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 ...
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...
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;...
Seaside Resorts in northern France? I'll be the first to admit that north France is not high on most Brits' list of holiday options. But having spent quite som...
I drove round the Normandy D-Day Landing beaches on a 5-day research trip with my partner. Our hotels near the D-Day landing beaches are based on this trip an...
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...
