​ Magasins généraux and Enlarge Your Paris have produced The Greater Paris Guide, to Paris 'inside and outside' the city centre. The guide, in English and French, has chapters dedicated to a specific area and with 300 insider tips on culture, lifestyle, the outdoors, family activities and cuisine. Enlarge Your Paris was founded in 2013 and is a col...

Avignon, a city in southeastern France's Provence region, is located on the Rhône River. From 1309 to 1377, it was the seat of the Catholic popes and remained under papal rule until becoming part of France in 1791. The Palais des Papes (Popes' Palace), which is surrounded by medieval stone ramparts, dominates the city centre. Spring is a good time ...

The Château de Chantilly (Chantilly Castle) is a French château located in the town of Chantilly, Oise, some 30 miles from Paris. It comprises the Petit Château built around 1560 for Anne de Montmorency and the Grand Château, which was destroyed during the French Revolution and rebuilt in the 1870s. The château's art gallery, the Musée Condé, house...

The sculptures of the Cannes underwater eco-museum, created by British international artist Jason deCaires Taylor are now in place just off the island of Sainte-Marguerite. Named Guardians of the sanctuary, the statues that comprise the museum will provide shelter for marine animals and plants. Six Cannes residents let the artist use their features...

Mont Ventoux is a mountain in the Provence region of Southern France. The so-called Bald Mountain is known through its inclusion in the Tour de France. Venteux means windy in French and it can get just that at the summit, where the wind blows at over 90 km/h (56 mph) for 240 days a year. The road over the mountain is often closed due to high winds,...

Backwaters provides river day-cruises along waterways in France that are away from the regular tourist trail. Its navigations of the French system take in places that might not be accessible to conventional hotel boats. France and Belgium offer some 10,000 km of navigable inland waterways, mostly on more intimate rivers and canals not accessible to...