Checking out local food festivals in France is a wonderful way to get to know a region. And there are plenty of them. Here are a few of the large, small ...
The art of cuisine – who would have expected that from Toulouse-Lautrec? The brilliant artist’s depictions of the life of the theatres, cafés, bars and brothel...
Imagine the food of Provence and you're sitting in cafés watching the world go by and enjoying leisurely meals in peaceful squares beside a fountain in the dap...
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 ...
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...
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...
France celebrates the great Leonardo da Vinci and the French Renaissance throughout 2019 at the Viva Leonardo Festival. Leonardo died 500 years ago at the Chât...
Normandy is planning a huge range of events in 2019. The one everybody is talking about is the 75th anniversary of the D-Day Landings from 15 May to 16 June. B...
