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The capital of Haute-Savoie is a gastronomic haven filled with starred chefs, standout cheese, and regional wine worth the ...
Tucked away in the Picardie region of northern France, not far from Lille, Rouen, or even Paris, this city remains ...
It would be hard to invent a more limited way to see Europe than on a rented canal barge. You have a choice of two directions, forward or back. Most towns on the map are completely out of reach ...
Captain your own vessel on the canals and waterways of Europe this summer. Le Boat tour company offers private boats for rent that couples, families or groups can use to explore at their own pace ...
I snapped orange life vests onto my two boys and climbed on deck as my father-in-law put the barge into gear and we set out for a week’s journey on the 19th-century Canal du Nivernais in ...
A winter heatwave, record low levels of rain and a startling lack of snow in Europe are pushing rivers, canals and lakes across the continent to alarmingly low levels, with experts warning there ...
Almost every time we drove our 15 metre canal boat into one of the small oval locks on France’s Canal du Midi, we drew a crowd. It could be our audience was made up of engineering fans there to ...
In a corner of northeast France, the ground rumbles with industry. After multiple false starts and much political back and forth, work is underway on the Seine-Nord Europe Canal (SNEC), a €5.1 ...
A winter heatwave, record low levels of rain and a startling lack of snow in Europe are pushing rivers, canals and lakes across the continent to alarmingly low levels, with experts warning there ...