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...“Country properties with land and fast broadband are most in demand,” says Graham Downie, managing director — especially in Brittany, Normandy and the Loire....
...The Costa del Sol once had the glamour of the French Riviera. Beaches in Malaga were first developed almost 100 years ago....
...says John Greenaway, who lives on the Costa del Sol. “Shelves are now empty because goods are held up for weeks in customs.”...
...A 14-night self-drive itinerary costs from £2,440pp, including accommodation, 4x4 rental and some activities; pura-aventura.com 3 — Finistère, Brittany For freedom, fresh air and an authentic Breton flavour...
...It seems wrong to turn up in Marrakech with the taste of Costa Coffee from the Gatwick departure lounge still in your mouth....
...But it is significantly less than the 30,000 tonnes of oil carried by the tanker Erika, which sank off France’s Brittany coast in 1999....
...A world away from the tourist saturated, commercialised costas, it is rich in history and tradition....
...* A small tribute here to my friend Jeff McLister, who will be remembered by many visitors to the Mediterranean in the 1980s as the proprietor of “Besty’s” bar on the Costa del Sol....
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