Postcard-perfect hamlets with cobbled streets, ancient fortresses and jolly fetes: it's what every visitor to France hopes to stumble upon. Thankfully, there's no need to rely on a chance encounter, ...

Tucked away in the rolling hills and lavender fields of Provence, France, lie enchanting villages that offer a glimpse into a ...

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 ...

During his presidency half a century ago, François Mitterrand had a discreet village hideaway built in Provence’s Luberon Valley, where he would spend holidays holed up with his secret second family.

At the end of a long road and under the shadow of a mountain in the Drôme region of south-east France is where the medieval settlement can be found. The smallest municipality out of 35,000 in the ...

The village of "Very Stupid" (Trécon) has officially been inducted as a member of the French towns and villages with funny names. It might sound like a Monty Python sketch, but this weekend saw the ...

Over 300 days during World War One, these villages were completely wiped out – along with hundreds of thousands of French and German soldiers – during the Battle of Verdun. I was walking with a few ...

There are over 35,000 mayors in France, and over half of them oversee villages of less than 500 people. But what exactly do they do? Emilie King explains why these village leaders are an integral part ...

It is that attitude that brought a Singaporean man from Tampines to central France, where he has been baking artisanal bread ...