With an urge to slip into France’s gentle countryside, yet remain close enough to Paris to feel its pulse, we set our sights ...

Looking for day trips from Paris that will scratch your itch to learn about history, architecture, great wine, and more?

Known as the Cradle of the French, the Loire Valley is a land of fairy tale castles, royal residences and incredible Renaissance architecture. This historic region is home to about 300 magnificent ...

It is lunchtime on a bitterly cold January day when I arrive at Château de Môh. Within moments of pulling up to the estate—a restored 15th-century castle overlooking the confluence of the Vienne and ...

Accommodation at Domaine De Dugny 'But what about the beach?' The children were not impressed with the prospect of a summer break far from the seaside. For them, summer holidays have always involved ...

With more than 3.3 million visitors per year, the group of 42 chateaux that make up the UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Loire Valley is one of the most popular tourist destinations in France outside ...

FOR one reason or another I seemed to have bypassed the joys that the Loire Valley has to offer until April this year. Twenty years tasting wines – many of them from the Loire – and never once setting ...

A Gothic-style chateau in the heart of France’s Loire Valley hit the market last month for €26.3 million (US$30.8 million).