Category: Hauts-de-France

For millions of Brits, Calais is their first introduction to France, maybe to Europe. Arriving at the port of Calais, those millions, by and large, ...

In a former royal chateau in Villers-Cotterêts in the Aisne department, Picardy, a fascinating new cultural venue presents the history of the French language, Janine ...

France is the nation that invented the restaurant, haute cuisine, and Cordon Bleu, the picque-nique, baguettes and crème brulée. The French certainly live to eat, ...

In the department of Pas-de-Calais, between the great port town of Calais and the seaside town of Berck-sur-Mer lies the Opal Coast. Around 50 miles ...

Deep in the glorious countryside of Pas-de-Calais, in the far north of France, history has played its hand over and over. Janine Marsh explores the ...

Take a break in northern France and discover an authentic, picturesque, and welcoming corner between the sea and the land says Janine Marsh… The department ...

Meet a dragon on the beach and indulge in the lip-smacking cuisine of Calais, the port city at the tip of northern France. Our guide ...

Blessed with a climate that includes plenty of rain and a lack of extremes in temperature, Pas-de-Calais in the north of France is like a ...

Discover the best place in France for beer lovers, breweries, brasseries & a superb range of beers served with a warm northern French welcome! The ...