Whether you want to make your own perfume in Grasse, wander around royal châteaux in the Loire or dive into Alsace’s storybook villages, France enthralls with its one-of-a-kind culture.

Modern boltholes are hidden behind historic facades in this French city, where hoteliers have a knack for creating stylish places to stay out of creaking 15th-century mansions and chic 1920 townhouses.

Flaky, fluffy and golden, the perfect croissant is a thing of beauty, but not all made the cut at the Concours du Meilleur Croissant de Grand Paris 2021. We take a look behind the scenes of a very French competition.

Revamped palaces and arty treehouses await in France’s bucolic chateau country.

In the south of France, in and around the city of Marseille, a new generation of artisanal distillers are breathing fresh life — and flavours — into the region’s beloved aniseed aperitif.

Whether it’s listening to suburban hip-hop or baking bread under the tutelage of a master baker, there’s a raft of ways to enjoy the French capital without crossing the Channel.

Tucked up against the German border, France’s once-contested region has been shaped by centuries of upheaval. Today, chefs and winemakers alike are celebrating a legacy of culinary diversity.

A week in the Central Pyrenees, tucked in the south west corner of France’s Occitania region, reveals a pastoral life little changed in centuries. Here, among medieval market towns and lush valleys, the past’s thread snakes its way through the present.