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, ...

There are currently 180 villages in the "Les Plus Beaux Villages de France" network. I have visted 159 of them, hoping to finish off the list sometime next year. It's hard to narrow it down to just 10 ...

The French countryside offers some of the most enchanting and picturesque towns and villages in all of Europe. Historically significant and culturally rich, they each have unique architecture and ...

Perched on a rocky outcrop, Le-Baux-de-Provence is officially listed as one of France’s most beautiful villages – but there’s a whole other world to be discovered below. Decades ago, the French ...

It is a sunny mid-spring Monday morning as I look out from the crenellated battlements of Château de Castelnaud. Beneath me, the Dordogne river, still full of the downpours of the last few weeks, ...

Discover this Provencal-style town, with its red-tiled roofs and relaxing greenery. With its well-preserved religious heritage and basilica gardens, Vézelay is the ideal place to reconnect with nature ...

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”.