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...
By Fiona Quinn
Check out where to stay on Ile de Ré. Accommodation on Ile de Ré is a mix of campsites, self-catering homes and apartments, and a smattering...
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...
Ors is a perfectly ordinary looking little village in Nord-Pas de Calais, near the small town of Le Cateau-Cambresis. Driving north out of the village into the...
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 Commonwealth War Graves Commission Centre (CWGC) opened a new centre in Beaurains just south of Arras in Pas-de-Calais in the summer of 2019. It’s a major ...
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 ...