WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU GO GETTING TO FRANCE: THE FLIGHT There are a number of airlines that will provde a gluten-free meal on the flight to France. It is very important to notify the staff that you need such a meal well in advance. You can do so via their website or in person on the phone. The following is a list of airlines that currently will honor a request in advance for a gluten-free meal: Air Canada Air France American Airlines Austrian Airlines British Airways Cathay Pacific Continental Airlines Delta Airlines El Al Eurowings Finnair Iberia Iceland Air LAN Airlines Lufthansa Luxair Malev Olympic Airlines Qantas SAS SATA Swiss International Airlines TAP Air Portugal Turkish Airlines United Airlines US Air Virgin Atlantic GETTING TO AND AROUND FRANCE: THE CRUISE Many of the major cruise lines are able to serve customers gluten-free meals with advance notice. One cruise line that is particularly highly recommended by fellow celiacs is: Viking River Cruise in Northern France tel. 877 668-4546 www.?vikingrivercruises.?com This cruise line offers an 8-day cruise from Paris to Normandy and back. You can request for gluten-free food, and discuss the day's menu every morning with the maitre d' hotel to enjoy 3 gourmet GF meals each day. If you eat at a restaurant off the ship while touring, they will make sure that the restaurant is informed ahead of time. Other cruise lines offering gluten-free meals on trips to France include: Carnival Cruise Lines (tel. 800 438- 6744) www.?carnival.?com Celebrity Cruises (tel. 800 647-2251) www.?celebritycruises.?com Costa (tel. 800 288-6006) www.?cruises.?com/promotion/costa-cruises.do Disney Cruise lines (tel. 800 951-3532) www.?disneycruise.?disney.go.?com Norwegian Cruise lines (tel. 866 234-7350) www2.ncl.com Princess Cruise lines (tel. 800 774-6237) www.?princess.?com Thompson Cruise Lines (England: tel. 087 12314691) www.?thomson.?co.uk/cruise.html WHEN YOU'RE THERE: LODGING OPTIONS The lodging offered in major cities in France usually feature hotels. The higher-end hotels will offer breakfast in the restaurant setting or room service for an additional price, while the lower-end hotels will sometimes offer a continental breakfast included with the price of the room. There are some hotels listed in this book that, with advance notice, will either prepare or bring in a gluten-free breakfast for gluten-free customers. Many of these belong to the chains of Marriott and Hilton. Keep in mind that the restaurants in the Marriotts and Hiltons will also serve gluten-free food with advance notice. There are also a number of all-inclusive Club Med resorts outside of the cities that will provide you with gluten-free food during the entire length of your stay. These are listed below. The lodging in rural France, however, generally features bed-and-breakfast or chambres d'hôtes. You can also rent a furnished house in the countryside by the week or by the month, called a gite rural. While the latter is useful for celiacs in that they can bring in gluten-free food purchased at food stores, the former, B&Bs, offer very interesting possibilities because there is a multitude of B&B's that specialize in serving the gluten-free community. At most of these B&B's, in addition to a great gluten-free breakfast, you can also get a delicious gluten-free dinner, cooked by and eaten with the owners. These meals are called table d'hote dinners. One B&B, listed in the following pages, even offers a week of gluten-free cooking classes! The only tricky thing is that hosts of the B&B's, unlike the hosts in metropolitan hotels are less likely to speak English. In the "Gluten-Free France by Region" sections you will find information about B&B's all over France that specialize in gluten-free; these establishments are very highly recommended by fellow celiac travelers. The basic information about these B&B's is listed on the next page. B&B'S SPECIALIZING IN SERVING GLUTEN-FREE GUESTS: Cherves De Cognac B-B 14 Chemin des Basses rues Cherves Richemont (Limousin) tel. 06 32 50 19 46
www.?glutenfreefrance.?com Le Chêne Vert 34 rue des Abatis, Chez Primo Burie (Poitou-Charentes) tel. 05 46 90 66 96
lynneadams34@hotmail.com Muriska Bed and Breakfast 11 rue Dongaitz Anaiak Urrugne (Midi-Pyrénées) tel. 06 89 43 85 26
www.?muriska.?com La Belle Demeure Lieu-dit Le Bouscot St. Cybranet (Aquitaine) tel. 05 53 28 57 12
www.?labelledemeure.?com Chambres d'hôtes et gîte sans gluten Marie-Laure Tauzin, Village Montbernard (Midi-Pyrénées) tel. 05 61 94 19 60
www.?chambresdhotes-sansgluten.?fr Chambres d'hôtes à Carcassonne Domaine Saint Louis Maquens Carcassonne (Languedoc Roussillon) tel. 04 68 47 52 46
www.?chambresdhotes-sansgluten.?fr Château de Villars Chateau de Villars Pres de la cure Villars (Aquitaine) tel. 05 53 03 41 58
www.?chateaudevillars.?com/fr CLUB MED RESORT PROPERTIES IN FRANCE The all-inclusive Club Med properties in France will, with advance notice, serve gluten-free meals. Below is a list of the properties. The main telephone number for Club Med in France is (33) 01 53 35 35 53. www.?clubmed.?us RHONE ALPES Club Med Chamonix Hotel "Le Savoy" 191 Allée Du Savoy 74400 Chamonix Cedex tel. 4 50 53 87 80 fax: 4 50 53 33 71 CHARENTE-MARITIME Club Med La Palmyre Atlantique Allee Du Grand Large 17570 La Palmyre tel. 5 46 39 77 30 fax: 5 46 02 61 66 PROVENCE Club Med Opio En Provence Chemin Cambarnier-Nord 06650 Opio tel. 4 93 09 71 00 fax: 4 93 09 71 70 LIMOUSIN Club Med Pompadour Domaine De La Noaille 19230 Arnac Pompadour tel. 5 55 97 30 00 fax: 5 55 97 30 49 VOSGES Club Med Vittel Ermitage 88800 Vittel tel. 3299088150 fax: 329088151 Club Med Vittel Le Parc 88800 Vittel tel. 3 29 08 18 80 fax: 3 29 08 11...
