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5 ideas for organizing an original and unusual weekend in France!

Do you need rest, but also discovery(s), sport and fun? You dream of organizing a little weekend , as a couple or as a family, and you are looking for something to make it absolutely fabulous ?

Here are our 5 ideas for booking a short stay in France which will be totally unforgettable thanks to unusual accommodation, a wonderful place or an original leisure activity!

Sleeping in an igloo

No need to exile yourself in Lapland and brave very low temperatures to be able to spend your very first night in an igloo ! For example, you can go to the departments of Savoie, Haute-Savoie, Haute-Alpes or Ariège for a weekend in the mountains during which you can venture into the midst of pristine nature.

And at the end of the day, you will have the pleasure of falling asleep peacefully in a real igloo which depending on the chosen location, can be built with your white hands!

In a bubble facing Mont Blanc

Some dream of climbing it, others like to walk around, and you, you may have the pleasure of spending a night facing the giant of the Alps . Mont Blanc as the only landscape during an unusual short stay in the mountains, you will love it!

In a completely transparent bubble, with all the necessary comfort, you can relax in front of the splendor of this exceptional mountain panorama.

Fly over the Colorado Provençal

Discover the famous Colorado Provençal, also known as the Ocre de Rustrel! By spending a weekend in Avignon, Manosque or Rustrel even, if there is a place to visit and even better, to admire from the air, it is this semi-natural and resolutely atypical site spread over an area of ​​30 hectares.

On board a microlight, you will enjoy a breathtaking view of the Colorado Provençal so you can see every nook and cranny!

On the side of a cliff above Lake Annecy

Athletes and lovers of mountain hiking will be literally conquered by this original and extreme activity:you will spend a night above Lake Annecy in a wall tent! In other words, it is hanging from the rock face in a portaledge that dominates the immensity and beauty of the lake that you will spend a night under the stars.

Sunrise and sunset over Annecy and its lake will leave you with lasting memories...

Swim with free-roaming dolphins

Head to the Côte d'Azur for a sunny weekend by the sea! We suggest you go to Cannes , in the Alpes-Maritimes, to spend a day or half a day in a protected sanctuary sheltering thousands of dolphins and other marine animals .

After an hour of boat ride, you will reach an area defined by the skipper and in which there will be wild dolphins with which you can swim! Who has never dreamed of swimming with a dolphin in the open sea? It's a wonderful experience to live closer to cetaceans in their natural environment .

Have a nice weekend, have fun!