On Bastille Day it seems appropriate to feature Garlic, so quintessentially French! The small village of St Clar in Gascony (32 Gers, Occitanie) south east of Lectoure is known locally…

Every summer the town of Cahors (46 Lot, Midi-Pyrenees) hosts its "Blues Festival" (not Fete des Bleus!) 12 - 15 July 2023 Cahors is one of our favourite french towns…

I am almost ashamed to admit that I had not tasted a wine from the Minervois la Lavinière Appellation before - and yet it was created in 1985. It is…

  David & Sarah Meakin at the Domaine du Merchien at Belfort-du-Quercy (46 Lot, Occitanie) have already demonstrated their prowess at making some excellent Coteaux du Quercy wines - and…

Toulouse is aiming to become a City of Light with more of the city illuminated at night

Channel 5 (23 Jan 05) has a programme on Norman Foster's Viaduc de Millau

Uzes (30 Gard, Occitanie) hosts its annual Truffle Festival usually on the third Sunday of January. 13 - 15 January 2023. This is another of those towns which tends to…