Bordeaux Carnaval des Deux Rives
Bordeaux (33 Gironde, Aquitaine) holds its Carnaval des 2 rives (2 river banks) from 21 Feb – 6 March 2011 with the climax being on the last day with a grand procession. For 2011 the theme is the Outre-mers (overseas) – i.e the French overseas territories, featuring tumblers, burning effigies, big drums (Gwoka), clay men, red devils and other hullabalou from places such as Martinique, Réunion, and Guadeloupe. Many of the workshops preparing the floats and costumes are open to the public from 21 February.
Dordogne Gets a TGV Boost
The Dordogne (dept. 24) is placed to take advantage of speedier rail links to Paris and Spain – so enhancing tourism – as strategies for TGV routes for the South West are revealed.
The new proposed tracks for the Lignes à Grandes Vitesses connecting Bordeaux-Toulouse and Bordeaux-Spain could very well cut journey time from Dordogne to Paris to three hours and Dordogne to Spain to four hours.
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