THE GUIDE FESTIVALS 2019/20


Goggle-clad fishermen prepare the feast at the Dieppe Herring Festival


shores. If you’d like to find out more, July is the time to visit and Luri is the place to go. Here, you will taste wine from all over the island and enjoy authentic local food between concerts and all manner of other activities. What are you waiting for? www.visit-corsica.com


Foire aux Harengs November 16-17, 2019


Herring, being rich in Omega-3 fatty acids, is very good for you. Furthermore, being a fish that is generally abundant, eating it is better for the environment than bigger, commercially popular and less sustainable beasties (like tuna). So, if the idea of a cheeky herring-based holiday appeals, how about a quick jaunt to Dieppe this autumn? There are herring festivals all over the north at this time of year (apparently the tradition dates to the Hundred Years War, when a consignment of the fish had to be sold off sharpish at Lieurey


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because English ships were preventing it from moving on to its destination). At Dieppe, a phalanx of goggle-clad fishermen grill up a storm on the quai Henri IV – and, if you get here a week early, there’s another herring feast at Le Tréport on the 10th! www.normandie-tourisme.fr


Foire de la Châtaigne October 19-20, 2019


As the amber burnish of autumn sets in, it’s time for the chestnut festival in Mourjou. This Auvergne village preserves its heritage with the annual Foire de la Châtaigne, where two tonnes of chestnutty delights – breads, pastries, desserts, honey, preserves and pickles – are accompanied by 5,000 litres of cider made fresh from local apples. If you’re early and willing, you can even join in with the harvest! The chestnut market brings together more than 80 exhibitors from a dozen castanicultural (chestnut-


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