This outstanding mountain landscape, which spans the contemporary national borders of France and Spain, is centred ar...

Known as the `Romanesque Sistine Chapel`, the Abbey-Church of Saint-Savin contains many beautiful 11th- and 12th-cent...

Explore the former palace of the kings of France – now the largest museum in the world covering almost 10,000 years o...

The iron structure is an iconic symbol of Paris, and it makes for an exquisite view when it lights up at night.

Perched on a rocky islet in the midst of vast sandbanks exposed to powerful tides between Normandy and Brittany stand...

Partly built starting in 1145, and then reconstructed over a 26-year period after the fire of 1194, Chartres Cathedra...

The Palace of Versailles was the principal residence of the French kings from the time of Louis XIV to Louis XVI. Emb...

Shortly after its foundation in the 9th century, the Benedictine abbey of Vezelay acquired the relics of St Mary Magd...

The Vezere valley contains 147 prehistoric sites dating from the Palaeolithic and 25 decorated caves. It is particula...

Used by the kings of France from the 12th century, the medieval royal hunting lodge of Fontainebleau, standing at the...