Category: Midi-Pyrénées

Nestled beneath the snow-covered peaks of the Pyrenees, Ariège is a department relatively unknown even by the French says Gillian Thornton as she explores its ...

France is without a doubt a world leader in culinary excellence. It’s the country with the most Michelin stars throughout Europe – way more than ...

La Couvertoirade may be one of the prettiest places in France that you never heard of. Deep in the heart of the Aveyron department, southeast France, ...

Gascony was England’s first colony, its influence reflected in the historically rich fortified villages, ancient cathedrals, grand chateaux and beautiful gardens which dot the region. ...

In the regional natural park of Auvergne there are 80 volcanoes spread over an area 32km long and 4km wide. They are a sort of ...

Between the Pyrenees and the Atlantic ocean lies Béarn, a historical region. It’s in the department of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques in the furthest corner of southwest ...

When you drive through the remote, southwestern French countryside of the Gers, AKA Gascony, down narrow plane tree-lined allées and past villages shrouded in mystery, ...

The Basque Country straddles northern Spain and southern France, near the Pyrénées. It is an unofficial land and has no official borders. In France it’s ...

The Basque Country, Pays Basque, Euskal Herria, is located in the western Pyrénées mountains, straddling the border between France and Spain, meeting at the Atlantic ...

Of the 162 villages classified most beautiful in France, (Plus Beaux Villages de France) six are in the Lot department, southwest France. Magnificent castles, ancient ...