He has a taste for rediscovered freedom. After two months of confinement, the Ascension weekend is the first opportunity for many French people to escape their home for four days. A leak as temporary as it is geographically limited, since it is prohibited to leave more than 100 kilometers from his home. But whatever, it is an opportunity for many, and in particular the Ile-de-France, to flee the city to go green and take a breath of fresh air ... and space.
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The complete gîtes de France in Seine-et Marne
The large reservations for rentals in Île-de-France thus testify to the desire to leave the Ile-de-France region, and several holiday resorts are enjoying unprecedented success. This is particularly the case for Grosrouvre, a small town on the outskirts of the Rambouillet forest, or else Seine-et-Marne, of which all the gîtes in France are fully booked. But some even wanted to go a little further, the main one not being the distance, but the green spaces.
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"What interested us is that there is an outdoor space, which we don't have in Paris"
"What interested us is that there is an outdoor space, which we don't have in Paris", confirms to the microphone of Europe 1 Vincent, who chose to go to Beauvais with his family. "We are very happy, because in general when we leave it is abroad or in the south of France, but never in the Paris region." A leap into the unknown, therefore, which brings a little spice to an already exceptional situation. "It's part of the discoveries, there are very pleasant corners just outside Paris, 30 minutes from Paris."
As for the most daring, no surprises, it is Normandy, Brittany and Vendée which are the most acclaimed. Very "local" this Ascension weekend has a taste of summer holidays, which will certainly be very French-French this year.