Cooking instruction from a former Cordon Bleu chef, charming B&B accommodation, and guided day trips to the Brittany shore to collect your own fresh seafood for dinner!! Julia O'Shaughnessy reviews her holiday...

Sick of the winter chill already? Cheer yourself up by browsing our selection of top properties, in the hottest, driest regions of France, and start choosing your summer holiday now!

From cosy cottages to medieval castles to luxury ski chalets, view our favourite properties for festive breaks. Imagine a roaring fire in your own banquet hall, filled with family and friends. Or perhaps an intimate getaway in a cosy cottage would be more your thing...? festive getaways...

Whilst you might be deciding on a summer destination to find some SUN, the airlines have just started promoting deals and special offers for your winter sports break. Now's the time to book! Here's the lowdown on what the airlines have to offer...

The Normandy departments of La Manche and Calvados burst into life during the spring and summer months; they are a riot of colour, from the golden beaches, blue sea and lush green countryside to the gardens, paintings, parades, fireworks and festivals that are so much a part of the region

Whilst you might be deciding on a summer destination to find some SUN, the airlines have just started promoting deals and special offers for your winter sports break. Now's the time to book! Here's the lowdown on what the airlines have to offer...

Staying in French mountain property during the summer is a whole different world to any other kind of holiday. If you think of the mountains as just for winter sports, you're missing out! We find out more from Dawn Lyde, who owns a holiday rental property near the Pyrenees.

Visit our new section, which includes articles and advice for holidays on the waterways and seas of France. Gentle canal boat ambles, coastal cruising, or qualified sailing instruction - it's all here!

Jump Ocean, a multifaceted resort on the South-West coast of France, has been sympathetically built amongst the pine trees of the vast Landes forest. So sympathetically, in fact, that it is the...