British residents in France must now have a carte de séjour but this is not a substitute for a passport.
Although France has been laïque (secular) since 1905, there are a huge number of festivals and traditions based around the lives, accomplishments or remarkable events that happened to various saints.
Car rental in France! A helpful list of dos and don’ts to help you dodge last-minute panic and post-holiday financial shocks
The 15th August is the festival of l’Assomption – a jour férié (public holiday) celebrated by Catholics throughout France and commemorating the departure of Mary from this life and the assumption of her body into heaven.
Only 13 kilometres away from the Spanish border, this walled town is a delight of narrow cobbled streets and ancient mediaeval architecture….
It can come as quite a surprise just how much water is lost from a swimming pool via evaporation, due to heat, humidity and wind.
The mosquito, (‘little fly’ in Spanish) has been around for more than 30 million years.
If you’ve had the misfortune to accidentally step on a sea urchin (oursin), you will be very aware how painful it can be.
How about a day out in an iconic Citroën 2CV?
Who are the camouflaged, black- faced creatures racing kayaks or dangling from a parachute in the bay of Collioure? Where do they come from? Why are they there?