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It is said that nine out of every ten bottles of cognac are from one of the acclaimed French houses of Hennessy, Martell, Courvoisier and Rémy Martin

From the epicentre of the Revolution to a centre for epicurean revolution, this lively Parisian street has just one thing...

Back in 1929, Édith Piaf was still known as Édith Giovanna Gassion. Then 14 years old, the future chanteuse spent...

Once the haunt of supremely influential artists, Montmartre somehow manages to retain its Belle Époque allure.  On a sunny Sunday afternoon...

Just a short walk down the road from Claude Monet’s famous house and gardens in Giverny, the Musée des Impressionnismes...

Brittany, the rocky arm of France that juts far westward into the sea, is a country all its own. Washed...

We all experience epiphanies—moments of revelation that stay with us throughout our lives. Nobody who has read James Joyce’s Portrait...

Think vodka, think Russia—or maybe Poland or even Scandinavia, home of the iconic brand Absolut. But vodka and France? The...

France President Sarkozy visited a new “internat d’excellence” in the town of Marly-le-Roi in the Yvelines department near Paris, calling...

Politics makes bitter enemies more often than strange bedfellows, and the relationship between France's president and its former prime minister is bitter indeed.

Never has there been a better time to househunt in the south of France.

A video tour of the Vendée Globe Village in Les Sables-d'Olonne, days before the start of the race!