Guide to Calais? A great city? Yes, I love the place and it's had a hard time in the past persuading people to stay rather than leave the ferry port and get o...
The magnificent, rambling 1,500-room Château of Fontainebleau lies at the very heart of French history.
Like many grand buildings, Fontainebleau began as a ...
A Lace and Fashion Museum in Calais? Well, yes…all that and more is on display here at the Cité Internationale de la Dentelle et de la Mode (International Cent...
The Loire Valley Cycle Route (La Loire à Vélo) takes you through one of the most beautiful, and easily accessible, parts of France with the breeze in your face...
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...
Memorials and sites from World War II are found throughout north France, though the Normandy D-Day Landing Beaches along the Baie de Seine are the most famous,...
What we all miss most about France has become even more difficult to tolerate as France slowly opens up. France is so tantalisingly close and yet…Attractions, ...
Voltaire lived with his lover, Emilie de Châtelet at her charming Château de Cirey in Champagne. The modest château sits comfortably in the lush countryside of...
Orléans in the Loire Valley has always held a special place in my heart. As a 16-year old I did a school exchange with a family who lived in the centre. They w...
