Driving Holidays: Mimosa Trail - Fancy French Fragrances

Regulars readers will be aware of the enthusiasm the something interesting authors share for cars and driving.

The long dark winter days have encouraged us to look ahead to spring /summer and consider driving holidays in the UK and Europe.

With the soaring cost of air travel more and more people are finding wonderful journeys to follow throughout Europe and the competition  amongst European car hire firms means that there are some great car rental deals available - especially if you book well in advance.

We read this post on a Europe Car Hire blog about an wonderful road trip in France that followed the Mimosa Trail.

The Mimosa Trail

It begins on the coast in the town of Bormes-Les-Mimos and continues for 80 miles in the South of France. The trail runs through beautiful French countryside where mimosa trees are abundant.

The region is also well known for its perfume and the trail concludes in Grasse, the world famous perfume region where the mimosa blossoms are made into luxury fragrances.

Grasse is known as the “perfume capital of the world” and this article will describe Grasse’s rich history, it’s many tourist attractions and will explain why the area is ideal for perfume production.

Car hire in Europe is an affordable way to travel.  You can choose to rent small economy cars, larger luxury family saloons or for the more extreme driving adventures there a re specialist car hire businesses that off off road vehicles - Land Rover, Jeeps and other SUVs.

Smart traveller recommends off road adventure holidays with safety and comfort - singling out the Freelander as the optimum 4×4 all terrain full comfort car.

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