France

Who put the hyphen in Alsace-Lorraine? The two regions, long at odds physically and culturally, were bonded when Kaiser Wilhelm... (more)

A pelota-playing mayor in the province of Soule recently welcomed a group of travelers with the following announcements: that... (more)

If you're looking for the good life, your search may be ended. Few other regions of France pack such a concentration of fine wine... (more)

You feel it even before the sharp salt air strikes your face from the west—a subliminal rhythm suspended in the mist, a... (more)

Drain to the dregs Burgundy's full-bodied vistas: rolling hillsides carpeted in emerald green, each pasture crosshatched with... (more)

As you head toward Reims, the landscape loosens and undulates, and the hills tantalize with vineyards that—thanks to la... (more)

Want to smile happily ever after? Discover a picture-postcard fantasy of castles, cliff-top châteaux, geese flocks, storybook... (more)

With the Alps playing bodyguard against inland winds and the sultry Mediterranean warming the breezes, the Côte d'Azur... (more)

Just what is it that makes the Ile-de-France so attractive, so comfortingly familiar? Is it its proximity to the great city of... (more)

A diaphanous aura of subtly shifting lightplays over the luxuriant countryside of the Loire Valley, a region blessedly mild of... (more)

As the noble Rhône courses down from Switzerland, flowing out of Lake Geneva and being nudged west and south by the flanking... (more)

Like the most celebrated dish of this area, cassoulet, the southwestern region of France is a feast of diverse ingredients. Just... (more)

Say the name "Normandy," and which Channel-side scenario comes to mind? Are you reminded of the dramatic silhouette of Mont-St-Michel... (more)

Ah, Paris, the city of life, love, and light. From the Eiffel Tower to the Mona Lisa, from the bustling Champs Elysées... (more)

Even the cattle and flamingos wallowing in the salty coastal marshes of the Camargue enjoy the sun-drenched good life that Provence... (more)