France and Spain are the best places to live in Europe, according to the latest uSwitch Quality of Life Index.

The UK came 10th out of the 10 European countries in the Index, thanks to high living costs, below average government spending on health and education, short holidays and late retirement.  The Index shows that people in France enjoy the highest quality of life, closely followed by Spain.

For your move to France you might well consider the Rhone Alps as a great place to live ….. So what’s here? Main stream attractions include the numerous golf courses here – did you know there are 80 of them! The never ending skiing which along with the lakes, 8 national parks, numerous thermal spas and superb cities makes the Rhone Alps the second biggest holiday destination In France, welcoming more visitors than Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur (the French Riviera). In fact accounting for 12% of all holidays in France!

You may well already have consider this area if you’ve been looking for a golf home or ski property, but how about if you want to be based in France and earn an honest crust? This is a good place to be. First it is very commercial, providing 10% of France’s GDP, it has a wide range of industries protecting it very efficiently from economic cycles, in fact the area is so successful it accounts for almost 1% of world trade.

For all our properties in the Rhone Alps you can find us on our main Leggett site were we have over 6,000 properties to share with you www.frenchestateagents.com simply go to the map and click on departments 73 and 74 and all our Rhone Alps properties will come up.

Or got to www.skifrenchproperty.com where you’ll find all properties within an hour of a ski resort  in the Rhone Alps.