The crusading Knights Templar built a castle here in the 12th century, and the village was further fortified by their ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover travel, culture, design and hotels worldwide. The Alsace village of Hunspach has been one of the official Most Beautiful ...

A LESSER-visited area in France has been named a top trending holiday destination – with people saying its like walking through a fairytale land. The region of Corrèze has had a spike in ...

Step into a fairytale-like atmosphere at a French village filled with charm, magic, and delicious wines, making it one of the most beautiful in Europe.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Every year, in a TV programme on the France 3 channel, viewers choose “The Favourite Village of the French”.

Starting in the 1200s, monks began making wine with grapes grown in Puligny-Montrachet. By the 1600s, the quality of the village’s wines were already well known and revered throughout Europe.

Soufflenheim is one of those European villages you’d miss if you blinked — and if you didn’t know about the pottery that’s made there. Dubbed “the village of potters,” it sits in eastern France on the ...

A Neolithic settlement discovered in marshes in northeast France has "no equivalent" in Europe, according to archaeologists. The settlement at the vast site of Marais de Saint-Gond was uncovered by ...