Category: Rhône Alpes

The French Alps aren’t only a winter playground – when the warm air rolls across the mountaintops and the winter snow has melted, the entire ...

Female chefs made Lyon’s bouchon’s legendary. Anna Richards explores how they’re now helping to keep a centuries old Lyonnais tradition alive: mâchon, meet the new ...

  A cultural hub with museums galore, Roman remains, one of Europe’s most extensive Renaissance districts, known as the ‘World capital of gastronomy,’ and flanked ...

North of Lyon and south of Burgundy lies Beaujolais, an area whose name everyone knows but very few have visited. A secret place of hills ...

Le Grand Bornand, in the Aravis, part of the Annecy Mountains region is a skier’s delight, but it’s also an absolutely fabulous summer destination. You’ll discover ...

Between the magnificent vineyards of Macon in Burgundy and Bourg-en-Bresse Rhone-Alpes, around 50km north of Lyon, lies Vonnas. It’s a small town, with some 3000 ...

Gillian Thornton combines town and country on a short break to Lyon and the Beaujolais World beating grub and heavenly wines ‘Now stir the mushrooms ...

France is home to some spectacular painted caves, each one with its own USP. But there’s nowhere quite like the Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, discovered in ...

Explore the beauty of the Côtes du Rhône on a road trip through the Rhone Valley. Follow the wine route with us to discover enchanting ...

Winter in France has charm by the bucketload, from snow-capped mountains perfect for skiers to festive wintry markets, and big dose of sunshine. Haute-Savoie – ...