Now that the European Union is opening up to vaccinated travelers, it’s time to make up for lost time. And while busy cities still make some of us skittish, countryside destinations have never been ...

Cruising the Loire River is not like cruising the Rhine or Danube—and that’s exactly the point. The pace is slower, the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Lana Bortolot covers the intersection of wine, business and culture. France’s Loire Valley may be known for its fairy-tale-like ...

The largest, and one of the coolest, wine regions of France also happens to produce some of the most approachable, easy drinking wines in the world. And they are anything but boring. The wines of the ...

Step into a royal fairytale with this sweeping drone footage of Blois, the historic gateway to the Loire Valley. The journey ...

The River Loire is France's longest river (629 miles/1,012 km), with the ship-building city of St Nazaire at the mouth. The valley is wide and fertile, with an array of chateaux and castles, built ...

France's lavish royal past is everywhere in the gentle landscapes of the Loire Valley. Hundreds of majestic châteaux and palaces follow the course of the country's longest river as it makes its ...

Named for the river that runs through it, which incidentally is France’s longest river, the Loire Valley is home to much more than medieval chateaus and grand royal estates. Its fertile land that runs ...

Gentle cycling is the perfect pace to enjoy the region’s sunflower fields and medieval towns – with gourmet food and fine wine along the way ...

“IN mid-May, 12 of us contracted for a barge canal trip to the upper Loire River Valley in central France. This barge was like a floating luxury hotel with a captain, chef, an English-French historian ...

The Loire Valley is known as "the Garden of France". But the garden is withering. France's worst drought since records began has turned lush vegetation into arid fields of brown crops, shrivelling ...