Ever dreamt of visiting a majestic château in France’s world-famous Loire Valley but can’t afford it? Well, now you can. New technology has made it possible for everyone with a laptop to take a ...

If you’re looking for a holiday destination where you can slow down and enjoy the good life, then the Pays de la Loire might just be the place. You’ve no doubt heard of France’s Loire Valley, famed ...

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Long before the Dan Brown book "The Da Vinci Code" reintroduced the Renaissance visionary to a new generation of readers and moviegoers, inhabitants of France's Loire Valley knew Leonardo da Vinci as ...

France's lavish royal past is everywhere in the gentle landscapes of the Loire Valley. Hundreds of majestic châteaux and palaces follow the course of the country's longest river as it makes its ...

If the famed French writer Victor Hugo had visited the Château de Chambord today, it’s safe to say he would have been over-sharing it on Instagram. After travelling there for the first time, he wrote: ...

The Loire Valley is a land of castles. From the point where the great river rises at Mont-Gerbier-de-Jonc until its waters disperse into the Atlantic, the beautiful scenery of the river bank is dotted ...

France is a great destination for both short and long breaks. It boasts stunning scenery, is easy and inexpensive to get to, offers everything from beach holidays to snowboarding and produces ...

The farmland round here shakes when the world’s most famous endurance car race — Le Mans 24 Hours — hurtles through in June. And all year round, petrolheads make a pilgrimage to the Hôtel de France in ...