France

Grand Cruise

Taking a wine-themed cruise with Jilly Goolden around France, Spain and Portugal.

Rue de Charenton near Place de la Bastille in Paris

Secrets of the Bastille

The Secrets of the Bastille include tales of the Spider King, the Viaduc des Arts and furniture-makers who can be found down hidden passages.

View over Lyon from the Croix-Rousse District in Lyon, France

The best things to do in Lyon include Vieux Lyon (the Old Town), Fourviere, and the Croix-Rousse districts, seeing the cathedral, basilica and several museums including Lumiere and Beaux-Arts museums.

Lyon’s Museums

The best Lyon Museums include the Musee des Beaux-Arts, the Silk Museum or Musee des Tissus, the Resistance and Deportation Museum and the Lumiere Museum

The Hotel Grimaldi in Rue Grimaldi, Nice, France

The Grimaldi Hotel in Nice

The Grimaldi Hotel is one of the more moderately-priced in Nice, totally charming and five minutes from the Promenade des Anglais.

Hotel Negresco in Nice

The Hotel Negresco in Nice is one of the most historic hotels on the Cote d’Azur in France.

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No Break in the Champagne

Visiting Reims in the Champagne region of France on a weekend champagne break.

Eiffel tower at night and a bicycle in front of it in Paris

Paris by Night… by Bike

The Travel Pages takes a night-time tour of Paris by bike and visits the Place des Vosges, Pompidou Centre, the Louvre, Notre-Dame and other city highlights.

Visiting Lyon

Lyon’s delights include the Musee des Beaux-Arts, the chocolate-maker Bernachon, bouchons, and the Croix-Rousse silk weaver district.

Betty Cheese Shop on place Victor Hugo in Toulouse

The Best Things to Do in Toulouse

The best things to do in Toulouse include Europe’s biggest space museum, the Place du Capitole, Basilica Saint-Sernin and museums like the Musee des Augustins.

David Ridgway, chief sommelier at the largest wine cellar in Paris at the Tour d'Argent restaurant

The Best Wine Cellar in Paris

Mike Gerrard meets David Ridgway, the Englishman in charge of the best wine cellar in Paris – in fact the best cellar of French wine in the world – at the Tour d’Argent restaurant.