Special correspondent in the Perche
Happiness is in the Perche.
The bucolic formula, derived from a poem by Paul Fort, itself popularized by a film by Étienne Chatiliez, is flourishing on Instagram.
Resumed in a timely manner by a local concierge service dedicated to exceptional accommodation, it sounds above all like the last mantra of Parisians in need of nature.
If their weekend exodus to pleasant renovated buildings in the region is not new – they have been called here for several decades the “rushes” – their number has skyrocketed since the Covid crisis.
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It must be said that this former county of the kingdom of France, divided during the Revolution into four departments (mainly Eure-et-Loir and Orne, but also a small part of Sarthe and Loir-et-Cher), has many attractions: a soothing countryside, between hills, forests and bocages - the region benefits from the designation "regional natural park" -, Percheron horses grazing in the meadows...
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