Bike at your own pace, eat from the markets, tarry at castles: a do-it-yourself tour with outfitter support Two wheels and the road sustained me and my bike-loving husband for many years of ...

I was first sent to the Dordogne Valley in southwestern France more than two decades ago to shoot a story about a truffle farmer for a food magazine. It was late November, the weather was bleak, there ...

The Dordogne Valley can officially boast five of 'the most beautiful villages' in France, high-class gastronomic cuisine with four Michelin starred restaurants and a landscape so diverse you can enjoy ...

A reader once asked me if I were to bring a spry, 73-year-old grandmother to Europe, where would I go? My response: France's Dordogne River Valley. I'd take her for a float down the river in a canoe, ...

A reader once asked me if I were to bring a spry, 73-year-old grandmother to Europe, where would I go? My response: France’s Dordogne River Valley. A reader once asked me if I were to bring a spry, 73 ...

Isn’t the Dordogne heaving with Brits, I asked. Ever since the 1960s, the word has been a synonym for the place where tubby, well-heeled Brits in Jermyn Street shirts and sockless loafers spend their ...

The Dordogne is one of France’s best destinations for autumn. The forested banks of the eponymous river turn a riot of colour at this time of year, and the lanes of its golden-stone villages are ...

The author points directly at the hole in a rock wall in Groléjac where he left two cans of strong beer. Come get them. Photo by Alastair Bland I leave behind me a trail of beers. No, I’m not ...

France welcomes nearly 100 million visitors each year, making it one of Europe's most exciting places to explore. And yet, while most travelers stick to the usual tourist spots, few venture into the ...