of Nice (Place Masséna).

• Nuits Musicales de Nice / International Academy of Summer Music

• Concerts in the Cloister of the Cimiez Monastery.

• Nuit des Plages / Musical Entertainment (Promenade des Anglais / Théâtre de Verdure).

• International Open Summer Chess Tournament.

French Riviera

• Antibes Jazz Festival

• Monte Carlo International Fireworks Festival

• Medieval Festival in Cagnes-sur-Mer 

• International Chamber Music Festival in Menton

• Summer horse racing (Hippodrome de la Côte d’Azur, Cagnes–sur–Mer)

Brittany Region

Stones and Legends - Gouarec -
The abbey of Bon-Repos is the setting for a historical fresco created and performed by 500 inhabitants of central Brittany at nightfall. First two weekends in Autust 2008 . Not to be missed.

Winter and spring is the time to rent your apartment or villa with us. Call and let us help you find the right location and rental range. 

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Fun for Kids and Children of All Ages Please ask us for more ideas to bring Europe alive for children La Flèche Zoo - all year Sarthe France Known for its amazing bird shows featuring parrots and birds of prey. Beautiful habitats punctuate tours through this natural setting: polar bears with under water viewings, Chinese pandas, and African plain for elephants, arctic wolves, unique to Europe. Cinéaqua - Paris Cinéaqua, and audiovisual aquarium, gives you the chance to discover the universe at the bottom of the sea in the form of cartoons, music, and other audiovisual productions. The space also organizes educational workshops, aquatic adventures filled with puzzles to solve, and more than 41 pools and tanks housing nearly 10000 fish and other invertebrae. Open all year round.  http://www.cineaqua.com/     The City of the Sea Cherbourg - Manche  France a vast scientific and cultural venue and most importantly, a place of oceanographic discovery and under-water adventure.  Le Redoutable the biggest submarine in the world accessible to the public plus the ocean section with one of the deepest aquariums in Europe containing more than 3500 fish.  http://www.citedelamer.com/uk/ The Isle of Birds - Situated in the heart of the Essonne on the outskirts of Paris, the Ile aux oiseaux (The Isle of Birds) is a beautifully wild, unspoiled garden that provides a natural habitat for a wide range of animals and plants.  The park is open all year-long, and when the weather gets cold visitors can go to the various indoor areas.  http://www.ileauxoiseaux.fr The Story of Paris for Children Children 8-12 - 12 Euro.  The price includes activities, the Paris Story show and snacks Go back in time 2000 years with the greatest multimedia show ever produced about Paris!  Victor Hugo will guide you through the centuries of the Parisian history.  Simultaneous translation in English is available at each showing.  www.paris-story.com

More Events throughout Europe

Switzerland in August

August 1st:  Swiss National Holiday bonfires, fireworks and parades. (Celebrates the Oath of 1291, which is considered the start of the Swiss Confederation.)

Italy in August

Palio di Siena - July 2nd and August 16, 2008.  The famous horse race in Siena's central piazza is held once in early July and once in August.  The race consists of bareback riders making three circuits of the main square and is over in 90 seconds, but it is preceded by five hours of flag-throwing acrobatics. For the locals, it is the culmination of an entire year's plotting and scheming.

Rome and Assisi - Many Music Festivals
Festa Musica Pro Mundo Uno – Concerts in the major churches, the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi and the Palazzo Simoncelli-Petrangeli in Orvieto.

Pesaro – August 9-23, 2008 - Rossini Opera Festival
www.rossinioperafestival.it

Venice Film Festival - Late August andSeptember 2008
The Venice Film Festival, is by far the oldest film festival still in existence today. Screenings take place in cinemas all over the city, but the centre of the action is the Lido area.

Germany in AUGUST

Stuttgart European Music Festival - August 23 - September 7, 2008
Public concerts in Stuttgart of large scale orchestral & choral works.  Chamber music and a-cappella concerts with members of the Festival Choir & Orchestra.  www.bachakademie.de

Berlin International Beer Festival -  August 1-3, 2008.  During the 11th annual Berlin International Beer Festival, Karl-Marx-Allee will again turn into the world's longest beer garden and bar. On a stretch of over one mile, 240 breweries from 80 countries will draft some 1,700 brands of the world's finest beers . 

Beethoven Festival - Bonn - 29th August to 28rd September 2008 After having shown Beethoven’s influence in the Bohemian and Moravian lands in 2004 and having traced his relations to the cultural region of France in 2005, we’ll turn our eyes to Russia this year: Rossija – the Russian name of the country in Latin characters – is the motto of the Beethovenfest Bonn 2006.  Beetoven never went to Russia, but Russia came to him. www.beethovenfest-bonn.de

Spain in August

Ireland in August

IRELAND Puck Fair - August 2008
Ireland Puck Fair in Killorglin, County Kerry. A large and loony street fair with plenty of singing, dancing and horse shows, and all overseen by King Puck - a goat.

Scotland in August

Edinburgh Military Tattoo - 1st - 23rd August 2008
Scotland's stunning annual outdoor military spectacular set against the magnificent backdrop of Edinburgh Castle. The Tattoo has been called the most spectacular show in the world and is seen by an international TV audience of 100 million every year. But there's no substitute for being there, as part of the 217,000-strong audience over its three-week season on the Esplanade at Edinburgh Castle.

Edinburgh Festival Fringe - 3rd - 25th August 2008
The world's biggest celebration of the arts takes over Edinburgh for three weeks in August in a massive explosion of cultural and artistic expression. The programme is a vibrant mix of art forms - theatre, comedy, music and musicals, dance, events and exhibitions and children's shows, all attracting up-and-coming talent and established names from around the world to take part in this most famous of festivals.

T on the Fringe Festival - August - Edinburgh
With over 120 artists playing throughout August in across Edinburgh, T on the Fringe is THE contemporary music strand of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Ayr Flower Show  - 8th - 10th August 2008 -  Ayr
Ayr Flower Show at Rozelle Estate attracts the cream of UK growers and a huge range of gardening suppliers for an annual festival celebrating gardening and outdoor living. With over 350 trade stands, hundreds of amateur competitive classes and a full programme of family entertainment, the show attracts nearly 30,000 visitors every year.

Thirlestane Castle Scottish Championship Horse Trials - 14th - 17th August 2008 - Lauder, Borders
Scotland's premier equestrian event features dressage, show jumping and cross country over the three days. The programme features horse trials, carriage driving, dog contests, children's entertainment and a shopping village.

Speyfest - 31st July - 3rd August 2008 - Fochabers, Moray
One of the north's foremost Celtic festivals, Speyfest offers a wonderful weekend of high-quality traditional and modern music, concerts, late-night ceilidhs and Celtic rock. Musicans from around the world will be performing as usual, and there's a special programme for children and young people.

England in August

Grouse shooting season begins in August in Scotland and North of England

Kenwood Lakeside Concerts June 1- August 31, 2007  - London
Offers fireworks and classical concerns under the stars in the park of London’s regal stately house.  This is a highly civilized way to enjoy classical music during the balmy evenings of summer. Come along on a Saturday night with a picnic and bottle of Champagne in tow, hire a deck chair or two, and enjoy both the extensive grounds of Kenwood House and the wonderful classical concerts. 

Notting Hill – Carnival and street festival

National Eisteddfod of Wales- August 4 – 11, 2007
From singing, reciting, and dancing to food and football, this is the biggest traveling folk festival in Europe. It all started in 1176.

London Theatre

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These are but a very small sampling of summer events for kids of all ages from 8 to 80. Please contact us for your favorite cultural, sport or summer activities. 

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