Rich Patterson's dad, Henry Patterson, served in the Navy during WWII. Rich and his wife, Marion, drove to the Rock Island ...

If riders were hoping for a relaxing stage 2 to recuperate then they may be disappointed: today’s stage is the longest of the ...

From the Allied beachhead, TIME Correspondent Charles Christian Wertenbaker cabled a coolly realistic account of Normandy and the Normans: Along the roads of the Manche and Calvados, beside the ...

Fête du Tour: Everyone on your bike! The 13 th edition of the Fête du Tour celebrates cycling in all its forms, with a packed programme of events on the weekend of 24 and 25 May in the Tour de France ...

Having a second home in France is a dream for many British people - but there is a clear trend in the areas most popular with second-home buyers.

The most important lesson, though, is that France is best experienced in small towns. Big cities are vivid – full of museums, cathedrals and specialist macaroon outlets – but also stressful.

By 1013 Aethelred, Emma of Normandy and Aethelred’s sons had been forced into exile. While not significant in the history books, the St Brice’s Day massacre was a consequence of repeated assaults on ...

France declares natural disaster zones for nearly 400 towns flooded in October 380 municipalities across France have been designated as natural disaster zones, according to a decree published in ...

The 2025 Tour de France route has been unveiled and while it’s a return to tradition, think of a remake rather than a replica. There are some surprises too. Lille had been unveiled already but a grand ...

I’ve been writing about France for nearly 20 years and visited dozens of villages in northern France. These are my pick of the best.

France on Thursday remembers the 1944 Allied landings in Provence, an event overshadowed by the Normandy landings two months prior but that was key to the World War II endgame in Europe.