With its unique blend of seaside charm and urban vitality, St-Nazaire has become a hotspot for tourists and homebuyers alike, despite its industrial past, as Annaliza Davis explains

With a lively town centre, river activities and some of France’s finest châteaux on the doorstep, Tours is in a class of its own, writes Karen Tait

Riverside towns are charming and sought after – Carolyn Reynier picks out three set along France’s longest waterway, the mighty River Loire

Sunshine, skiing and a hint of the Med – Annaliza Davis looks at what the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Hautes-Alpes can offer for househunters

Colin and Linda Le Conte took their new Princess V50 from Guernsey to Vannes in the boating paradise of the Morbihan

Languedoc estate agent Freddy Rueda talks to Karen Tait about the appeal of his area and the local property market