If you haven’t tried ski touring but like mountains and have skied before, even badly, I would thoroughly recommend it. It’s a cross between Nordic (on the fla...
The Auvergne is one of France's neglected remote regions. So I hope this Auvergne travel guide will show you the glories of this relatively unknown region of F...
The Tarn is a gorgeous area in the Midi-Pyrénées region in the south of France. Its major city, Albi, is well known but the rest of this hilly, peaceful and ru...
The works of one of the most important Post-Impressionist artists fill the Toulouse-Lautrec Museum in Albi.
But how much do we know about this diminutive ...
Ferries to France from the UK run mainly from five ports in the south of England. Dover is the most popular port.
Here is a round-up of the different ports,...
Food in Burgundy is part and parcel of life in this rich region. Burgundy has always been a gourmet destination, stretching back to the 14th century when the e...
How to budget for an inexpensive holiday
It’s a no-brainer. Book overnight stays in budget hotel chains in France and you’ll have more money for the other...
Updated February 2020
Reims is a beautiful and historic city, but many visitors come here for one thing: tasting the bubbly at one of the world’s major Cham...
Have you heard of Château Hardelot? If not, you're in for a treat.
It's one of the prettiest, and least known, attractions on the fabulous stretch of north...
What were
your first memories of France?
Mine were of lying in a bunk with my mother on a ferry from Newhaven to Dieppe. I was four years old and very sick;...
