My Summer 2020 France trip started two days after the official British FCO ban on anything but essential travel to France was lifted on July 4.
The trip ran...
The beautiful medieval village of Conques is in the Aveyron department, part of the Midi-Pyrénées region. It’s surprisingly little known, and except at the hei...
The French Atlantic coast is magnificent, sweeping down the west side of France from Brittany to the Basque country and the Pyrenees on the Spanish border. It ...
Provence is one of the most beautiful, and popular, regions of France. This Essential Travel Guide to Provence takes in the countryside, cities, coast, shoppin...
Ile de Ré by guest writer Fiona Quinn
Why I love Ile de Ré
The small island of Ile de Ré on the French Atlantic coast, was on my wish list since I was a...
The longest rivers of France are impressive and beautiful. They flow through the landscape, through cities, towns and villages. Think of France and you conjure...
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,...
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;...
Location
Getting to the Iles de Lérins is easy, it's just a wonderful 15 to 20 minute ferry ride. And they are fabulous, these secret islands off Cannes. S...
Find out about how to travel to Normandy. Here are various ways to get to Normandy in north France.
From the UK
Getting to Normandy by ferry from the UK...