What if you go on vacation ... to your favorite hero or heroine of the series? Tourism in connection with series sets is a promising market. The tourist offices of Sète and Montpellier have long understood what they had to gain from the soap operas
Tomorrow belongs to us
and
Un si grand soleil
. Same thing in Marseille with
Plus belle la vie
. Many cities or regions have also capitalized for several years on the success of
Game of Thrones
to attract tourists: Ireland is undoubtedly the country which has bet the most on the series, but we can also mention Malta, Iceland or Croatia.
Since this year the majority of French tourists will be required to stay in France,
20 Minutes
asked its Internet users for their vacation tips in connection with their favorite series.
Like Sylvain, a dashing serial traveler who loves "hiking and the great outdoors", French series can indeed inspire great trips: "I went to Ireland because of
Game of Thrones
, I will go to Etretat because of
Lupine
.
I was disappointed with the series but the episode there… Wow!
I absolutely had to see these cliffs with my own eyes… ”Let's go for a little serial tour of France.
Charente-Maritime with
Mixte
,
I promise you
and…
Captain Marleau
No
20 Minutes
Internet user
has had the idea of visiting Rochefort and Saint-Jean d'Angely, yet particularly well highlighted in the Prime Video series,
Mixed
, which takes place in Saintonge in the 1960s. The old-fashioned charm de la Charente-Maritime, on the other hand, attracted Marine and her husband who fell in love with the surroundings of La Rochelle, discovered in the flashbacks of
Je te promis
(available on Salto). “We flashed on the colorful fishermen's houses and we immediately looked for where it was. And two days after the broadcast on TF1, we had booked our accommodation in Châtelaillon! "
Further south, Royan won Sophie's favors.
“I discovered this coast and this beach while watching
Captain Marleau
.
“And yes, the ambassador of the north of France sometimes ventures into other French regions… And an episode in Royan was enough to conquer our Internet user, who is originally from… Roubaix.
Le Havre and Clermont-Ferrand, thanks to
Mortel
et
Mental
Two testimonials from Internet users tell a similar story. Fanny fell in
love
with
Mortel
, a fantastic Netflix series set in Le Havre. Greg for his part is a follower of
Mental
, France TV Slash series, season 2 of which was shot in Clermont-Ferrand. In either case, these two teens convinced their families to go on vacation to these cities. “I insisted because I was curious to discover the real architecture of Le Havre, which just looks crazy,” says Fanny. I negotiated with my parents and we are going to spend two weeks in Normandy, by the sea with a day trip to Le Havre. "
Clermont-Ferrand, on the other hand, hardly appears in season 2 of
Mental
, but Greg discovered the city thanks to the actors' social networks: “My parents struggled to find a region to go on vacation and I balanced Clermont-Ferrand a bit at random.
And finally we will spend two days there then ten days in the mountains nearby.
"
Old pots and better soups in Morbihan or Yonne
It's not just the latest Canal + or Netflix series in life.
Several Internet users have spoken to us with nostalgia about older series, which have inspired them to stay.
Alexia eg rediscovered
L
has blue bicycle
Régine Desforges of thanks to the series of France 3. The images of Laetitia Casta
by bike made him want to “visit the Malagar estate in the Bordeaux region.
It was awesome!
".
In the same vein, Antoine has become a devotee of Kerbriant, a village in Morbihan, after remembering the plot of a series from the 1970s,
Le 16 à Kerbriant,
broadcast on the ORTF ...
Finally, Delphine had the idea of taking her family for a weekend to Noyers-sur-Serein, an adorable medieval village in Yonne, after an episode of
Une famille formidable
: “I would never have had the idea to go and lose myself there without the series.
"
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