Study French in France and discover a new form of art A strange and luminous exhibition in Hyeres-France

Students at French language school enjoy Naturisme

Ile du Levant for the most daring participants to French immersion program

All the three Golden islands that adorn Hyeres bay are equally lovable, but the most secret one is without any doubt Ile du Levant and its perched village Heliopolis, totally devoted to a way of life communing with Nature. Sea lovers and Sun worshippers, its temporary inhabitants are unconditional nudists, and on the quiet paths leading to the village, one can scarcely meet one or two chilly devils wearing a bath-suit! “A bit strange at first, but we got used to it incredibly fast” admitted a group of students who learn French in France in Provence.

Edith Wharton in Hyeres, French language school location

Students at French language school love Wharton

Recently a US lady gave us to read an article she had found in one of the most important American newspapers, about Mount, Edith Wharton’s home in the Berkshires. She’d been very surprised to discover that her favourite writer was well known in France and particularly in Hyeres (Provence d’Azur) were a beautiful residential avenue bears her name. Climbing up the hill crowned by the medieval castle ruins, it leads to Wharton’s magnificent mansion, the Castel Sainte-Claire, where Edith had a very busy social life, neighbouring with her American and European friends: The Huxleys, Paul Bourget, Joseph Conrad, The Fitzgeralds… A walk up there enchanted our participant to French language course in the South of France.

Best place to study French in France in autumn

“Why I love that season” explains Swiss at French language school in Provence

“October’s the best month to study French says Swiss bank-clerk who has come almost every year for the last decade. “It’s a cold and rainy month where I live, he says, and when I’m here in the South I can still enjoy the sea, get a nice tan, and there are much less people at the beach and on the roads; the atmosphere at school is even friendlier for all the students really know each others, and have great evenings together, mixing all the nationalities of those who learn French in the South of France.

They learn French in France and love Arabic sweets!

Plenty of honey for participants to French language course

With the coming of the Ramadan, all the small grocer’s shops in the medieval part of Hyeres offered magnificent displays of Arabic cakes and sweets such as marzipan stuffed fruits, honey dripping  kadaifs and cornes de gazelle subtly scented with orange-tree-flower water. “Awfully tempting ….and after all, why should we always resist?” said sweet-addict girl taking French language course in Provence.

First rains welcome at French language school

“Night rain’s perfect!” says learner of French in France

The first rains of the summer came about mid-september this year, and they were eagerly awaited by everyone on the Mediterranean coast; although the water reserves are not as low as last year, public and private gardens, parks and even the countryside seemed “thirsty” as we say here. Thus this night watering was much appreciated by the locals, but also the tourists, including the foreigners who learn French in France on the Riviera.