Market days are an especially big deal throughout France. No single event better symbolizes the French preoccupation with fresh products and their strong ties to the farmer than the weekly market. And ...

Sunny, out-of-the-way Languedoc, in southwest France, is overlooked by many. Stretching from the Mediterranean to the Pyrenees, it shares a balmy climate, winter wind, grapevines, and the sea with the ...

Books to peruse before, while or instead of traveling. BOOK: "Rick Steves' Provence & The French Riviera 2004," by Rick Steves and Steve Smith (Avalon Travel, $16.95) TARGET AUDIENCE: "Rick-niks," as ...

If you could take a road trip with your younger self, how well do you think the two of you would get along? Would you have an admiration for each other? Would you even recognize each other? Rick ...