Category: Midi-Pyrénées

Toulouse, the ‘pink city.’ offers everything from space-age thrills and incredible aviation museums to cockle warming grub. Stepping inside the narrow aircraft cabin, I immediately ...

Any walker who follows one of the French pilgrim trails to Santiago de Compostela in Spain is guaranteed a heady mix of natural landscapes and ...

We share our top tips for what to see and do in Mirepoix, a medieval jewel of the Midi-Pyrénées region, with oodles of charm and ...

Day or night, whatever the weather, Montauban’s Place Nationale is a magical spot to wind down a gear or three at a café table. Centre ...

Nestled beneath the snow-covered peaks of the Pyrenees, Ariège is a department relatively unknown even by the French says Gillian Thornton as she explores its ...

France is without a doubt a world leader in culinary excellence. It’s the country with the most Michelin stars throughout Europe – way more than ...

La Couvertoirade may be one of the prettiest places in France that you never heard of. Deep in the heart of the Aveyron department, southeast France, ...

Gascony was England’s first colony, its influence reflected in the historically rich fortified villages, ancient cathedrals, grand chateaux and beautiful gardens which dot the region. ...

In the regional natural park of Auvergne there are 80 volcanoes spread over an area 32km long and 4km wide. They are a sort of ...

Between the Pyrenees and the Atlantic ocean lies Béarn, a historical region. It’s in the department of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques in the furthest corner of southwest ...