Looking for the prettiest village in France? Every year, France votes on the places that fill their hearts, and here are the 2025 results—including everything from medieval cobblestones to Musketeers.

Postcard-perfect hamlets with cobbled streets, ancient fortresses and jolly fetes: it's what every visitor to France hopes to stumble upon. Thankfully, there's no need to rely on a chance encounter, ...

Among the most picturesque islands in France is this underrated beach paradise whose name literally translates to "beautiful ...

”We used to see the princes, Frederik and Joachim, running down these streets when they were little,” a local resident tells me as we top up our glasses from a carafe of chilled rosé under the early ...

Some 158 French villages belong to an elite club: those deemed the most beautiful in France. In the heart of the hilly Auvergne region, in the centre of the country, the village of Usson clings to a ...

The charming village of Janvry comes alive for Christmas 2025! Among the most beautiful Christmas Markets around Paris, ...

There are over 35,000 mayors in France, and over half of them oversee villages of less than 500 people. But what exactly do they do? Emilie King explains why these village leaders are an integral part ...

The last thing you may expect to come across in the depths of the rural Charenteis a scone, clotted cream and strawberry jam served with a hot pot of correctly brewed breakfast tea, but in Tusson, ...

Residents of the purpose-built village near Dax in southwestern France shop for groceries, get pampered at the hair salon and enjoy music recitals just like anyone else.

A resident of the small French village of Charmoy discovered mysterious messages written in English on the walls of his house. After years of research, he discovered that the messages were written by ...

The lights inside the village bakery used to come on before dawn, an hour or so before the smell of baking bread would waft into neighbours’ homes. The storefront door would soon be heard, opening and ...