Villefranche-sur-Mer: A Beautiful Hideaway on the Côte d’Azur
I sat in a Chicago sidewalk café this week with my face tilted up to bake in the unusually warm October sunshine and felt a pang for the Côte d'Azur I had experienced just a...
Great Travel Destinations: Martinique, Island of Queens
By 1763, the French had lost the Seven Years’ War, and it was time for the British to make their territorial claims in the New World. They had two real options: they could claim Canada, where France still ruled vast...
Travel to Undiscovered France: 10 Secret French Islands
Even without taking its overseas territories into account, France has a number of interesting islands that are well worth venturing out to. Tristan Rutherford sets sail…
Parisian Island: Île aux Cygnes
Imagine a graceful tree-lined alley planted in the middle of...
Cassis and the Calanques: Exploring France’s Mediterranean Coast
As I walked down the hillside into the backstreets of Cassis, there was no sign of the autumn mists and torrential rains which had struck Provence during the previous days. In the distance, the...
Three Days on the French Riviera Without Breaking the Bank
Do you love travelling to France, but shy away from the French Riviera because you think it’s all glitz and glamour?
Most people I talk to have the same reaction: Don't I have to be...
Dog Surfing Competition in Biarritz
Watch Toutou hang 10 at Europe's first "surf chien" competition in September.
Holiday Ideas: The Heritage of Calvados
In the heart of Normandy, the department of Calvados boasts some of France’s most enchanting coastline and a host of medieval treasures. Here is our pick of the best.
BAYEUX
Bayeux is famous for its deceptively named ‘tapestry’ (which...
The Tranquil Ile de Ré
With its mild climate and its indigo sky—writer and painter Eugène Fromentin called it “an Egyptian sky”—you might think the Ile de Ré was a daughter of the Mediterranean. It juts out into the...
Calvados Guide: The Normandy Coast
France Today takes a tour around this department
Deauville PlageWith so many contrasting landscapes, exploring the Calvados département in Normandy is like flicking through a glossy nature book. The northern coastline is rugged and beautiful,...
France’s Sensational Sandscapes
Julie Lynn explores the beaches of the Silver Coast’ at Biscarosse, between Bordeaux and Biarritz.
It takes him a few attempts. And then he’s got it. On a hot afternoon in late July, a paraglider...