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Journeys in France

16 pieces in France, newest first. Every one ends with the trips that go there.

France travel guide

Food & drink

Bordeaux, the port that made claret

4 min read

History

Marseille, France's oldest city and its old port

5 min read

Cruise

Brest and Concarneau, Brittany's far west from the sea

4 min read

Walking

Provence on foot, between the Luberon villages

4 min read

Cruise

Up the Seine by sea-going ship, to Rouen and Honfleur

4 min read

History

St Malo, and the corsairs the king found it easier to license

4 min read

History

Rouen, and the trial that made a teenager a saint

3 min read

Culture

Corsica, the island that gave France its emperor

3 min read

History

Avignon, the century the popes ruled from France

4 min read

Food & drink

Pauillac, a village with five classified growths and one spire

4 min read

Seasons

Where to go in September, the month serious travellers keep for themselves

3 min read

Culture

Honfleur, the harbour that taught painters to see light

4 min read

Culture

The Riviera the British invented and the French perfected

4 min read

Food & drink

Champagne, Burgundy, and the France no ship reaches

4 min read

Slow travel

France, at the speed a bicycle allows

4 min read

History

Cherbourg, and the port that had to be rebuilt in a hurry

4 min read