Getting to the increasingly popular Languedoc region in the south of France will get much easier this spring with the launch of a twice-weekly Ryanair flight between Manchester and Beziers, which kicks off on March 26th, and a new Flybe route there from Southampton, starting on May 25th.

Beziers is in the Aude department of the Languedoc and recently ranked as one of the fastest growing destinations on Rightmove Overseas in terms of searches on the website. Highlights of the area include its ancient fortified Cathar towns, notably Carcassonne, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as well as its rolling vineyards and year-round blue skies.

Property is typically cheaper in the Languedoc than the Riviera further east and many expats favour the area for its proximity to Spain and the Pyrenees. Resident expat Alexis Goldberg, author of FranceBuyingGuide.com and its Facebook page, is renovating a house there and comments: “It’s lovely not having to plan a skiing trip – we can decide at breakfast to take a break from working on the house and be in the ski resort in a couple of hours.”

For details of properties in France, vissit the French listings on Rightmove Overseas. One way to save money when buying in France, or moving there, is to use a currency specialist when transferring your pounds into euros to complete the purchase of your property. For more information on this, contact Smart Currency Exchange.

To understand the full step-by-step process to buying a property in France, collect The Overseas Guides Company’s ‘France Property Buying Guide’