If you ask staff at Meisenthal Glassworks in northeastern France why the site is closed to the public during the first three months of the year, they’ll tell you they need that long to recover from ...

The Christmas season is a time when the French set aside their treasured notions of being a staunchly secular country to revel in holiday traditions, many of them rooted in the religious practices of ...

Every year in France, as elsewhere, people excitedly prepare well in advance for the Christmas and New Year’s festivities. As early as November the avenues are garlanded with lights and the streets ...

Ancient ramparts, colourful half-timbered houses and vineyards stretching as far as the eye can see: this Alsatian village looks as though it has stepped straight out of a fairytale. A place of true ...