The 450 volcanoes of the Auvergne sleep softly, their peaks covered in grass and sometimes streaked with snow. Between them are valleys filled with green pasture, gentian meadows, and pine forests.

Christine Muhlke is a former editor at both The New York Times and Bon Appétit. She is the co-author of "Wine Simple," also written by Le Bernardin's Aldo Sohm, and Phaidon's "Signature Dishes That ...

La Ferrandaise is among Parisian addresses that stand the test of time, resisting fleeting trends. In the 6th arrondissement, ...

The volcanic Auvergne region, in the centre of France, is a couple of hundred miles from the glamorous resorts of the Alps, but it feels a million miles away. It does not boast luxury chalets or ...

The Spa Route of the Massif Central runs through 17 spa towns spread across four regions in central France, constituting an important part of France’s tourism industry, particularly in the rural and ...

Anthony Peregrine was a reporter at the Lancashire Evening Post for a decade, before he moved from north-west England to southern France. For the last 37 years, he has freelanced, specialising first ...

There is a tiny stone hut on the edge of a bluff in the Cantal mountain range in the Auvergne region of central France. Standing on the opposite ridge with a week's worth of kit on our backs, we could ...

Tadej Pogačar will go down in history as the last winner of the Critérium du Dauphiné after race organiser ASO changed the event's name to Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes for 2026 to reflect the region the ...

It was a shock to learn that right in the middle of France there's a chain of volcanoes that might erupt. Volcanologists classify the little peaks of the Chaîne des Puys as dormant, which effectively ...