Normandy

Exciting ways to get away from it all

When it comes to entertaining friends, it is hard to top Château de Chambord as a spectacular party venue. Set in a vast forested estate larger than the City of London, this flamboyant royal residence

Bill Barna cruises in company to Guernsey, Jersey, France and back

The Canal du Rhône à Sète in the south of France stretches 98km from the Rhône river to Sète on the Étang de Thau. There are no locks to worry about, making it an excellent choice for less experienced

For those who prefer not to follow the crowd, we reveal some of the best, but relatively undiscovered places to enjoy in the country’s chicest region

This trip is confusing me. One moment I feel like I’m in New Zealand, surrounded by dense tree ferns in a damp and mossy glade above a waterfall. A couple of hours later I’m bombarded by ker-chings of