Two days before the Armistice in 1918, a French soldier died in Paris. He had been discharged two years earlier with a head wound and although the shrapnel lodged in his skull left him in pain, it was ...

Ruth Wood dips into Daniel Start’s book about France’s wild swimming spots, from languorous rivers and bubbling falls to turquoise lakes and hot springs… A house by the sea in France can make your ...

Find out why there are so many churches with twisted spires in a little-known part of Pays de la Loire in western France Tors, tordu, tourné, torsadé, vrillé and even hélico?dal, my French vocabulary ...

Looking for a property in the sunny south of France on a small budget? The French Riviera might be out of your price range but there are plenty of other places on in the south of France where you can ...

Colloquially known as Le Midi or Le Sud, the South of France is a large area taking up most of the southern half of the country, bordering Italy and Spain as well as the Atlantic Ocean and ...

Frustrated that you can no longer stay at your French holiday home as long as you’d like following Brexit? Here’s our guide to French long-stay tourist visas Before Brexit, many British owners of ...

Cheese is such a key part of French cuisine that it’s no surprise there are lots of fromage-filled recipes to sink your teeth into! Truffade Hailing from rural Auvergne, this hearty dish combines ...

Enter the enchanting world of Claude Monet and his fellow artists as Carolyn Boyd visits the sites associated with the Impressionist movement… As I walk beneath the limestone giants, the swoosh of the ...

This detached house is in need of cosmetic updating, but offers 3 bedrooms and is right in the centre of Saint-Caradec-Trégomel. On the market with Notaires ...

The island of Porquerolles is known as the ‘pearl’ of these Golden Isles and is the largest in the archipelago. Local legend has it that King Olbianus had four beautiful daughters whom he adored. One ...

Gassin, like most communities on this peninsula, has remained loyal to its viticulture. This supports the environment as well as the local economy. In the crystalline soil the vines, protected by the ...

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